Annotated Bibliography

Purpose

When writing a research paper, it is important to have a good variety of reliable sources. Essays evolve as we write them, so writers often find roughly a third of the sources we initially select don't actually work in the essay. This evolution also leads to additional rounds of searching for resources in many cases. This assignment will prepare you to start your resource paper with an abundance of sources, hopefully minimizing the need for multiple rounds of searching.

Task

1. Start by creating a list of keywords you can use to search for your topic.
2. Search in the main GALILEO search and any databases that you find are potentially relevant (Hint: If you share your topic with the librarians in the Library Chat, they can help you locate topic-specific databases.)
3. Locate the following 10 sources for your topic:
   1. A specialized encyclopedia entry.
   2. Two websites.
   3. Two ebooks.
   4. Two non-book sources from GALILEO.
   5. A video from a GALILEO database.
   6. Two additional sources of your choice.
4. Create an MLA citation for each source. Place the citations in alphabetical order. There should be no blank lines between citations, and all the citations should be double-spaced with hanging indentation.
5. Under each citation add 1-2 sentences describing the source and how you feel it fits with your topic. 
6. Revise and proofread.
7. Submit it to this assignment folder.

Criteria for Success

This assignment should:

• • contain an annotated list of MLA citations for 10 college-level, reliable sources that meet the parameters listed above.
  • be an MLA formatted document (Times New Roman, size 12 font, 1 inch margins, double-spaced, author block in top left of first page only, no title page, centered informative title, header and page number in top right,) For more information and a picture of an MLA formatted document, visit "MLA General Format" @ Purdue OWL 
  • be written in readable, carefully proofread standard American English prose