Introduction with a general thesis Historical background/context for your topic taken from an article found in an encyclopedia Three subcategories for your 15 sources Conclusion (these will be given and expanded on) [Proper citation and footnotes in Chica

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OUTLINE ASSIGNMENT

Format and Grading (double spaced; 12 point font; and 1-inch margins as stated in the syllabus)

When you submit your outline of a literature review, please cover all 5 parts:

Part I—Introduction

What are the three key words or the three major thematic approaches that you find in the

secondary sources?

Part II--Historical or cultural context:

Briefly provide the information on the topic such as who, what, when as you may find in an

article from an encyclopedia (This is your first library assignment, but you should have a better

grasp of your topic by now). 1

Part III--Sub-categories (at least three):

A. Sub-category 1 for sources before the 1970s

 Provide a topic sentence.

 Give a summary of each article or book that you want to include in this sub- category.

2 Footnote each source at the bottom of the page according to the

Chicago Manual of Style. 3

B. Sub-category 2 for sources between the 1980s and the 1990s

 Provide a topic sentence.

 Give a summary of each article or book that you want to include in this sub- category.

4 Footnote each source at the bottom of the page according to the

Chicago Manual of Style. 5

C. Sub-category 3 for sources since the 2000s

 Provide a topic sentence.

 Give a summary of each article or book that you want to include in this sub- category.

6 Footnote each source at the bottom of the page according to the

Chicago Manual of Style. 7

1 Title of the Encyclopedia, xth ed., s.v. “Title of an Entry.”

2 First Name Last Name, The Title of the Book (City: Name of a Publisher, year), page number-page number.

3 First Name Last Name, “Title of an Article,” Title of a Journal number of the volume, no. of the issue (Season

Year): page number. 4 Jared Diamond, Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies (New York: W.W. Norton & Company,

1999), 24-26. 5 Robert S. Wicks, “The Ancient Coinage of Mainland Southeast Asia,” Journal of Southeast Asian Studies 16, no. 2

(September 1985): 219. 6 First Name Last Name, The Title of the Book (City: Name of a Publisher, year), page number-page number.

7 First Name Last Name, “Title of an Article,” Title of a Journal number of the volume, no. of the issue (Season

Year): page number.

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Part IV—Conclusion: What is the most important thing that you learn about this topic.

Part V—Bibliography (Note: At this time, DO NOT include the annotated section. You need

16 sources.)

Last Name, First Name. The Title of the Book. City: Name of a Publisher, year.

Diamond, Jared. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies. New York:

W.W. Norton & Company, 1999.

Last Name, First Name. “Title of an Article.” Title of a Journal Number of volume, number of

issue (Season Year): first page-last page.

Wicks, Robert S. “The Ancient Coinage of Mainland Southeast Asia.” Journal of Southeast

Asian Studies 16, no. 2 (September 1985): 195-225.