In your Unit $4$ Individual Project, you will create $5$ APA formatted Annotated Bibliographies as part of your Research Methods project. This is a $3-$step process, as follows:

Step $1$: Search for, find and review existing literature $($articles$)$ about the topic that you selected in your DB$4$ assignment. You may find information in the AIU library and from government websites. Do not use tabloids, Wikipedia, Cliff Notes, Wisegeek or unprofessional sources as references. Review sources that have been used for research projects.

Step $2$: Identify $5$ articles that you want to use to support your research project.

Step $3$: Take your $5$ articles from step $2$ and create $5$ Annotated Bibliographies as your Unit $4$ Individual Project.

View instructions on how to create and format an Annotated Bibliography.

See a sample Annotated Bibliography.

Download a blank template to begin writing your Annotated Bibliography. Save the document to your computer.

Here is the roadmap of your Research Methods project:

Unit $4$ DB: Problem Statement $$ For DB$4,$ choose a topic and write a problem statement that analyzes how or why it is a problematic issue that needs to be addressed in the Criminal Justice system.

Unit $4$ IP: Research & Review Preexisting Literature $$ For IP$4,$ create $5$ APA formatted Annotated Bibliographies for the topic that you selected in your DB$4$ assignment.

Unit $5$ IP: Write a Literature Review $$ For IP$5,$ transform your IP$4$ Annotated Bibliography into a $45$ page Literature Review about your selected topic.