Post 6- Annotated Bibliography

This is before you enter your research. In this section of the research, you will locate four sources, three articles and one documentary, that will address your essential questions. When you locate your sources, create a full works cited entry. For each source, you will write two paragraphs for each source.

• Paragraph 1- Informative annotations sometimes read like straight summaries of the source material, but they often spend a little more time summarizing relevant information about the author or the work itself. (Approximately 50 words)
• Paragraph 2- Evaluative annotations don't just summarize. In addition to tackling the points addressed in summary annotations, evaluative annotations:
  • evaluate the source or author critically (biases, lack of evidence, objective, etc.).
  • show how the work may or may not be useful for a particular field of study or audience.
  • explain how researching this material assisted your own project

Therefore, for this post, you should have four posts with approximately 100 words for each source. This post should be a minimum of 400 words. However, it is not just about the word count, it is about the quality, credibility, and usability of your analysis and the source.

The student examples provided on this list are not exactly what you need for your annotated bibliography, but they provide a basis for you to begin. For more thorough examples and details, please refer to the professional samples.

Student examples:
Amanda: http://hiersisearch.blogspot.com/2010/11/preliminary-links.html
Katie: http://dwuletisearch.blogspot.com/
Teresita: http://gonzalezisearch.blogspot.com/2011/03/ethnics-and-influence-of-hip-hop.html

Click the links below for professional examples.
OWL Purdue http://owl.english.purdue.edu/media/pdf/20090309032047_614.pdf
UNC Writing Center http://writingcenter.unc.edu/resources/handouts-demos/specific-writing-assignments/mla-examples