Biology 200 - Annotated Bibliography

Questions: Contact Lisa (lisa.brunick@augie.edu OR 274-4921 OR MSN/AIM: mikkliblisa)

Assignment #1 (template) Due: Sept. 20	Choose your topic (vehicle of research)	Write a summary based on the topic overviews.	Investigative Question (What path are you going to explore with the topic?)
Assignment #2 (template) Due: Sept. 27	Thesis Statement (A statement which maps the direction of your research) Thesis Statement resources	Evidence: Supporting & Refuting (Locate 5 sources and bring to class March 9)
Assignment #3 (template) Due: Oct. 9	Write annotations for 5 sources	Annotation tips
Assignment #4 (template) Due: Oct. 25	Write annotations for 5 additional resources	Conclusion (After your research journey, do you still support your original thesis?)	Reference List (APA Style)

Topics

1. Gene Therapy

2. Genetic Engineering - Agriculture

3. Cloning - The most controversial project of our time

4. Human population

5. Global Warming/Climate Change

6. Nuclear Power

7. Estrogen's Malevolence - Estrogen mimics and their effects on the ecosystems

8. Stem Cell Research

9. Endangered Fresh Water

10. Human Genome Project - The most revolutionary scientific project of our time

11. Fossil Fuels and Alternative Resources

12. Human pandemics in the waiting?

Thesis statements (electronic resources)

Augustana College's Writing Center

Writer's Workshops from the Univ. of Illinois - Urbana/Champaign

Writer's Web from the Univ. of Richmond's Writing Center

LEO: Literacy Education Online from St. Cloud State Univ.

Annotated Bibliography tips
(Be sure to read the information on evaluative annotations!)

How to Prepare an Annotated Bibliography from Olin & Uris Library at Cornell University

Writing an Annotated Bibliography from University of Toronto (see section on "Some Language for talking about texts and arguments)

Developing an Annotated Bibliography from The Ohio State University Libraries