Annotated Bibliography

1. Annotated Bibliography • What is an annotated bibliography? • An example annotated bibliography • Conducting a literature search. • Web of Knowledge • PsycLit • A Working Example • Search Issues • Two Practice Questions • How does the Eysenckian model of personality predict risk taking behaviour? • What is the link between self-efficacy and aggression? • The Meaning of Words…

2. What is an annotated bibliography • An annotated bibliography is a list of citations to books, articles, and documents concerning a specific topic area. • Each citation is followed by a brief (usually about 100-150 words) descriptive and evaluative paragraph, the annotation. • The purpose of the annotation is to inform the reader of the relevance, accuracy, and quality of the sources cited.

3. Annotations vs Abstracts • Abstracts are the purely descriptive summaries often found at the beginning of scholarly journal articles or in periodical indexes. • Annotations are descriptive and critical; they expose the author's point of view, clarity and appropriateness of expression, and authority.

4. Creating an annotated bibliography • Locate and record citations to books, periodicals, and documents that may contain useful information and ideas on your topic. • Briefly examine and review the actual items. Then choose those works that provide a variety of perspectives on your topic. • Cite the book, article, or document using the appropriate style (in this case APA style). • Write a concise annotation that summarizes the central theme and scope of the book or article.

5. An Example annotation Goldschneider, F. K., Waite, L. J., & Witsberger, C. (1986). Nonfamily living and the erosion of traditional family orientations among young adults. American Sociological Review,51, 541-554. The authors, researchers at the Rand Corporation and Brown University, use data from the National Longitudinal Surveys of Young Women and Young Men to test their hypothesis that nonfamily living by young adults alters their attitudes, values, plans, and expectations, moving them away from their belief in traditional sex roles. They find their hypothesis strongly supported in young females, while the effects were fewer in studies of young males. Increasing the time away from parents before marrying increased individualism, self-sufficiency, and changes in attitudes about families. In contrast, an earlier study by Williams cited below shows no significant gender differences in sex role attitudes as a result of nonfamily living.

6. An Example Annotated Bibliography http://www.apa.org/pi/oema/racebib/racebib.html

7. Structure of Annotated Bibliography • Introduction • Bibliographic Sources • Procedure • Findings • Limitations • Annotations • Conclusion

8. Conducting a Literature Search • On campus • http://portal.isiknowledge.com/portal.cgi • http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/is/ • Off campus • Athens username and password (from library)

9. Working Example of an Annotated Bibliography Search etc.

10. Issues & Searches • Search strategies • potential problems and limitation on searches • journal vs books, vs dissertation • most cited • search constraints (journals, years, language, geography, sample characteristics, design) • Use of AND, NOT, OR and *

11. Practice Questions • How does the Eysenckian model of personality predict risk taking behaviour? • What is the link between self-efficacy and aggression?

12. Question 1 • Eysenck AND Behavio* AND risk • 59 • Eysenck AND Behavio* AND risk AND health • Eysenck AND Behavio* AND risk AND health AND prospective • Eysenck AND Behavio* AND risk AND health NOT Cancer

13. Question 1 • Eysenck AND Behavio* AND risk • 59 • Eysenck AND Behavio* AND risk AND health • 17 • Eysenck AND Behavio* AND risk AND health AND prospective • Eysenck AND Behavio* AND risk AND health NOT Cancer

14. Question 1 • Eysenck AND Behavio* AND risk • 59 • Eysenck AND Behavio* AND risk AND health • 17 • Eysenck AND Behavio* AND risk AND health AND prospective • 6 • Eysenck AND Behavio* AND risk AND health NOT Cancer

15. Question 1 • Eysenck AND Behavio* AND risk • 59 • Eysenck AND Behavio* AND risk AND health • 17 • Eysenck AND Behavio* AND risk AND health AND prospective • 6 • Eysenck AND Behavio* AND risk AND health NOT Cancer • 12

16. Question 2 • Self Efficacy • 16,363 • Self Efficacy AND aggress* • Self Efficacy AND aggress* AND adolesc* • Self Efficacy AND aggress* AND adolesc* [limit to 2001-2006]

17. Question 2 • Self Efficacy • 16,363 • Self Efficacy AND aggress* • 225 • Self Efficacy AND aggress* AND adolesc* • Self Efficacy AND aggress* AND adolesc* [limit to 2001-2006]

18. Question 2 • Self Efficacy • 16,363 • Self Efficacy AND aggress* • 225 • Self Efficacy AND aggress* AND adolesc* • 199 • Self Efficacy AND aggress* AND adolesc* [limit to 2001-2006]

19. Question 2 • Self Efficacy • 16,363 • Self Efficacy AND aggress* • 225 • Self Efficacy AND aggress* AND adolesc* • 199 • Self Efficacy AND aggress* AND adolesc* [limit to 2001-2006] • 29

20. Meaning of words • Synonyms and antonyms • Risk • Taking, likelihood, probability • Aggressive • Behaviour, vigor, decisive