4 pages

Step 1: Locate two useful articles or websites on your research topic

For conducting research and using primary and secondary sources, you have multiple options:

● Library - visit your local library to search databases. Databases are not websites. They are vetted and approved.

● Online – visit Excelsior Online Writing Lab: https://owl.excelsior.edu/research/

Source #1

Type/write the information in MLA format here. You may use this site for help:

https://owl.excelsior.edu/citation-and-documentation/mla-style/

Now it’s time to complete your annotations for Source #1 including summary, evaluation, and

reflection.

Summary

Use this template:

In [author’s name]’s article [give article title with quotation marks around it], he/she [explains,

argues, shows, etc] that [give the main point of the whole article]. To do this, he/she starts by

showing [fill in]. The article goes on to prove that [fill in]. In the end the article asserts that [ fill

in].

Evaluation

Here is where you assess the credibility and reliability of the source. Talk about the author’s

biases, research, documentation, and whether or not you agree with the findings.

Reflection

Talk about how useful this source was to you. What did it teach you? How did it change or

affirm your opinion about the subject? Where and how do you think you would use this source

in your final research paper?

Source #2

Type/write the information in MLA format here. You may use this site for help:

https://owl.excelsior.edu/citation-and-documentation/mla-style/

Now it’s time to complete your annotations for Source #2 about the source including summary,

evaluation, and reflection.

Summary

Use this template:

In [author’s name]’s article [give article title with quotation marks around it], he/she [explains,

argues, shows, etc] that [give the main point of the whole article]. To do this, he/she starts by

showing [fill in]. The article goes on to prove that [fill in]. In the end the article asserts that [ fill

in].

Evaluation

Here is where you assess the credibility and reliability of the source. Talk about the author’s

biases, research, documentation, and whether or not you agree with the findings.

Reflection

Talk about how useful this source was to you. What did it teach you? How did it change or

affirm your opinion about the subject? Where and how do you think you would use this source

in your final research paper?