Part1：Scholarly Sources for Your Research Topic

For this activity you will:

1. State your Research Topic, Objective/Purpose, and Research Question(s).
2. List at least three scholarly sources – such as specific books or journals – that you think will be valuable in researching your topic.
3. Explain why these are scholarly sources.
4. Discuss what led you to these sources.
5. Explain how these sources support your topic.

These sources can be used in the upcoming Annotated Bibliography and Literature Review Assignments.

Post your initial response by the fourth day of the module week. Be sure to address all of the required elements listed thoroughly. All posts should be free of spelling and grammar mistakes.

Return at least once later in the module week to review two or more of your classmates’ sources. Provide feedback to a classmate that has not received any. Once all classmates have received feedback, you may provide additional comments to others.

Once you have shared theses elements in this discussion forum, explore what your classmates have shared. There may be ideas or sources you had not considered or found yourself. In turn, make suggestions to others about possible sources they may find helpful. This is a great opportunity to discuss, challenge, or question each other’s research topics!

Part2：Annotated Bibliography

This activity builds on the material you should be familiar with from your prerequisite English course.

Your assignment is to prepare an annotated bibliography for your research project following the instructions.

You will use the resources you find for this assignment in the upcoming Literature Review Draft assignment as well as the Research Methodology and Analysis Report assignment. As you search for references in this assignment, keep in mind that the Literature Review and Research Methodology assignments will involve building on your research question(s) and designing a methodology to answer that question.

Note: You will need to refer to your APA manual for the formatting of different types of references. It is important that you pay close attention to formatting requirements.

This activity has two parts: the List of Sources and the Annotations.

（1）The list of sources must contain the following:

The subject of your research, which you must state at the top of the page.

Ten sources of information about your subject, including:

Minimum of one book

Minimum of four articles from the Hunt Library databases

Minimum of two scholarly articles

Note: Wikipedia is not an acceptable source for scholarly work. Do not use Wikipedia as a source for this or any academic assignment.

All sources must be correctly documented in the current APA style. In addition, the entire reference list must be correctly formatted in the current APA style.

Please proceed to the Annotations section.

（2）The annotation for each source has two parts:

A short summary (one to three sentences) of the information found in the source.

An evaluation of the source’s credibility, reliability, currency, possible bias, and usefulness with respect to your topic. Review the following example as well as the rubric associated with this assignment for more detailed grading information.