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the obesity crisis in" rel="nofollow">in American Children Writin" rel="nofollow">ing Assignment #2 will be a critical annotated bibliography of 12 sources. In this assignment you will write a list of at least 12 references in" rel="nofollow">in alphabetical order in" rel="nofollow">in APA format. In addition, each reference will be followed by a short analytical summary of 150-200 words. At the end of the short summary, you will in" rel="nofollow">include a sentence or two that critically analyzes the source and that mentions distin" rel="nofollow">inctive features about the article and why it may or may not be useful for you in" rel="nofollow">in writin" rel="nofollow">ing a literature review. You may select a topic of your choice. However, when selectin" rel="nofollow">ing a topic, keep in" rel="nofollow">in min" rel="nofollow">ind that it should be a topic on which a number of studies or scholarly articles have been published. Examples of topics students have chosen in" rel="nofollow">in the past or that would be workable for this assignment are the followin" rel="nofollow">ing: The impact of the Internet on research methods of students and plagiarism in" rel="nofollow">in student papers The impact of The No Child Left Behin" rel="nofollow">ind (NCLB) Act on primary school education The impact of mobile devices on cybersecurity Overall, in" rel="nofollow">in considerin" rel="nofollow">ing a topic, you might consider your major, topics that will be covered in" rel="nofollow">in future classes you plan to take at UMUC, and your in" rel="nofollow">interests. For example, please examin" rel="nofollow">ine the followin" rel="nofollow">ing ideas: If your major is crimin" rel="nofollow">inal justice, you might consider researchin" rel="nofollow">ing crimin" rel="nofollow">inal behavior among homeless in" rel="nofollow">individuals, crimin" rel="nofollow">inal behavior among youth, society’s perception of law enforcement, etc. If your major is psychology, you might consider researchin" rel="nofollow">ing counselin" rel="nofollow">ing strategies, consumer behavior in" rel="nofollow">in onlin" rel="nofollow">ine shoppin" rel="nofollow">ing, decision-makin" rel="nofollow">ing in" rel="nofollow">in upper-management positions, etc. If your major is history, you might consider researchin" rel="nofollow">ing theories on the Civil War, studies on labor patterns in" rel="nofollow">in the United States, an aspect of military history, etc. If your major is social science, you might consider researchin" rel="nofollow">ing community responses to health care threats, co-parentin" rel="nofollow">ing patterns after divorce, etc. If your major is graphic communication, you might consider researchin" rel="nofollow">ing different categories of graphic communication technology, trends in" rel="nofollow">in graphic communication through the years, etc. Whatever topic you consider, keep in" rel="nofollow">in min" rel="nofollow">ind that it should be a topic on which a number of studies or scholarly articles have been published. You will conduct all or most of your research usin" rel="nofollow">ing UMUC’s OneSearch function in" rel="nofollow">in fin" rel="nofollow">indin" rel="nofollow">ing scholarly articles. This assignment will be an analytical/critical/ annotated bibliography. The difference between the desсrіptive/in" rel="nofollow">informative annotated bibliography and the analytical/critical annotated bibliography is explain" rel="nofollow">ined in" rel="nofollow">in the followin" rel="nofollow">ing video: http://www.umuc.edu/library/tutorials/bibliography/bibliography.shtml The transсrіpt is at http://www.umuc.edu/library/libhow/bibliography_tutorial.cfm#transсrіpt. Moreover, the followin" rel="nofollow">ing website from UMUC’s Information and Library Services provides more in" rel="nofollow">information on how to complete this assignment: http://sites.umuc.edu/library/libhow/bibliography_apa.cfm The followin" rel="nofollow">ing are some lin" rel="nofollow">inks to sample Annotated Bibliographies. Some of them give examples in" rel="nofollow">in APA format. You may want to observe these examples and perhaps model your work after them. A variety of samples from The University of North Carolin" rel="nofollow">ina Writin" rel="nofollow">ing Center, in" rel="nofollow">includin" rel="nofollow">ing these specific examples of APA-style annotations. Some in" rel="nofollow">instruction from Cornell University. The website also provides more in" rel="nofollow">information on the process of writin" rel="nofollow">ing an annotated bibliography. Some in" rel="nofollow">instruction from East Carolin" rel="nofollow">ina University.