RESEARCH PAPER: ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY ASSIGNMENT INSTRUCTIONS OVERVIEW The Rese

RESEARCH PAPER: ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY ASSIGNMENT INSTRUCTIONS
OVERVIEW
The Research Paper: Annotated Bibliography Assignment is designed to assist you with
understanding your research paper references, to teach you how to annotate scholarly journal
articles, and to give you practice using proper in-text citations. For this assignment, you will be
annotating FIVE scholarly (peer-reviewed) journal articles.
INSTRUCTIONS
1. Choose 5 scholarly peer-reviewed journal articles that contain research specific to
Operant or Classical Conditioning. Do NOT use meta-analyses, case studies, or
editorial reviews.
2. Each journal article must have been published in the most recent 5 years.
3. Please see Research Paper: Annotated Bibliography Assignment page under the
Research Paper: Annotated Bibliography Resources for a link to a sample APA
annotation format to check your understanding of the current APA format for annotations
in the Liberty Online Library.
4. Check your understanding of the current APA format for annotations in the Liberty
Online Library under annotated bibliography.
5. For each annotation:
Cite the article in the current APA format.
Write a concise annotation paragraph (200-250 words) that summarizes the
central theme and scope of the article.
Write a 2nd paragraph explaining why this article might be selected for a
summative final research paper (100-150 words). Do not use first person.
● Each annotation should use the current APA Annotation format.
● See: annotated bibliography and notes below on Developing the Annotated Bibliography.
● All entries must be scholarly peer-reviewed journal articles, published within the most
recent 5 years.
● Websites and books are not acceptable sources.
● Do not include direct quotes. Instead, paraphrase information from scholarly sources in
order to demonstrate your mastery of each concept.
● Do not use first person. Write in a formal college-level essay style.
Note: Your assignment will be checked for originality via the Turnitin plagiarism tool.
MESSAGE FROM CLIENT: HELLO, I GAVE YOU 4 PAGES JUST IN CASE BUT IT IS OK IF YOU DO ALL OF THE ANNOTATIONS WITHOUT FILLING ALL 4 PAGES.