1. What new sources did you include in your annotated bibliography and why?

I included a source on Competency Based Training Tools as well as a source on the current interests of doctorate-level professionals in the area of academia.  I included the first because I had yet to learn about them and can be crucial for any graduate student to know.  It goes over competency benchmarks and states that when an intern needs to demonstrates measureable outcome in these domains in order to graduate.  The second was interesting to me because when pursing a doctorate-level degree I think its important to know that it will be a competitive field to work in as well as find a position, so knowing what type of interest there is can and will be beneficial. I was surprised to find, a low 3.9% express an interest in doctorate-level work in academia; which is the area I’m interested in. 

2. What was the search path you took to locate them?

I utilized a path very similar to my previous searches.  I went to the Leatherby’s Library and accessed the database and included my usual criteria, Peer-reviewed, full text, and date parameters, Boolean phrases. 

3. Why do you feel these sources are credible (remember the CRAAP Test)?

Both of these resources are connected to bigger universities, and often, if I don’t find a source directly connected to the APA, American Psychological Association, ones contributed to by bigger universities suffice, along with a review of the author’s credentials. 

4. What aspect(s) of your research question do they address? 

One continues my research with knowing what I will encounter when pursuing this degree, which would be the competency benchmarks and how interns take them prior to graduation.  The other sheds light on my field of interests, which is academia, but will now expand my research, because I am curious why the interest level is so low. 

5. Are there still aspects of your research question that remain unanswered?

I still plan on researching admission requirements to schools.  One of my earlier resources provided a list of all the schools throughout the United States, and because I am really only focusing on the schools within California, I can focus only on their specific requirements, and plan my future classes accordingly. 

6.     What are some aspects of your research that you feel would be most interesting to a wide audience?

I think to the unknowing person, they might be interested, or at least entertained, at the amount of debt students in psychology programs are in.  I know I was surprised at how much people have to pay, PhD upwards of 65 and 70 thousand and PsyD closer to one hundred thousand.  Or the fact that graduates, of ten years or more, say if they had the chance to make that decision all over again they might bypass the debt because of their current earnings.