ANNO BIB

Although there is a 6^th edition that was just published in 2010, this source is still helpful for this summary. According to APA Publication Manual (2002), an annotated bibliography using APA style (for the citations) adds two to four sentences to sum up the main idea and then another sentence to relate the text to the research topic, for each citation. The site goes on to explain the formatting used, as well as a sample annotated bibliography, for us visual learners. I felt that this was a useful webpage it kept the information simple and easy to understand. At the end of the page there was a link to more examples of a formatted annotated bibliography.

1) How can an annotated bibliography help you write the intro and lit review sections in your own paper?

An introduction provided to topic of the paper, background information, and the thesis statement. By doing an annotated bibliography is helpful to the process because it gets the creative juices going. Basically by writing a quick summary of the information found and another sentence on how it relates to the research to every reference entry, it allows for the information to start supporting the evidence being proved, and gets the researcher to see all the info piled in one place and then can pick which facts work best to the intro to the research.

2) How do you know if your sources from your anno bib are reliable, valid, timely, and unbiased?

Now after doing blog 7, I know to use what I have learned from source evaluation, before placing the resource on my annotated bibliography.

Reference

American Psychological Association. (2002, June). Publication manual of the American Psychological Association(5th ed.). Washington, DC: Author. Retrieved February 13, 2010, from Lesley University Library Web site http://www.lesley.edu/library/guides/citation/APAanno.pdf

Annotated Bibliography (sorry haveing trouble formatting on this page working on it)

Arizona Solar Center, INC. (1980). A Project of Western Solar Utilization Network. Passive Solar Heating & Cooling

Manual.

This manual expands on designing a passive solar house, and its benefits. With passive solar buildings the design is a crucial step in creating cost effective heating. The 2 elements that must be present in all passive solar building designs are glass on the south facing exposure, and a material to absorb the heat collected from the sun’s rays.

Buttel, F.H. & Flinn, W.L. (1976). Environmental Politics: The Structuring of Partisan and the Ideological Cleavages in

Mass Environmental Attitudes. The Sociological Quarterly, 17 (4), 477-490. JSTOR database.

This article discusses the impacts of political ideologies to the awareness of environmental issues. It goes on to examine the environmental reform, between political parties. It is evident of the differences in the support in the ideologies but not the parties. By looking at the political platform, they could examine the class structure and how each view environmental issues.

Hussain, S.S. (1999, July/August). The ethics of Going Green: The corporate social responsibility debate. Business

Strategy and the Environment, 8 (4), 203-210

A business making a profit, while answering the consumers needs. Meaning that they must adopt a proactive environmental agenda, but manufacturing green products are more expensive and they are losing money. This is an everlasting conflict, not going green. But in some cases there is no conflict as long as a profit is being made. It is the same for the common person why buy more expensive green product, if the regular is cheaper.

Pesantes, E. (2009, March 29). Artists and entrepreneurs race to trash bins to search for useful items: It’s not just the

desperate? Artists and peddlers also search for goods. South Florida Sun-Sentinel, State and regional news. LexisNexis database.

The underground subculture of trash diggers. It mentions that in the Palm Beach County area the in the past year the amount of trash has slightly decreased, which is likely to divers, given the economic downturn. Besides the recession, another factor is the green fad. Trash-picking has become practical.

Sara. (2008, August 17). A Brief History of the Green Movement: What is the Green Movement. WebEcoist.

This article give a brief description of how the Green Movement, as we know it, got its start. The article goes through interesting concepts of Environmentalism, starting with 1830′s American Philosophy and the Transcendentalists to “treehuggers” then finishing with going green. By looking at the trends, it becomes evident that maybe it is not a trend at all.

Schmidt, C.W. (2008, January). Bringing Green Homes within Reach: Healthier Housing for More People.

Environmental Health Perspectives, 116 (1), A24-A31. JSTOR database.

Green homes use sustainable materials and better practices than conventional ones so it creates a healthier living environment. It also uses less oil and gas, which is a great factor with today economy. One aspect of a green house is masonry or brick fireplaces or wall to stabilize the interior tempter.

Spiegelman, H. & Sheehan B. (2005, March). Unintended Consequences of Managing MSW and the Throwaway Society.

Product Policy Institute.

A public health brief on Municipal Solid Waste Management, it explores the successes and failures of wastes management and public policy objectives. The increase of waste within the past 40 years have increased to exceeding amounts. However the problem lies in where to put the waste. Recycling programs are reducing the flow to landfills. It also discuses waste characteristic over the past 41 years.

Spivey, A. (2004, April). Sustainable Development. Going Green Saves Over Time. Environmental Health

Perspectives, 112(5), A276. JSTOR database.

An article that shows some surprising facts on US building energy consumptions and gases produced of conventional houses to “green” featured ones. The Stats shown are interesting, and if some has the resources should look at a green house. Occupants tend to be more productive and healthier. Having the house will pay off 10 times more in 20 years then a conventional house.

Stocker, D.K. (2009). The Consequences of Economic Disparity in a Resort Community: Examining the Stratification of

Cape Cod. Sociological Viewpoints. 91-104.

Tibbetts, J. (1996, October). Green Houses. Environmental Health Perspectives, 104 (10), 1036-1039. JSTOR

database.

It reviews the building issues of the 70′s and 80′s and how to adjust what was wrong to create homes that were more energy efficient as well as better quality air. The 1970′s oil crisis gave way to creating buildings that reduced energy consumption. In the 1980′s studies were being done that suggested on avoiding products contain VOC’s. It also goes in to the waste from construction sites but the amount it would cost to throw it away is more than construction works can afford.