Animal Behavior (Salerno, BIOL 115): Annotated Bibliography

An annotated bibliography is a list of resources related to your topic and why they're relevant to your research. For this assignment, you must include 5 empirical, peer-reviewed sources.

• Empirical = information obtained through experimentation or observation
  • Look for sections labeled with "science fair" words - background, methods, data analysis, results, discussion
• Peer-reviewed = has been looked over extensively by experts in the field.
  • Usually found in academic journals.
  • Not a lot of pictures, usually 5+ pages long, includes charts and graphs.
  • If you're using MILO, look for this icon:

For each source you will include:

• Citation - Include the APA style citation for the article you've chosen. Refer to the Citation Resources section of this guide for help.
• Abstract - This is typically the first section of the article and is usually labeled. Copy and paste this directly from the article into your assignment document (preferably .docx).
• 2-3 Sentences - In your own words describe why this article is important to your research topic.

From Professor Salerno:

BIOL115 Annotated Bibliography 

(10 points)

In order to receive credit for this assignment you will need to:

Find 5** empirical (knowledge obtained by observation and/or experimentation from peer-reviewed journals or books) articles that are:

1. related to your research topic and the questions you have about it. Remember, that your research topic will need to be discussed in your paper in terms of how the animal you chose behaves, and how these behaviors help it survive.
2. Then copy and paste the abstracts from these articles into a Word document (preferably .docx).
3. Include the source information (Author, year, article title, journal title, journal volume, and page #s)
4. After each abstract, write two or three sentences that describe why this article might be important for your research topic.
5. Save this Word document as “YourLastNameFirstNameBIOL115AnnotBiblio

NOTE: You can often find articles that pertain to your topic by looking at the articles referenced in other articles…

** The Research paper says you need a minimum of 3 articles, but for this assignment, you must locate 5 articles on your topic because you may discover that a few of your articles are not useful to you after you read them.