To prepare for the more extended research required for final essay, youll prepare an annotated bibliography of

6-8 information sources, all of which relate to your topic.

Your annotated bibliography will begin with your tentatie thesis statement !which may ery well change oer
the course of your pro"ect# and an introduction explaining the scope of your topic to familiari$e your instructor
and peers with the focus of your research. The introduction may be two or three paragraphs long, and should
include any specific challenges you anticipate encountering. %ext, list your sources alphabetically by author,
using &'( style bibliographic format. )ach item must be followed by*
an annotation or descriptie and critical ealuation of the resource demonstrating clearly how this item
related to your topic !see sample annotations#
a brief explanation of the process through which you found the item + catalog search, database search,
wor,s cited of another article or boo,, referred by instructor, etc, as well as the search terms used.
!see sample annotations#
The purpose of the pro"ect is for each student to demonstrate an understanding of the research s,ills coered
by this class. You must use the -.. library resources !periodical databases and/or online catalog# to locate
the ma"ority of your sources. (long with one article from our textboo,, you will need to include 3-4 scholarly
journal articles from the PCC databases a well as 2-3 internet sources.
Suggestions for Writing Annotations
.ontent + 0hat is the resource about1 2s it releant to your research1
-urpose + 0hat is it for1 0hy was the boo, or article written1
3sefulness + 0hat does it do for your research1
4eliability + 2s the information accurate1 5o other sources support the
conclusions1
(uthority + 2s it written by someone who has the expertise to author the
information1 0hat are the authors credentials1
.urrency + 2s it new1 2s it up-to-date for the topic1
)ase of use + .an a 6real person7 use this resource1 0hat is the reading leel
of the resource1
Samle Citations and Annotations
68ow we 'earn7 MemoryLifter. 99 :ct. ;<<=. ;= :ct. ;<<=
>http*//www.memorylifter.com/learning/learning-tools.html?
0hile this website has some interesting information about memory and learning, it is a commercial site with the
goal of promoting its product, the &emory'ifter. 5espite a couple of good diagrams and some useful
information, the ma"ority of the site is dedicated to the products they proide. There is a lin, for contacting the
site creators but it doesnt hae any information other than a phone number and email address. There is no
page with 6(bout 3s7 information and no references are proided for the information on memory and learning.
2 would not use this site in my research paper unless 2 could corroborate the information with another more
trustworthy source.
2 accessed this resource through @oogle.com. The search terms 2 used were memory and learning tools.
'ein, 5aniel T.A Bimons, 5aniel C.A and Donnie '. (ngelone. 6&emory for centrally
attended changing ob"ects in an incidental real-world change detection
paradigm.7 British Journal of Psychology. EF.F !;<<;#, ;8E-F<;. Social Sciences
FullText. 0. 8. 0ilson. 5ominican 3niersity, 4ebecca .rown 'ib., 4ier
Gorest, 2'. ;= :ct. ;<<=. >http*//e$proxy.dom.edu/login1
urlHhttp*//nweb.hwwilsonweb.com/hww/"umpstart."html1prodH:&%2?
This article discusses three experiments that were conducted by the authors exploring the role of change
blindness as it occurs with attended ob"ects + that is, the ob"ect they were paying attention to. The article
includes discussion of the roles of memory and isual perception on detecting change in a scene, photographic
lineup, and een with a conersation partner. 0ritten for a scholarly audience, the article presents some
difficulty but, oerall, is manageable for the general educated person. The authors, affiliated with Ient Btate
3niersity and 8arard 3niersity, present the research in terms of each experiment conducted, their
methodology, findings, discussion and results. ( literature reiew is proided, as well as an extensie
bibliography. The summary and general discussion proided a useful oeriew of the conclusions drawn by
the authors and could be used in the research paper to support a conclusion.
2 found this article through the Bocial Bcience Gulltext database. 2 searched using the ,eywords isual
perception and memory.