The final project in this course is a research report on a bioethics topic of your choice. (See the full description in the Final Project are of the course.) A research project begins with you...

The final project in this course is a research report on a bioethics topic of
your
choice. (See the full description in the Final Project are of the course.) A research project begins with you conducting research on a broad area of the academic literature and concludes with a more focused argumentative essay, in which you locate and defend your own position in the debate. Since the first step is to research your topic, in this module you will prepare an annotated bibliography.

Please note that this bibliography is due early in this module. This date has been set so that your mentor can provide feedback on your bibliography before you begin writing your paper.

1. First, review the following document on how to write an annotated bibliography:
   The Learning Centre. (n.d.).
   
   
   How to Write an Annotated Bibliography
   
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2. Second, please review the following two sources. They describe what a high quality, peer-reviewed source is and also explain how such resources are created:
   University of Texas at Austin. (n.d.).Peer Reviewed Journals.
   NC State University Libraries. (2014, April).Peer Review in Three Minutes.
   If you still have trouble identifying high quality, peer-reviewed articles, talk with a
   librarian at the New Jersey State Library.
   
   
   
   


3. Now prepare an annotated bibliography of ten sources on a specific subject in bioethics, which will be the subject of your research project. A good guide to possible subjects would be a review of the titles of the modules in this course. Please prepare your annotated bibliography according to the following guidelines:
   
   
   
   1. Include at least as many non-Internet sources as Internet sources. A non-Internet source is published in a medium that is not the Internet, such as a print journal (even if it is
      also
      published on the Internet).
   
   
   2. Include more peer-reviewed sources, than non-peer reviewed sources.
   
   
   3. All of your sources should be of high academic quality.
      The New York Times
      and
      Washington Post
      are high quality, wikipedia and howstuffworks.com are not high quality and are unacceptable. If you are not sure if a source is high quality, then assume that it is not, and do not include it.
   
   
   
   

Spend the time to do this carefully and correctly. A complete annotated bibliography is an essential first step in successfully completing a high quality research project. [MO3]

THE WRITER CAN CHOOSE THE TOPIC THEMSELVES