Name: ______________ Topic: ___________________ Score: ___/10

Bibliography Component of Research Assignment

I. INSTRUCTIONS: Your second installment of your term research project is to put together a preliminary set of research articles you collected from libraries and the Internet. You will later include your final version of your bibliography in your written presentation outline later in the semester.

Your bibliography needs to consist of at least FIVE (5) references of scientific-quality articles that you have collected for your research topic. All your scientific articles need to come from reliable sources and must be of a truly scientific caliber, and NOT science news clips or articles from popular newspapers or magazines. References from Wikipedia and/or general encyclopedias are NOT acceptable either; Library hardcopy and Internet e-copy are allowable sources for your articles.

Your bibliography should be an APA format-correct, alphabetical list of your 5 or more articles. Below are some helpful guidelines for putting together your bibliography, including links to APA tutorials and format examples. YOU MUST USE THE APA FORMAT for all your sources.

PLEASE ATTACH THIS FORM TO YOUR BIBILIOGRAPHY.

II. Bibliography APA Format Guidelines:

For an in depth look at the APA format go to these two sites:

A. Official APA site for an excellent tutorial: http://www.apastyle.org/learn/tutorials/basics-tutorial.aspx

B. APA Citation Style:  Examples - http://employees.csbsju.edu/proske/nursing/APA.htm

III. Bibliography Grading Rubric:

____ A. Five source acceptable references (minimum of two hard-copy sources – Only

three from the Internet) (2 points each - 10 Points total)

____ B. Correct APA Format (1/2 point off for each incorrectly formatted reference)

_____ Total Points Earned (Out of 10 points)