ENG101_MH_V5Topic 5: Writing a Good Paragraph and Researching ... Annotated Bibliography Instructions For this assignment only, there is no draft option. You should simply submit your required final copy whenever you are ready. This assignment is designed to inform your larger research project. Topic and Structure: Annotated Bibliography – Review four potential sources for your research paper project (you should already have your research essay topic chosen), and select two to explore further, with at least one qualifying as a periodical. Here are some possible places to search for credible sources: Truman State University’s Pickler Memorial Library (this source lists periodical databases only, so you may choose your periodical here): http://library.truman.edu/Free/free.asp Google Scholar: http://scholar.google.com/ (note that this is different from regular Google) Microsoft Academic Search: http://academic.research.microsoft.com/ Cornell University’s arXiv (open access sources in math, biology, physics, and other fields): http://arxiv.org/ Bielefeld Academic Search Engine (BASE): http://www.base-search.net/ Your local library This assignment does not follow the standard introduction, body paragraph, and conclusion format; instead, you will simply create three well-developed paragraphs per source, each with a specific objective, for six paragraphs total. For each of your two chosen resources, you will summarize the material, assess the source’s content, and reflect on its value for your research paper project. Some sources are long and contain main ideas and subtopics, so be sure to focus your assignment on ideas that are relevant to your research paper topic. Learn more about summarizing, assessing, and reflecting here. This essay also requires a particular format in which you will summarize, assess, and reflect on one source in full before you move to the next one. See the sample here under “Sample MLA Annotation” for format details. Notes Make the title of your annotated bibliography your research paper project’s topic. On the line under your title, but left-aligned on the page, include your proposed research essay’s thesis so that graders can provide some preliminary feedback. The guidelines and requirements for this assignment are as follows: Remember to apply the concepts you're learning in the course, including elements of grammar, punctuation, thesis development, and other skills. Length: This piece should be approximately 1-2 double-spaced pages or 500 words. Header: Include a header in the upper left-hand corner of your writing assignment with the following information: Your first and last name Course Title (Composition I) Assignment name (Annotated Bibliography) Current Date Format: Last name and page number in upper-right corner of each page Double-spacing throughout Title, centered after heading Standard font (TimesNewRoman or Calibri) 1” margins on all sides MLA-style citations and Works Cited list for any sources use.

1. ENG101_MH_V5Topic 5: Writing a Good Paragraph and
Researching ...
Annotated Bibliography Instructions
For this assignment only, there is no draft option. You should
simply submit your required final copy whenever you are ready.
This assignment is designed to inform your larger research
project.
Topic and Structure:
Annotated Bibliography – Review four potential sources for
your research paper project (you should already have your
research essay topic chosen), and select two to explore further,
with at least one qualifying as a periodical.
Here are some possible places to search for credible sources:
Truman State University’s Pickler Memorial Library (this
source lists periodical databases only, so you may choose your
periodical here): http://library.truman.edu/Free/free.asp
Google Scholar: http://scholar.google.com/ (note that this is
different from regular Google)
Microsoft Academic Search:
http://academic.research.microsoft.com/
Cornell University’s arXiv (open access sources in math,
biology, physics, and other fields): http://arxiv.org/
Bielefeld Academic Search Engine (BASE): http://www.base-
search.net/
Your local library
This assignment does not follow the standard introduction, body
paragraph, and conclusion format; instead, you will simply
create three well-developed paragraphs per source, each with a
specific objective, for six paragraphs total. For each of your two
chosen resources, you will summarize the material, assess the
source’s content, and reflect on its value for your research paper
project. Some sources are long and contain main ideas and
subtopics, so be sure to focus your assignment on ideas that are

