Annotated Bibliography Assignment Due 09 April 2022
Objectives:
- Practice searching for and evaluating appropriate sources
- Summarize sources that may be used in your research paper
- compile an annotated bibliography on the topic the
Instructions:
Annotate 7 sources on the topic you have chosen. For each entry include complete citation information and a brief summary and evaluation paragraph (about 100 words) covering these areas:
- Three main points of the information in the source or the arguable position presented in the source.
- An evaluative statement on the accuracy, credibility, objectivity, currency, comprehensiveness, and authority of the source
- How this source helps you understand the issue, if it supports your prediction about the issue or makes you look at the issue differently.
- Your main reason for choosing this source.
Make sure your Annotated Bibliography follows standard MLA formatting and that each entry includes an annotation.
How to Write an Annotated Bibliography
An annotated bibliography is a genre of academic writing intended to give specific information to a particular audience. For this reason, there is no one “right way” to do an annotated bibliography that will work for all classes, instructors, or rhetorical situations. Instead, you should write annotated bibliographies with some thought to the length, amount of detail, and type of commentary your audience needs or expects.
That said, annotated bibliographies have some common characteristics. To annotate a bibliography means to include critical commentary about each work on the list, usually in one or two short paragraphs. Each annotation should contain the following:
- A complete MLA citation refer to MLA Handbook Plus Online) to make sure you use the MLA citation format properly
- Three main points of the information in the source or the arguable position presented in the source.
- An evaluative statement on the accuracy, credibility, objectivity, currency, comprehensiveness, and authority of the source
- How this source helps you understand the issue, if it supports your prediction about the issue or makes you look at the issue differently.
- Your main reason for choosing this source.