The criminal justice undergraduate annotated bibliography is a list of current scholarly literature. Each reference in the annotated bibliography is an evaluation of the article content and the description is between 130 to 150 words. The evaluation of the article informs the audience as to the importance of key topics in the article.

The annotated bibliography is descriptive with critical analysis and articulates the scholars/researchers point of view and purpose.

The annotated bibliography is formatted in APA Style 7^th edition. The annotated bibliography is written in the third person.  No quotes are used in annotated bibliography and the analysis is the student’s original writing. Do not use in-text citations within the body of the analysis.

Purpose of the Annotated Bibliography

• Highlights the quality of scholarly articles used.
• Describes the articles and key concepts.
• Allows the author to use their own voice to analyze the article’s quality.
• A concise description of the scholarly articles.

Elements of the Annotated Bibliography

• The scholar/researcher experience and education on the topic.
• The purpose and scope of the article.
• The research methods used (qualitative, quantitative, mixed-methods).
• The scholar/researcher intended audience for the article.
• The scholar/researcher bias on the topic.
• The relationship of the article to other relevant work in the field.
• The scholar/researcher findings, results, conclusions, and recommendations.
• The student’s analysis of the article strengths and weaknesses.

Sample APA Style 7th ed Annotated Bibliography

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