An annotated bibliography combines the citations found in the Works Cited page at the end of documents in MLA format with annotations about each of the sources. An effective annotated bibliography is used to compile research sources in one location and provide you with quick access to the information contained in each source.
Your annotated bibliography will consist of the precise summaries of 5 relevant sources you will use to support your paper’s claim. 3 out of 5 of these must be peer-reviewed sources.
This assignment is worth 5 points (detailed below), for 5% of your final grade.
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- Six sources are provided and annotated
- A minimum of 3 are peer-reviewed sources published by a university press
- MLA format is followed in entirety (see example on next page)
- Annotations are concise and relevant summaries from each source (100-150 words each)
- Annotations make clear how the ideas in the source are particularly relevant to the central claims of the paper
The Annotated Bibliography is due Wednesday, 11/11 at 11:59PM on Blackboard. Along with submitting it on Blackboard, put a copy in your working group folder on the class Google Drive.
You are welcome to use more than 5 sources for your paper–in fact I strongly encourage it. However, this bibliography is part of an effort to dive deep into 5 specific sources and to understand their context on a meaningful level. If you have more than 5 sources, compose your bibliography in a way that holistically represents your research process.
Click here for these requirements in PDF form, and scroll down for an example of how the bibliography should look.