Introduction Objectives

CO3: Demonstrate ability to successfully cite university online library database sources pertaining to scholarly journals and peer-reviewed articles.

CO4: Prepare an annotated bibliography based on research from the online library databases.

Before discussing the what, how, and expectations of the annotated bibliography, it should be noted that at least 15-20 annotated bibliography entries will be due at the end of next week i.e., week 4.

Annotated bibliographies are viewed as the next step of the process as the means of helping you digest the material and be capable of more easily and fully develop a solid literature review.

What is an Annotated Bibliography? What exactly is an annotated bibliography? It is a document that contains the reference of the source and an annotation (summary/review/overview) of the content. Here are two entries from an annotated bibliography regarding a study on community policing:

Brainard, L. A., & Derrick-Mills, T. (2011). Electronic commons, community policing, and communication. Administrative Theory & Praxis, 33(3), 383-410. http://dx.doi.org/10.2753/ATP1084-1806330304

The authors in this article investigated the effort by all the districts that comprise the Washington, DC, Metropolitan Police Department (DC MPD), except district six, to facilitate an electronic common in which residents and police department personnel could work together, via online discussion groups, to address crime and safety issues. Using a mixed methods case study approach, they analyzed the threads originating between July 2005 and December 2007 to answer two research questions: Do the online discussion groups fulfill the spirit of an electronic commons? What is the nature of the online relationship between the police and the community? The reading and reviewing of the online discussions between the represented sample of the DC MPD and the residents was the method used to collect data. Descriptive statistics were used to analyze the percentages and ratios between the DC MPD and the residents, while in-depth comparative analysis was employed to analyze the discussion threads qualitatively. The findings indicated both success and failure in terms of forming and sustaining an electronic common, therefore the conclusion was that social media can be an effective tool for law enforcement, but further development and research needs to be accomplished.

Chemak, S., & Weiss. A. (2006). Community policing in the news media. Police Quarterly, 9(2), 135–160. doi:10.1177/1098611105281630

A post office mailed qualitative questionnaire survey was forwarded to 239 police stations within cities with populations of 100,000 or more as well as the media organizations of those cities. A similar survey was mailed to the newspaper with the largest circulation and the top two television stations within the same cities as the police stations. Based on the responses, two police departments with apparent positive relations with the media and two police departments with negative relations with the media were identified for in- depth comparative analysis. The authors stated the findings of their study pertaining to efforts of law enforcement agencies to promote community policing were that while community policing efforts were occurring, limited mention of these efforts were recognized by the media. The results indicated that although police departments and media personnel concurred that they have a very good working relationship, there are many opportunities to encourage community policing, but most police departments make only minimal effort to do so.

Types of Annotations There are different types of annotations, which when you review the readings, you will note the various formatting and differences related to content. For this particular assignment, you will need to adhere to the following guidelines regarding content, length, and formatting.

In terms of content, the annotations need to provide an overview of the content in relation to your topic/problem statement. In other words, if you use a book, only relate the information from the chapters that relate to your study. Focus on noting the main themes – – the information you noted as being important and should “jog” your memory in terms of what the article is about. The annotation should be of such that you will be able to easily and quickly know where in the outline it will fit and be able to use the annotation to help you develop the literature review.

A word of caution, the literature review should NOT be the stringing together of the annotations! The annotations are merely an overview of the content and main focus, not the details.

The length of each annotation should be approximately 100-200 words. In other words, 2 or 3 sentences will not be sufficient. However, just because you can only use a small portion of the source and ergo it cannot be used in the annotated bibliography, does not mean it should be excluded from the literature review. Likewise, it is recognized that one or two sources used in the annotated bibliography may not make the “final cut” in terms of being used in the literature review as the development of the literature review tends to be an iterative process.

The references are to be APA formatted. You can find examples of APA formatting not only in the readings here but also via Purdue Owl (see Readings for Purdue Owl).

Basics Regarding Formatting References Some basics regarding formatting references are as follows: · Use a hanging indent for references (all lines after the first line of each entry in the list should be indented one-half inch from the left margin). · Only one space is used after all endmarks in the references. · Authors' names are inverted (last name first); give last name and initials for all authors of a particular work unless there are more than seven authors (see Purdue Owl or APA manual to review how more than seven authors should be done). · If you have more than one work by an author, order them by publication date, oldest to newest. · When an author appears both as a sole author and, in another reference as the first author of a group, list the one-author entries first. · If no author is given for a source, alphabetize using the title of the work, which will be listed in place of the author. However, if the title begins with The, A, or An, alphabetize it by the second word. For example, an article titled The Field Test of Research would be alphabetized by “Field,” and “The” should still be in the title. · Use "&" instead of "and" when listing multiple authors of a single work. · Capitalize only the first word of a title and subtitle of a work. · Italicize titles of books and journals (the italics in these continues through commas and periods). However, only the first word of the book title begins with a capital letter. Conversely, every “big” word in the journal title should begin with a capital. · List the doi for all articles. If no doi is shown, go to crossref.org to check for the doi as not all databases list the doi. If crossref.org indicates there is no doi, then Google the journal name (not the article title) and use the URL for the publisher. Do NOT use the database URL! For example, the “cite” feature in the library incorrectly listed the database as the retrieved from URL: Webster, J., & Watson, R. T. (2002). Analyzing the past to prepare for the future: Writing

a literature review. MIS Quarterly, 6(2), 11.

http://search.proquest.com/docview/218128975?accountid=8289

Crossref.org was checked first and because the article did not have a doi, I Googled MIS Quarterly and found the publication homepage URL to use as shown below. Webster, J., & Watson, R. T. (2002). Analyzing the past to prepare for the future: Writing

a literature review. MIS Quarterly, 26(2), xiii-xxiii. http://www.misq.org Lastly, all entries should be in alphabetical order based on the first author’s last name. You may also use the option of having level 2 APA headings to separate the various sections of your annotated bibliography, BUT the sources within each section must be in alphabetical order. For example, let’s say your level 2 headings from the outline were Stories of Animals and Inspirational Books (the headings do NOT need to be in alphabetical order, just the sources). Stories of Animals Scieszka, J. (1996). The true story of the three little pigs. Penguin Group. This is the classic story of the three little pigs told from the wolf’s perspective. The pigs are portrayed as being accidentally killed by the wolf’s powerful sneezes. Southey, R. (1837). Goldilocks and the three bears. McFarland. This story is about a little girl who enters the home of three bears. The bears’ home was empty. The little girl enjoyed a snack and a nap. The bears came home to discover the girl and scared her away. Inspirational Stories List the references in alphabetical order then the annotation. Assignment: Submit at least 15-20 annotated bibliographies by no later than Sunday of week 4. Late submissions of this assignment will not be accepted. **Note: no reference page is needed for the annotated bibliography.

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