Field Project Assignments - A+ Work Required. Zero Plagiarism
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Annotated_Bibliography_Instructions_updated.docxENGL 602
Annotated Bibliography Instructions
This is step 2 of the process that will culminate in the Writing in Your Field Project (final product). Before you start this assignment, read the feedback on your Writing in Your Field Project: Proposal that you received from your instructor (in the rubric and other grading comments, as well as any feedback you may have received by email) and your classmates (in Discussion Board Forum 2). (Feedback is already added in the Question Post)
Feedback: I'm a little confused about your genre, since you identified it as "descriptive copywriting" in the first paragraph but as a research paper in the last paragraph.
For this assignment, you are required to cite at least 15 sources that you plan to use in the Writing in Your Field Project. (Of course, you may add or delete sources between this assignment and the final project, but at this stage you should be trying your best to find sources that will be useful in the final project.) Organize the sources in alphabetical order. For each Annotated Bibliography entry, first cite the source the way you would cite it in the reference list or its equivalent in your field. (Even though this assignment is called a bibliography, use reference list formatting if you’re using APA and works cited formatting if you’re using MLA.) Then write a half-page paragraph (200-250 words) that briefly 1) summarizes the source (the summary should be the shortest part of the paragraph, no more than 2 sentences), 2) evaluates it (considering factors such as credibility, timeliness, and acceptability in the field), and 3) explains how you plan to use the source in your project. You do not need a separate reference list at the end of the assignment.
There are no restrictions on the types of sources you can use; instead, think about the kinds of sources that will best help you accomplish your research goal and that would be accepted in the field you chose. These will not necessarily always be academic, peer-reviewed sources. You might use newspaper reports, popular non-fiction books, interviews, personal correspondence, or tweets. If you are not sure how to cite some of these less-common sources and cannot find information in the most recent manual of the documentation style you are using, talk to your instructor.