2. relevant to your research paper topic. Learn more about
summarizing, assessing, and reflecting here.
This essay also requires a particular format in which you will
summarize, assess, and reflect on one source in full before you
move to the next one. See the sample here under “Sample MLA
Annotation” for format details.
Notes
Make the title of your annotated bibliography your research
paper project’s topic.
On the line under your title, but left-aligned on the page,
include your proposed research essay’s thesis so that graders
can provide some preliminary feedback.
The guidelines and requirements for this assignment are as
follows:
Remember to apply the concepts you're learning in the course,
including elements of grammar, punctuation, thesis
development, and other skills.
Length: This piece should be approximately 1-2 double-spaced
pages or 500 words.
Header: Include a header in the upper left-hand corner of your
writing assignment with the following information:
Your first and last name
Course Title (Composition I)
Assignment name (Annotated Bibliography)
Current Date
Format:
Last name and page number in upper-right corner of each page
Double-spacing throughout
Title, centered after heading
Standard font (TimesNewRoman or Calibri)
1” margins on all sides
MLA-style citations and Works Cited list for any sources used
Save the file as .docx or .doc format
Underline your thesis statement in the introductory paragraph.

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Tiny Redbox's DVD Kiosks Grow
Pruitt, Angela . Wall Street Journal , Eastern edition; New
York, N.Y. [New York, N.Y]27 June 2007: B.5D.
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4. ABSTRACT (ABSTRACT)
Redbox also has kiosks located in some 2,600 grocery stores,
including Supervalu Inc.'s Albertsons and Royal
Ahold NV's Giant and Stop &Shop chains. Wal-Mart Stores Inc.
is testing the Redbox kiosks in at least 10 cities and
Puerto Rico. In Denver, Redbox has seen its market share rise to
about 20%, second only to Blockbuster, in just
three years.
A unit of McDonald's started the concept of Redbox in 2001
amid a push to drive traffic into the restaurants. It also
included "convenience store" kiosks that didn't take hold. The
fast-food chain later partnered with Coinstar Inc.,
which owns a 47.3% stake of Redbox. The company's focus
remains on DVD rentals, but [Redbox] said it will
continue to explore other categories.
"Most of the consumers in Blockbuster want to rent about 100
new release titles. Most of Blockbuster's square
footage is wasted on older titles, which often sit unrented," Mr.
[Gregg Kaplan] said. Redbox also offers the option
of ordering rentals online. The kiosk holds 500 of the latest
movie titles. They have to return the DVDs to any
Redbox location in a day or incur another $1-a-day charge on
their credit card.

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As Blockbuster Inc. and Netflix Inc. duke it out for dominance
in the video-rental industry, a tiny company called
Redbox wants to jump into the ring.
With about 4,000 automated DVD kiosks scattered across the
country, Redbox has emerged as the nation's fourth-
largest renter of DVDs since it starting testing in the market in
2002.
Right now, Redbox is still a relatively small threat. But its
growth comes as Blockbuster is fighting to remain
competitive. The dominant player in the market is closing
unprofitable stores, propping up its online business and
undercutting the prices of Netflix, its chief rival.
Besides, Redbox has a formidable partner that knows something
about growth by spreading out: McDonald's Corp.
has a 47% stake in the closely held company. And the fast-food
chain has a multiyear revenue- sharing pact that
puts the kiosks in its restaurants, about 1,400 currently.
Redbox also has kiosks located in some 2,600 grocery stores,

6. including Supervalu Inc.'s Albertsons and Royal
Ahold NV's Giant and Stop &Shop chains. Wal-Mart Stores Inc.
is testing the Redbox kiosks in at least 10 cities and
Puerto Rico. In Denver, Redbox has seen its market share rise to
about 20%, second only to Blockbuster, in just
three years.
The battle for customers is "really going to be location driven,"
said Michael Pachter, an analyst at Wedbush
Morgan Securities, of Redbox's growth. Redbox might gain
marginal market share at Blockbuster's expense in
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select locations, he said. The $1-a-day price point benefits
consumers who pass a kiosk and make the impulse
decision to rent a movie, he added.
And they become repeat customers. Doug Adcock, owner and
operator of eight McDonald's restaurants in
Houston, said the kiosks have helped increase traffic. "When
customers are making another visit to return a movie,

