This document outlines the requirements for an annotated bibliography assignment. Students must create an annotated bibliography with five citations. The first citation should be about the legal and ethical dimensions of using information from the internet. It must be in APA format. The next two citations must come from academic databases and journals and also be in APA format. They must briefly summarize the source and answer questions about the author's background and intended audience. The last two citations can come from internet sources like Google Scholar and must also answer questions to evaluate the source's credibility. The bibliography can be submitted by email.

1. CLASS REQUIREMENT # 4--TECHNOLOGY APPLICATION
AND PRACTICE
: An Annotated Bibliography will be developed including Five
(100 word minimum for each) Annotated Citations. With the
exception of the first, these references will be based on topics
obtained from the Language Development Hypotheses in the list
provided at the end of this survival document, and again in the
Class Requirement Section online. You may use the same Topic
for all, or different Topics for each. The choice is yours.
T
he First annotated
citation will be on the Topic of the "
Legal and Ethical Dimensions of the Use of Information.
" This information can be obtained from the Internet using a
search engine such as Google Scholar. The annotated citation
should be in APA format as much as possible, and should
include the URL (address) of the the Internet site; or a citation
of the book or article if that was used. The annotation should
provide a short overview of the article and/or list the most
critical points. Please note that this one citation can relate to
any
topic and not only Language Development.
The second two
of these citations will be full
Text articles or books
obtained through Databases of professional books and journals
available at, or online through the CSUN Library. For more
information on how to find these databases please see the
discussion in the Class Requirements Section Online. These
citations will be reported in APA format. Included in the
annotation portion of each citation will be a paragraph, which
briefly summarizes
the article (you can usually get this information from the
abstract), and answers following questions. If the answer is not
available, you simply state that fact:

2. 1. What is the background (authority) of the author (viz.,
degree and type of education, affiliated institution, history of
research in the area as perhaps reflected by past articles in the
bibliography)?
2. Who is the intended audience (i.e., professionals,
laypersons, women etc.)?
3. How does this work compare or contrast with others you
may have cited or be aware of? If you are not aware of any
others, simply state that as the situation.
4. What is the scope and relevance of this work to the selected
topic (hypothesis)? What the heck do I mean by that? Well, is
it highly or only vaguely relevant to the hypothesis; and is it of
minor or major importance.
The Last Two
citations will be obtained through the Internet using search
engines provided online such as "Google Scholar." These
citations will follow an APA format
as closely as possible
, including the URL information. Included in each citation will
be a paragraph, which
briefly summarizes
the site, and addresses the following questions related to, for
the purpose of this exercise, the voracity of the Website. If the
answers are not available in the site information, simply state
so:
1. Is the site owner/manager's identity available and is it
associated with a reputable organization, company or
educational institution?
2. What is the background (authority) of the author (viz.,
degree and type of education, affiliated institution, history of
research in the area as perhaps reflected by past articles in the
site bibliography. If this information is not available, simply
state that fact.)
3. What is the level of objectivity? For example, are there
advertisements on the site related in anyway to the topic?
4. Is the Website current? Cues to the contrary, for example,

3. include broken or expired links and/or no posting date or
updated notations.
5. Is the information correct; error free, verifiable, and/or
backed by full citations?
This annotated bibliography may be submitted as an attachment
to an email message to the instructor, and as a back up measure,
by being copied and pasted directly into the same email message
text.
Note that there are some questions that need to be addressed for
the articles. It is ok, but not necessary to have the last four be
on the same topic. Of course for the first one, the Topic is
given. In that one the article does not need to relate to
Language. Just anything about legal or ethical considerations
about information on the Internet or in journals. I recommend
using those words as search terms in the Library search Engine
called One Search (
http://library.csun.edu/
).