The following presentation will help you construct your annotated bibliography for this course (and can be used as a guide in the future). We will review this in class together.

http://www.slideshare.net/AmandaLicastro/annotated-bibliographies-41672179

 

You should post two entries on this site before Thanksgiving break, and continue to add entries as you research. You will collate these into a final document to be turned in with your final project. Please put these under the category “Final” and tag “bibliography.”

Use this worksheet as a guide:

Annotated Bibliography Worksheet

The purpose of an annotation is to summarize and evaluate a potential source for your research paper. Using the source you prepared for class, compose an annotation that answers the following questions in at least one to two paragraphs:

1) Who is the author, what is his/her authority or background?

2) What is the author’s thesis? What are the author’s main claims?

3) Who is the author’s intended audience?

4) Is there any bias or slant in the article?

5) What are the strengths and weaknesses of the article?

6) Does the information in this article support or counter the thesis of your research paper?

7) How relevant is this material in terms of your paper?