Works Cited Page and Annotated Bibliography practice

An annotated bibliography is a brief summary or evaluation of each of the sources on your Works Cited page. The length of the paragraph depends on the details you include. In addition to explaining why you considered the source or reference you chose useful to your research, you might also address how the source has changed your understanding of the topic, as well as how a particular source compares to another source you used. An example of one entry in an Annotated Bibliography follows:

McHenry, Elizabeth. "FORGOTTEN READERS, Recovering the lost history

of African American literary societies." The Book History Reader. David Finkelstein and Alistair McCleery. London: Routledge, 2002. Print.

In her essay that appears as chapter 36 of the History Book Reader,

Elizabeth McHenry highlights the efforts of black women's literary clubs at

the turn of the nineteenth century to supplement what little education

African American women received. These clubs focused on developing

mental discipline and culture, or the personal and social betterment of their

participants, with the ultimate goal of impacting their communities, if not

their country. Their practices included extensive reading, scholarly

researched essays, speech writing, public speaking, all followed by public

service to aid the less fortunate, culminating in a pervasive anti-lynching

campaign. Such literary societies served as precursors to the social

educational theories of Myles Horton that lead to the public protests of the

civil rights movement. They also constituted the formative stages of

feminism in their espousal of women working outside the home, as well as

co-operatives by which domestic chores could be contracted to outside

professionals.

(Dorsey, Mignette. Excerpt from Nov. 2010 Annotated Bibliography

Assignment, Bibliographic Research Graduate Course, University of

Houston, English Department.)