Citing & Annotating Your News Sources

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Create an APA Citation & Annotation for each of your news sources.  

Citation

  • Database: Use the citation tools to copy your citations.
  • Websites: See the APA Citation Guide for examples of how to create citations for websites.

Annotation

Write a one-paragraph description or annotation for each source explaining why it is the best source for your topic. 

  • Who is the publisher? What is their reputation online?
  • Who is the author? What makes them an expert?
  • What kind of evidence do they cite?

Help

For help with APA citations or annotations, contact Ask A Librarian.

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Relevance
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2 pts
All 5 sources are relevant to the research topic
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1.5 pts
Sources could be more relevant to the topic
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1 pts
Topic is unclear, and/or sources are not clearly relevant
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Quality & Credibility
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All 5 sources are credible, high-quality sources
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Most of your sources are credible and high-quality
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Some of your sources are questionable, OR, you are lacking library resources
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Overall lack of source quality, and/or no library resources were used
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APA Citations
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Fewer than 4 errors
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5-10 errors
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Over 10 errors
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Annotations
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4 pts
All 5 required annotations are included.
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3 pts
Only 3 of the required annotations are included.
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2 pts
Only 2 of the required annotations are included.
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1 pts
Only 1 of the requited annotations is included.
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4 pts
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Total Points: 10 out of 10