Knowing Your Sources - Creating an Annotated Bibliography
A bibliography is a list of sources (books, journals, websites, periodicals, interviews, etc.) one has used for researching a topic. A bibliography usually just includes the bibliographic information (i.e., the author, title, publisher, etc.).
A bibliography differs from a works cited page in that a bibliography lists all sources considered during the research process, while a works cited page lists only those sources cited in the actual paper.
An annotation is a summary and/or evaluation. Therefore, an annotated bibliography includes a summary and/or evaluation of each of the sources.
The sources you use to compile this bibliography will be the research materials you will use to write your expository researched essay and create your genre products. This bibliography must contain at least 4 sources. Sources may come from print sources, .edu, .org, and .gov sites. You may not use wikipedia.org or any .com sources. If you have a .com site that you think is credible, please let me take a look at it. Check out databases available on the EVPL website and USI's Rice Library (for CAP students) The annotated bibliography is worth 40 points.
Each source has a bibliographic entry following current MLA Style and an 5-7 sentence (minimum length) annotation which does all of the following:
A bibliography differs from a works cited page in that a bibliography lists all sources considered during the research process, while a works cited page lists only those sources cited in the actual paper.
An annotation is a summary and/or evaluation. Therefore, an annotated bibliography includes a summary and/or evaluation of each of the sources.
The sources you use to compile this bibliography will be the research materials you will use to write your expository researched essay and create your genre products. This bibliography must contain at least 4 sources. Sources may come from print sources, .edu, .org, and .gov sites. You may not use wikipedia.org or any .com sources. If you have a .com site that you think is credible, please let me take a look at it. Check out databases available on the EVPL website and USI's Rice Library (for CAP students) The annotated bibliography is worth 40 points.
Each source has a bibliographic entry following current MLA Style and an 5-7 sentence (minimum length) annotation which does all of the following:
- Summarize: What is the point of this source? What topics are covered? If someone asked what this source is about, what would you say?
- Assess: After summarizing a source, evaluate it. Who or what is the source of the information? Is the information reliable? Is this source biased or objective? What qualifies this source as an expert on the topic?
- Reflect: Once you've summarized and assessed a source, ask how it relates to your research question. Is this source helpful to you? What part(s) of your topic does it help to develop?
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