Center Annotated Bibliographies Samples For Students

- Lambert, Craig. “Death by the Barrel: David Hemenway applies scientific method to the gun problem.” Harvard Magazine. Sept.-Oct. 2004. harvardmagazine.com. Web. 16 Mar. 2014.

In the article, David Hemenway, director of the Harvard Injury Contro Research Center at the School of Public Health, discusses how guns make crimes lethal. He argues that the issue about gun-control is not about taking away people’s guns, but is about forming strategies that will reduce harm brought about by guns. He added that reasonable gun policies are needed to be able to decrease the harm that guns cause. As ...

Summary

Obesity has been an eminent health problem for the people in the modern times. The modern life has provided us many things that make the life easy for us, however, we face new issues with it such as a fast life, rush, higher competition in the job market and work, psychological problems, not enough time for exercising, and obesity. Nowadays, people are consuming more calories than they burn and as a result of this we are having obesity problem. This paper explains how we face obesity problem by providing some information of background of obesity.

Each part will give ideas of ...

Burros, Marian. “McDonald’s France Puts its Mouth Where Its Money Is”. The New York Times. October 30, 2000. Web.

The four paragraph article of Burros had explained how food companies such as McDonald’s become profit-driven and fail to provide healthy meals to their customers. The growing obesity problem is a kind of success belonging to the American food industry since “food companies sell food which contains massive calories at cheaper price and easily available to the consumers” (Burros 2). This article is useful for the study since it explains how food advertisements promote unhealthy foods with ...

Introduction

I understand advertising as a major tool that companies use to communicate messages concerning their products. However, some of the advertisements are not regulated making them ignorant of the various principles that control the ethics of an advert. Following improper regulation of the advertisements in the media, the issue of alcohol advertisement has become common. The number of advertisements directly impacts the level of consumption of alcohol in the society.

It is evident that the media are being driven by the amount of income they fetch from such advertisements. Therefore, the media find it extremely difficult to ignore the income ...

KewalRamani, A., & National Center for Education Statistics. (2007). Status and trends in educationn of racial and ethnic minorities. Washington, DC: National Center for Education Statistics, Institute of Education Sciences, U.S. Dept. Of Education.

This is a report by the National Center for Education Statistics detailing the trends and status of education of ethnic and racial minorities in the United States of America. It examines the challenges and milestones covered by ethnic minority groups in the United States. The report details that over time; many minorities have finished high school and continued higher education in colleges across the country. These ...

Legionella is one of the conditions that for a long time has been researched on. Several authors and researchers have come up with their views concerning this condition and present their views in books, journals, and even websites. In the annotated bibliography below, a clear indication of the contribution of each author is given. The relevance of the reference is also shown, giving readers the reason why they should take the references.
Annotated bibliography
Bartram, J., Chartier, Y., Lee, J. V., Pond, K., & Surman Lee, S. (Eds.). (n.d.). Legionella and the prevention of legionellosis. (Original work published World ...

Introduction

I understand advertising to be a major tool that companies use to communicate messages concerning their products. However, some of the advertisements are not regulated making them ignorant of the various principles that control the ethics of an advert. Following improper regulation of the advertisements in the media, the issue of alcohol advertisement has become common. The number of advertisements directly impacts the level of consumption of alcohol in the society.

It is evident that the media are being driven by the amount of income they fetch from such advertisements. Therefore, the media find it extremely difficult to ignore the ...

Annotated Bibliography Elder Adult Care

Chang, H. J. (2009). Preventive Care for Older Adults. AMA'S Journal of Ethics Vol 302, No. 24, 1.

According to this article, the population of older people in the United States at the age of 65 years is expected to be at 20 percent by 2030. The author stipulates that the risk of mortality will be determined by an individual’s ability to carry out daily chores necessary to accomplish basic needs. The author of the article lists some recommended preventive measures that can be carried out on adults and people over the age of 65 years. For ...

Ascano-Martin, F. (2008). Shift Report And SBAR. Nurse Educator, 33(5), 190-191.
In this article the reference guides for adult learning to be employed by nurses in the service are outlined. These guidelines are emphasized on as being extremely strict and thus the adherence of nurses to these guidelines is of the utmost importance. In this particular article, the guidelines entail nurses building a personal relationship with the adult in question in order to ensure that optimum service is offered by the nurse to the patient. This personal relationship will also endear the nurse to the patient in question ...

Introduction

When the concept of poverty is mentioned, most people envision the economic dimension of poverty. While this is the most common dimension, the concept of poverty transcends past its basic definitions. Poverty is a concept with a myriad of definitions. The threshold for poverty is defined differently by different institutions and varies between different economies. For instance, the World Health Organization classifies an individual as poor if he lives for less than one United States dollar per day. This is a more accommodating classification as it factors in the economic conditions in third world countries.

However this threshold cannot be used ...

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Anderson, M. & Ramos-Reid, R. (2011) Core competence-definition and dynamics in the not-for-profit sector. School of Management Blekinge Institute of Technology Sweden.

The study is among the few that treats the subject of core-competences (core capabilities) within the nonprofit sector, explaining how it applies to the not-for-profit operations. The core competences concept is related to the added value notion, and the authors of this study aim to identify how nonprofit organizations can generate added value by optimizing their internal resources. Developing a multi-case study analysis, the book identifies that nonprofit operations follow the same patterns as for profit organizations for ...

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Introduction

Antler, Joyce, ed. Talking Back: Images of Jewish Women in American Popular Culture. Hanover, NH: University Press of New England, for Brandeis University Press, 1998. 301 p.

The Jewish women were looked upon in many ways within the background of their times. Their images were in the first line in creating America Jewish culture identity, which was an important in becoming an America. The Jewish women internalized them self from self-hatred since they had sufficient means in response. In brief the book analyzes the images of Jewish women in narratives, stories and media since twentieth century.
The ...

At present time there are lively debates concerning same-sex marriages and there is no unity in society according this issue. Before discussing the necessity of legalizing gay marriages or forbidding them, it is necessary to say a few words concerning marriage in general. Thus, under the notion marriage we usually understand a union between a woman and a man. Traditional marriage is serves a cell of society and the government tends to do everything possible to promote family values, to give benefits to young people who want to get married, to support young families. It is not difficult to understand that in this way, ...

Works Cited

Bodine, Ann. “School Uniforms, Academic Achievement, and Uses of Research.” The Journal of Educational Research 97.2 (Nov./Dec. 2003): 67-71.

This article presents information on why schools desire to use school uniforms, addresses the issue of a study that says school uniforms have a negative effect on academic achievement, and claims that more research shows that the majority of schools find that school uniforms offer positive effects in academic achievement. This article provides a study based on a National Education Longitudinal Study, is written by an expert in the field, and published in a peer-reviewed journal, so it is a reliable source of information. It ...

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American Academy of Child Adolescent Psychiatry. (2011, March 17). Obesity in Children and Teens. Retrieved May 5, 2012, from American Academy of Child Adolescent Psychiatry: http://aacap.org

This particular source gives credible statistics and facts on the childhood and teenage obesity in the United States of America (USA). The source reveals that the problem of obesity in USA is growing tremendously with the current statistics showing that 16-33% of children and teenagers in USA are obese and that obesity is responsible for more than 300,000 deaths annually. The Academy further states that obesity costs the society approximately $ 100 billion ...