Annotated bibliography

 
Prepare: Prior to beginning work on this assignment, review the Introductions & Conclusions (Links to an external site.) and Annotated Bibliography (Links to an external site.) web pages, and Evaluating Sources (Links to an external site.) and Annotated Bibliography (Links to an external site.) tutorials.
Reflect: Reflect back on the Week 1 discussion in  which you shared with the class the global societal issue that you would  like to further address. Explore critical insights that were shared by  your peers and/or your instructor on the topic chosen and begin your  search for scholarly sources with those insights in mind.
Write: For this assignment, review the Annotated Bibliography Formatting Guidelines and address the following prompts:

Introductory paragraph to topic (refer to the Final Paper guidelines for your topic selection). 

Write an introductory paragraph with at least 150 words that clearly  explains the topic, the importance of further research, and ethical  implications.

Thesis statement. 

Write a direct and concise thesis statement, which will become the  solution to the problem that you will argue or prove in the Week 5 Final  Paper. (A thesis statement should be a concise, declarative statement.  The thesis statement must appear at the end of the introductory  paragraph.)

Annotated bibliography. 

Develop an annotated bibliography to indicate the quality of the sources you have read.
Summarize in your own words how the source contributes to the solution of the global societal issue for each annotation.
Address fully the purpose, content, evidence, and relation to other  sources you found on this topic (your annotation should be one to two  paragraphs long—150 words or more.
Include no less than five scholarly sources in the annotated  bibliography that will be used to support the major points of the Final  Paper.
Demonstrate critical thinking skills by accurately interpreting evidence used to support various positions of the topic.

The Introduction, Thesis Statement, and Annotated Bibliography

Must be 1,000 to 1,250 words in length (not including title and  references pages) and formatted according to APA style, as outlined in  the Ashford Writing Center’s APA Style (Links to an external site.) resource. 
Must include a separate title page with the following: 

Title of paper
Student’s name
Course name and number
Instructor’s name
Date submitted

For further assistance with the formatting and the title page, refer to APA Formatting for Word 2013 (Links to an external site.).
Must utilize academic voice. See the Academic Voice (Links to an external site.) resource for additional guidance.
Must use at least five scholarly sources. 

The Scholarly, Peer Reviewed, and Other Credible Sources (Links to an external site.)  table offers additional guidance on appropriate source types. If you  have questions about whether a specific source is appropriate for this  assignment, contact your instructor. Your instructor has the final say  about the appropriateness of a specific source for an assignment. The Integrating Research (Links to an external site.) tutorial will offer further assistance with including supporting information and reasoning.

Must document in APA style any information used from sources, as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center’s Citing Within Your Paper. (Links to an external site.) 
Must have no more than 15% quoted material in the body of your essay  based on the Turnitin report. References list will be excluded from the  Turnitin originality score.
Must include a separate references page that is formatted according to APA style. See the Formatting Your References List (Links to an external site.) resource in the Ashford Writing Center for specifications.