The Annotated Bibliography

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The Annotated Bibliography

• A presentation on how to properly make an
  annotated bibliography.
• Advisor Dr. Marian S. Stachowicz, Jack Rowe
  Chair
• Authors Jerry Markie
• Joshua Sprague
• Dan Battaglia
• Nick Andrisevic

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Annotated Bibliography

• Keefe, F. J., (1996) Pain in arthritis and
  musculoskeletal disorders. Journal of Orthopedic
  Sports Physical Therapy, 2, 279-290.
• All the facts about exercising with arthritis and
  the different types of exercise were received
  from this source. The author is very readable and
  includes a detailed bibliography.
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What is an annotated bibliography?

• It is an organized list of sources (references
  cited), such as books, journals, newspapers,
  magazines, Web Pages, etc., each of which is
  followed by an annotation or description of each
  item.

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The purpose of an annotated bibliography.

• Depending on the assignment the annotated
  bibliography may serve a number of purposes.
  Potential purposes are
• a review of the literature on a particular
  subject
• illustrate the quality of research that you have
  done
• provide examples of the types of sources
  available
• describe other items on a topic that may be of
  interest to the reader
• explore the subject for further research

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MLA Structure Example

• For a web site
• Author(s). Name of Page. Date of
  Posting/Revision. Name of institution/organizatio
  n affiliated with the site. Date of Access
  ltelectronic addressgt.
• Short annotative description of content.

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Examples from our Annotated Bibliography

• The LEGO Group. Spybotics Homepage. (2002).
  Retrieved January 29, 2003, from
  http//www.lego.com/eng/spybotics/default.asp
• The homepage for the Lego product line
  Spybotics. Here, information on construction,
  software, hardware, programming, and application
  of the Spybotics toys can be found. This site
  shows a way in which microcontrollers and fuzzy
  logic have been applied to create a toy that
  children, teens, and adults can both learn from
  and enjoy.

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One of the Lego Spybots
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Examples from our Annotated Bibliography

• The RoboCup Federation. RoboCup Official Site.
  (2002). Retrieved January 26, 2003, from
  http//www.robocup.org/02.html
• The homepage of the RoboCup Federation. RoboCup
  is an international education and research
  initiative to foster intelligent robots and AI
  research and development using a standard
  problem, (to make robots play soccer), that
  allows for a wide and varied range of answers.
  This is an exciting and popular example of using
  fuzzy logic and microcontrollers to both create
  toys, and develop the use of fuzzy logic with
  microcontrollers.

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Picture from RoboCup 2001, Seattle, USA
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For more information on bibliography writing

• MLA (Modern Language Association ) Structure
• http//www.mla.org/
• APA (American Psychological Association)
• http//www.apa.org/

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• Questions?