This document is an Annotated Bibliography Template provided for students in Grand Canyon University’s University Success (UNV 108) course. It’s designed to guide students through the process of researching, summarizing, and evaluating scholarly sources related to their field of study, teaching practices, or education generally.
This template is primarily for students completing a specific assignment requiring them to demonstrate critical thinking skills – research, analysis, and concise writing – through annotated entries. It’s used to organize research and prepare for more in-depth academic work. It exists as a structured framework to ensure consistent formatting and thoroughness in source evaluation.
This template does *not* provide the research itself, nor does it offer complete annotated bibliographies as examples beyond a single sample entry. It doesn’t teach the underlying concepts of the research topics themselves. Students will still need to locate, read, and critically assess sources independently.
The full document provides: a step-by-step outline for creating an annotated bibliography, guidance on locating scholarly articles through the GCU library, instructions for citing sources in GCU (APA) style, and a sample annotation to illustrate the expected format and level of detail. This preview only offers a glimpse of the template’s structure and purpose.