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Annotated Bibliography

Rubric for an annotated bibliography consisting of 5-6 annotations of resources used to support a research paper. All citations must use APA format.

Rubric Code: WX8XXCA

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Subject: Science

Type: Writing

Grade Levels: 9-12, Undergraduate

Annotated Bibliography Rubric
	Poor 1 pts	Fair 3 pts	Good 5 pts
Source Selection	Poor Fewer than five (5) sources OR five (5) sources with fewer than three (3) academically appropriate; sources are not relevant to researcher’s topic; sources necessitate extensive additional research	Fair Five (5) sources, at least four (3) conforming to assignment guidelines; some sources chosen are relevant to the topic; writer may need additional sources to complete research	Good Five (5) sources, all conforming to assignment guidelines; sources chosen are highly relevant to the topic; sources add greatly to research potential
Summary/Annotation	Poor Most annotations are either too short or too long; annotations do not describe the source material; annotations offer no insight; no evidence that article Website has really been read	Fair Some annotations may be too short or too long; annotations adequately describe the source material, but lack insight; some evidence that article web site has been read	Good Annotations succinctly and comprehensively describe the source material,the annotation has included details that could be useful in the writing. It is evident that article web site has been read
Credibility	Poor All Sources lack credibility	Fair Most sources are from credible, scholarly materials	Good All sources are from credible, scholarly materials
In-text Citations	Poor Lacking citations; unidentifiable connection to bibliography; citation not close to quote/paraphrase; unclear or confusing	Fair Connection to bibliography is unclear or confusing; may contain basic information; may be close to quote/paraphrase	Good Clearly and obviously show connection to the bibliography; contain relevant information; are as close to the quote/paraphrase as possible
APA Formatting	Poor Many errors in APA formatting rules (margins, spacing, font, headers, page numbering, etc)	Fair A few errors in APA formatting rules (margins, spacing, font, headers, page numbering, etc)	Good No errors in APA formatting rules (margins, spacing, font, headers, page numbering, etc)
Works Cited	Poor Works cited has less than three (3) sources and/or there are more than four (4) errors in APA formatting	Fair Works cited has at least four (4) sources and is formatted to APA specification with the exception of one (1) error	Good Works cited has five or more (5+) sources and is formatted to APA specifications exactly
Grammar and Mechanics	Poor Many mechanical, grammatical, punctuation, or spelling errors	Fair A few mechanical, grammatical, punctuation, or spelling errors	Good Free from mechanical, grammatical, punctuation, and spelling errors

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