7. they make food purchases," he said.
A unit of McDonald's started the concept of Redbox in 2001
amid a push to drive traffic into the restaurants. It also
included "convenience store" kiosks that didn't take hold. The
fast-food chain later partnered with Coinstar Inc.,
which owns a 47.3% stake of Redbox. The company's focus
remains on DVD rentals, but Redbox said it will
continue to explore other categories.
Convenience aside, analysts say that both Blockbuster and
Netflix offer a better deal if the consumer is able to
keep the rental for a week without late fees.
Redbox, of Oak Brook Terrace, Ill., projects that it will beat
Blockbuster, which has more than 5,000 stores in the
U.S., on number of locations in coming months. Redbox already
has almost three times as many locations as
automated DVD-rental companies The New Release and
DVDPlay.
Redbox Chief Executive Gregg Kaplan said the company has
been "growing under the radar" at a rate of 300% every
year during the past few years.

8. Mr. Kaplan, a former investment banker, said Redbox retooled
Blockbuster's model by cutting the price, focusing
on just the top new releases, and replacing a 6,000-square-foot
physical store with a 15- square-foot automated
kiosk.
"Most of the consumers in Blockbuster want to rent about 100
new release titles. Most of Blockbuster's square
footage is wasted on older titles, which often sit unrented," Mr.
Kaplan said. Redbox also offers the option of
ordering rentals online. The kiosk holds 500 of the latest movie
titles. They have to return the DVDs to any Redbox
location in a day or incur another $1-a-day charge on their
credit card.
Redbox's operational costs include the DVDs, payment-
processing costs, distribution to the kiosks, customer-
service expenses and revenue-sharing costs with the host
retailer. After five to six months, the DVDs are sold back
to the distributors.
Sean Bersell, vice president of public affairs at the
Entertainment Merchants Association, said kiosks make sense

9. where space is at a premium. Mr. Bersell added that he
anticipated Redbox will expand its kiosks to markets where
Netflix has made heavy inroads such as the East and West
coasts and among upscale suburban and urban
consumers.
Mr. Kaplan says the company will continue to examine its
strategy in the next seven to 10 years. One big challenge
ahead: the expected growth of movie downloads and video-on-
demand on cable.
The emergence of the new Blu-ray and HD DVD disc formats
could "expand the lifespan of packaged media, and
that's good for us," he said. Mr. Kaplan declined to comment on
whether the company would consider going public.
Blockbuster concedes that the vending concept is convenient.
But "they don't generate significant revenue. They
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don't have the capacity to do that," said Randy Hargrove, a
Blockbuster spokesman. The company offers 70,000
titles between its stores and online operations. "We think it
makes more sense to invest our money where the

10. majority of customers want to rent," at stores and online, Mr.
Hargrove said. He noted that 70% of the U.S.
population is within a 10-minute drive of a Blockbuster store.
Netflix spokesman Steve Swasey said that unlike the focus of
Redbox, the bulk of its business isn't in new-release
rentals. "The breadth and depth of Netflix's catalog is what
consumers really want," he said, noting that 70% of
shipped movies aren't new releases.
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Subject: Rentals; Competition; DVD
Company / organization: Name: Redbox; NAICS: 512120
Classification: 9190: United States; 8307: Arts, entertainment
&recreation
Publication title: Wall Street Journal, Eastern edition; New
York, N.Y.
Pages: B.5D
Publication year: 2007
Publication date: Jun 27, 2007

11. Publisher: Dow Jones &Company Inc
Place of publication: New York, N.Y.
Country of publication: United States, New York, N.Y.
Publication subject: Business And Economics--Banking And
Finance
ISSN: 00999660
Source type: Newspapers
Language of publication: English
Document type: News
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Based on your chosen company, discuss how reorganization of
its business structure would or would not have helped them
meet new market challenges. In your response, address the
following:
· Specify at least 2 reasons why you think reorganizing was or
was not necessary, and provide an explanation for each reason.
· Suggest 2 strategies you think could have improved the
company’s efforts to meet current market challenges and remain
sustainable.