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ENC 1102 Evaluative Annotated Bibliography

Library resources and information technology are essential elements of successful college writing, particularly research.

This assignment is designed to allow students to familiarize themselves with the electronic sources available through the

TCC Library, well over 100 databases, as well as to further the information literacy and evaluation skills they

acquire in ENC 1101. All literacy skills begin with locating, reading, and comprehension of content. Analysis begins

with a personal judgment or evaluation. The Evaluation Annotated Bibliography asks students to explore, deepen,

explain, and logically defend their selection and evaluation of sources. First, students will select reputable sources to be

evaluated (e.g. a newspaper, magazine, or journal article, as indicated by your instructor). Second, they will apply

information literacy criteria in the evaluation of the sources, determining what constitutes relevancy and credibility as it

relates to their topic. Third, they will evaluate the strengths and weaknesses of the sources in order to select them for

inclusion in their bibliography. Fourth, they will demonstrate their comprehension of the source by summarizing its

content, and support their selection and judgment with specific reasons and analysis, using third-person point of view.

Characteristics of an Evaluative Annotated Bibliography

A successful evaluative annotated bibliography will do the following:

• Demonstrate a thorough understanding of context, audience, and purpose that is responsive to the assigned task(s) and focuses all elements of the work.

• Effectively define the scope of the research question or thesis. Effectively determines key concepts.

• Access information using effective, well-designed search strategies and most appropriate information sources.

• Include types of information (sources) directly related to concepts or that answer the research question.

• Demonstrate an understanding of source content through accurate summaries that relies on the student’s own words, written in third-person point of view

• Use information in ways that are true to original context; distinguishing between common knowledge and ideas requiring attribution and demonstrates a full understanding of the ethical and legal restrictions on the use of published, confidential, and/or proprietary information.

• Communicate, organize and synthesize information from sources to fully achieve a specific purpose of evaluation, with clarity and depth.

• Use graceful language that skillfully communicates meaning to readers with clarity and fluency, and be virtually error-free.

Annotated Bibliography Requirements

✓ 7-10 relevant and reputable sources, located through the TCC Library ✓ Annotations must be 1,000-1,100 words in length total; information within the Works Cited

entries do not count toward this total.

✓ A summary and evaluation annotation of each source ✓ A properly-formatted Works Cited line for each source, according to MLA standards

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How will I be graded?

20 points Proper MLA formatting. This means alphabetized entries that are correctly aligned, with text blocks properly separated

20 points Proper MLA Citations. Hanging Indent. Use the Owl at Purdue to create your citations, do not rely on third party citation generators.

30 points Summary of the article. This needs to include one direct quote, as well as descriptions and results from any studies.

30 points Evaluation of the article’s credibility. Examine author’s credibility, source credibility, the references used or not used, explicit bias, logical fallacies, lack of pathos/ethos/logos etc.