Annonated Bibliography Friend

Annotated Bibliography

An annotated bibliography is a list of citations to sources with each source being properly cited and "discussed" (or "annotated").  This discussion is in paragraph form and is used to educate the reader on the content, quality, and relevance of the sources cited.  For further insights, please see your textbook and/or ask me.

Prepare an annotated bibliography in which you document, summarize, and evaluate at least five peer-reviewed academic journal articles that inform your understanding of your chosen research topic.  Each entry in an annotated bibliography consists of two parts: the MLA reference citation and the annotation.

Reference Citations should…

· Follow MLA guidelines ( https://owl.purdue.edu/owl/research_and_citation/mla_style/mla_formatting_and_style_guide/mla_formatting_and_style_guide.html (Links to an external site.) )

· Be in alphabetical order and NOT be numbered or bulleted

Annotations should include the following information, usually in close to this order:

· Identify type of source (article from scholarly journal)

· Evaluate the credibility of source (may be suggested or implied)

· Describe rhetorical situation of source, including its intended audience and purpose

· Summarize the source: Main claim and main reasons

· Explain how the source connects and will be useful for your research project/argument. This explanation should be a separate paragraph from the rest of the annotation.

In addition, a good annotated bibliography will….

· Focus only on the most relevant information; omit unnecessary words, details, or ideas;

· Include brief quotations when necessary, but limit these to key phrases or ideas only—avoid quoting complete sentences and instead rely a bit more on summary and paraphrase.

· Use in-text citations for direct references to text (quotes and paraphrases)

· Be objective, fair, balanced. Use a neutral tone and do not argue or include opinion. Do not ignore counterarguments/counter-evidence.

· Use an academic voice. No first or second person, slang, contractions, or biased language. 

· Be very concise without losing ideas. Avoid repetition.  Limit use of “to be” verbs (is, am, was, were, are, be, being, been), which may lead to wordier sentence constructions.

FORMAT for Creating an Annotated Bibliography

· Use MLA format heading (the same as for a regular writing assignment.)

· Under the heading, center the topic, followed by “An Annotated Bibliography:

· Example: Driverless Vehicles: An Annotated Bibliography

· Under the topic: The Thesis Statement for your essay. (Exactly what point are you going to make in this essay? Please note, you only need one thesis statement for the entire bibliography; this is your working thesis statement for your essay you will be writing.)

· The Bibliographic Information: A Works Cited Entry for the source as it would appear on your works cited page

Bibliographic Information (Works Cited Entry) and Annotations should be placed in alphabetical order by author’s last name. If the article is unsigned (no author listed), go by the first important word in the title.  This should not be an issue for this particular assignment as scholarly sources are required.

 

· The Annotations, written in PARAGRAPH form

· Paragraph summary of article in several sentences (4-7 sentences)

· Paragraph of how source will be useful to you in your research project (4-7 sentences)

 

Below is a sample of an annotated bibliography containing one entry. Please remember that your annotated bibliography will have FIVE entries.  (Please also note my summary does not accurately depict the contents of the cited article... Yours should, though.) :) Also, this assignment feature in Canvas doesn't translate hanging indents properly; please note the citation should have a proper hanging indent (which you may or may not be able to see here).

BELOW – THERE IS AN EXAMPLE. PLEASE CHECK IT!

EXAMPLE

                                                                                                                                                  

Dan Mullen

Lauren Grant

ENC 2210

10 March 2021

                                      Driverless Cars: An Annotated Bibliography

Thesis Statement:  Driverless vehicles will provide multiple benefits in our culture by reducing traffic accidents, improving the environment, and giving independence to the handicapped and the elderly.

Wang, Jinyong, et al. “Multiclock Constraint System Modelling and Verification for Ensuring Cooperative Autonomous Driving Safety.”

            Journal of Advanced Transportation, Dec. 2020, pp. 1–24. EBSCOhost, doi:10.1155/2020/8830752.

This article discusses the benefits that driverless cars will have on our culture and our environment. Some of these benefits are reduction in daily stress, fewer traffic accidents, and an increase in green space in cities and suburbia. The article cites statistics from research studies on traffic accidents and expert opinions on how driverless vehicles will help improve the environment. The article also discusses the loss of jobs in the transportation sector and perhaps the loss of revenue in the insurance industry, but claims that these drawbacks are inevitable since the revolution of driverless vehicles has started.

This article will be useful in supporting my argument that driverless vehicles will reduce traffic accidents and improve the environment.  I can use the statistics cited in the article as evidence.  In addition, because I want to discuss employment and revenue, this article's discussion will provide elements for discussion. Finally, this is one of the most recent articles I found, so I feel as if the information cited in this article will be the most accurate.