Order 941345: males in the nursing industry

Annotated Bibliography—due Apr. 23

An annotated bibliography is like a Works Cited page with one short analytical paragraph for each source. In one paragraph for each source, you should:

· Summarize the source.

· Anticipate how you are going to use the source in your final essay.

This is a simple assignment that requires a lot of research, reading, and contemplation.

FIND TEN RELEVANT SOURCES

Your bibliography should include:

· 4 academic journal articles

· 2 books (including anthologies, which are collections of essays)

· 1 magazine article

· 1 newspaper article

· 2 credible websites (i.e., no Wikipedia or amateur blogs)

This assignment is a good opportunity for you to sort through multiple sources and find the best ones for your argument. Be sure to address counterarguments. If a source is irrelevant or unhelpful to your project, it should not be included. If you want to use more than ten sources for your Final Researched Argument, including other source types—such as documentaries or political speeches—that’s more than fine, but you need to include only the above ten sources on your Annotated Bibliography.

DISCUSS HOW YOU WILL USE YOUR SOURCES

For each source, your annotation should be roughly 2 – 3 sentences of summary and 4 – 5 sentences of strategic discussion—all in one paragraph. Tell your reader how you will use a source and what role it will play in your final essay. Please avoid personal asides, such as, “I found this source boring.” Such opinions sidetrack what should be a forecast of the essay ahead.

For each source, discuss the following:

· The source’s strengths and weaknesses

· What role the source will play in your final essay

· How the source compares and contrasts to other relevant sources

· Any further research you will need to do in order to confirm claims made by the source.

Tips

· Continue to use the MLA header available on Blackboard

· Double-space everything, as usual

· Do not number your sources

· Do not parse your sources by types (i.e., don’t discuss the books, then the journal articles…)

· Alphabetize your sources (correct citations will make the source types clear)

· Capitalize titles according to MLA guidelines, even if a source flouts conventions

· Format: see page 102 in Writing Matters and the example on Blackboard

THE BASICS

· 10 sources (see details above)

· 1500 words

· MLA format