The Wayne Williams/Atlanta Child Murders Case Study Annotated Bibliography
The purpose of this assignment is to assist you in developing research analysis skills including critical thinking, writing, and literature research skills. This annotated bibliography assignment will provide you with an opportunity to locate sources for your Wayne Williams Case Evidence Staff Study (Below, I have provided a Sample Annotated Bibliography for additional assistance.)
Research The Wayne Williams/Atlanta Child Murders Case. Each peer-reviewed article, scholarly source, or credible source that you cite must engage at least one of the bulleted topics below. Further, each of the topics must be addressed at least once, with respect to your 10 chosen articles. The sources you identify for this assignment should address the following:
Explain the scientific techniques used in processing evidence in the Wayne Williams/Atlanta Child Murder case.
Examine the ethical issues pertaining to the collections, storage, and analysis of the Williams's case evidence.
Analyze the legal issues regarding the use of forensic testing in that case.
Evaluate the scientific techniques used in processing evidence found at the Williams' crime scenes.
For this annotated bibliography, you will research a minimum of 10 sources in total (100 to 150 words per annotation)=1,000 to 1,500 words for whe whole assignment, including at least one each of the following types: peer-reviewed articles, scholarly sources, and credible sources that are considered to have reliable information. (Credible sources exclude popular news sources, e.g., Newsweek, Time, People,
The New York Times, any television news source, and online open-sourced materials like Wikipedia.) At least six of your sources must have been published within the last 10 years.
The Annotated Bibliography must include the following for each source.
Create a complete APA-formatted reference entry.
Create an annotation that summarizes the information provided in the full article that is 100 to 150 words per annotation.
Address the following elements while synthesizing this information.
The author(s)
The purpose of the article (e.g., An experimental study was completed investigating the interaction of short-term memory and attention.)
A description of the subjects of the article
Conclusions drawn from the article
Contributions to the literature (e.g., new findings, applications, etc.)
Sample Annotated Bibliography
What is an Annotated Bibliography?
An Annotated Bibliography is a working list of references-books, journal articles, online documents, websites, etc.-that you will use for an essay, research paper, or project. However, each reference citation is followed by a short summative and/or evaluative paragraph, which is called an annotation. The purpose of the annotation is to inform the reader of the relevance, accuracy, and quality of the sources cited, and to state how this source will be used in or relevant to the paper or project.
Thus, an Annotated Bibliography has two main parts:
the citation of your book, article, webpage, video, or document (in APA style)
your annotation
How to create an Annotated Bibliography.
Research the required number of scholarly sources from the library for your project.
Reference each source in APA format. For help on how to format each source, see our sample references list.
Write two paragraphs under each source:
The first paragraph is a short summary of the article in your own words. Don't just cut and paste the abstract of the article.
The second paragraph is a short discussion of how this source supports your paper topic. What does this source provide that reinforces the argument or claim you are making? This support may be statistics, expert testimony, or specific examples that relate to your focused topic.
Sample Annotated Bibliography Entry
Here is a sample entry from an Annotated Bibliography:
Belcher, D. D. (2004). Trends in teaching English for specific purposes. Annual Review of
Applied Linguistics, 24(3), 165-186. doi: 10.1017/S026719050400008X.
This article reviews differing English for Specific Purposes (ESP) trends in practice and in theory. Belcher categorizes the trends into three non-exclusive sects: sociodiscoursal, sociocultural, and sociopolitical. Sociodiscoursal, she postulates, is difficult to distinguish from genre analysis because many of the major players (e.g., Ann Johns) tend to research and write in favor of both disciplines. Belcher acknowledges the preconceived shortcomings of ESP in general, including its emphasis on "narrowly-defined venues" (p. 165), its tendency to "help learners fit into, rather than contest, existing...structures" (p. 166), and its supposed "cookie-cutter" approach. In response to these common apprehensions about ESP, Belcher cites the New Rhetoric Movement and the Sydney School as two institutions that have influenced progressive changes and given more depth to "genre" (p. 167). She concludes these two schools of thought address the issue of ESP pandering to "monologic" communities. Corpus linguistics is also a discipline that is expanding the knowledge base of ESP practitioners in order to improve instruction in content-specific areas. Ultimately, she agrees with Swales (1996) that most genres that could help ESL learners are "hidden...or poorly taught" (p. 167) and the field of genre is only beginning to grasp the multitude of complexities within this potentially valuable approach to the instruction of language-and in turn, writing.
This article provides examples as well as expert opinion that I can use in my project. This will provide me with evidence to support my claims about the current disciplines in ESL studies.
Guidelines for Formatting Your Annotated Bibliography
Citations should be cited according to APA format.
Annotations should be indented a half an inch (.5") so that the author's last name is the only text that is completely flush left.