Annotated Bibliography

ENGV 306 Prompt for Annotated Bibliography Partial draft due by 11PM on 9/15 Final draft due by 11PM on 9/22 Your annotated bibliography should be evaluative, rather than descriptive. Please see p. 504 in Everyone’s An Author and section W-14 in The Little Seagull’s Handbook for examples. Your annotated bibliography should

• include at least six sources, at least one of which is scholarly • include bibliographic information and an annotation for each source • be alphabetized • be formatted according to a scholarly citation style (MLA, APA, Chicago, or CSE).

You can choose which citation style you’d like to use, but be consistent. In other words, use the same citation style for both your Annotated Bibliography and your Analytical Research Essay.

• use varied sentence structures in each annotation. Please refer to the resources in the Week Three content section (Strategies for Variation and Sentence Variety) for more information and guidance.

For help with the bibliographic entries, please refer to the relevant Scholarly Citation Style Guide, which is posted in the “Content” section. In each guide, there is a “List of Works Cited” section that lists several different formats. Each annotation should be a brief paragraph. In each annotation:

1. Summarize the source (1-3 sentences). 2. Evaluate the source (2-3 sentences). Some questions to consider:

a. Do the authors have credentials, expertise, or background knowledge that is relevant to the topic?

b. Is the information and/or evidence reliable? c. What is the goal of the source? d. How does it compare with other sources in your bibliography?

3. State how you will use the source in your essay and/or what the source contributes to your research (2-3 sentences).