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UNIT2-AnnotatedBibliographyOverviewandGuidelines.docxAnnotated Bibliography Overview and Guidelines
When engaged in the research process, it is easy to feel overwhelmed by the amount of information you are taking in. Sometimes writers begin to lose track of how the content they are reading will be helpful in supporting the claims they make in their papers or in addressing their research question.
The annotated bibliography will assist you in organizing and identifying the sources you might use in your final research paper. It will also help you to determine which sources will be useful in supporting your argument and/or counterargument.
Please clearly identify your research question and thesis statement at the top of your paper to help maintain your focus. See the discuss below on developing a research question and thesis statement for help with this.
At least four resources are required for this assignment. An annotated bibliography is a list of citations to books, articles, and documents. Each citation is followed by a brief descriptive and evaluative paragraph (150-250 words): the annotation. Annotations are descriptive and critical; they expose the author’s point of view, clarity and appropriateness of expression, and authority.
For each annotation, include:
1) a summary of the main points in your own words
2) evaluation of the source’s credibility
3) how this source is relevant to your topic.
Choose sources that provide a variety of perspectives on your topic. You will need to include at least four scholarly resources. Refer to the Library Instruction section for information on how to find reputable sources, and refer to the “Guide to Preliminary Research” for an overview of what source types are allowable for this course.
As you work on your annotated bibliography, refer to the attached sample annotated bibliography and use it as a guide to creating one yourself. You should consider both the format and the content of the example.
You must include the following in your annotated bibliography:
State your thesis and research question. In the Project Plan, you developed a research topic, and you began to think about what your approach to that topic might be. Now that you have your topic, you will want to form a research question and thesis statement. Begin with the research question. What about this topic are you exploring? What will your argument relate to? Present that in question form. Think of your thesis statement as your argumentative response to that question. Your thesis should A) establish your topic and B) present an arguable claim that you can support with research-based evidence. Make sure to include both the research question and the thesis statement at the beginning of your annotated bibliography.
Include an MLA citation entry for each of your sources. Refer to the attached handout on Works Cited citations and to the MLA section of the Purdue/OWL website that is linked in this unit.
Provide an annotation for each entry which includes the following: Under each entry you will include an annotation of the source. As described above the annotation is much more than a summary of the source. Each annotation should be between 150 and 250 words.
1. Summarize the main point(s). You will first want to summarize the main point(s) of each source in your own words. Make sure to focus on what each source says about your research question or thesis.
2. Why is this a credible source? Once you have summarized the main point(s), you will want to discuss why the source is credible. Talk about the author’s credentials/background in the field, where you found the source (was it from a long-standing journal, a textbook, etc.), and any other information that proves that this source is credible.
3. Relevance: Finally, you want to close each annotation by discussing how the article is relevant to the research paper. Make sure that you directly relate the information in each resource back to your thesis statement. What are you hoping to prove by utilizing this resource?
