Homework to do

WR 121 ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY ASSIGNMENT

First, identify the question you are exploring. (You need to state this question only once, at

the head of your first page. It should apply to all your sources.) Your eventual claim or thesis

statement will be the answer to this question.

Then, for at least FOUR sources, complete the following. One of your sources MUST be a

scholarly source; the others can be serious popular sources. Most of your sources should be

accessed through the library.

1. Citations

Write both a correct MLA and a correct APA citation (entries for a works cited page and a

references list). (Remember that citations from databases are often not correct; they need to be

checked against the guidelines in The Little Seagull and modified to match the appropriate

models.)

2. Retrieval of Information (one paragraph)

a. How and where did you locate the source? (library, internet, etc.)

For a book, note whether it is an eBook or print copy and if it is in print, include the library call

number. For a database source, give the name of the database. [NOTE: Gale PowerSearch is

NOT a database name.] For an Internet source, give the name of the website.

b. What type of source is it? How do you know it is this type of source? (Remember Humble’s

categories of evidence: the shallow end of the evidence pool includes reference works, the

middle of the pool includes serious popular sources such as some books, magazine articles,

newspaper articles, websites from reputable organizations, and the deep end of the evidence pool

includes peer-reviewed scholarly sources such as scholarly journal articles and books from

academic publishers). If it is a scholarly source, from which section of the source did you get

your information (abstract, introduction, results, etc.)

3. Quality of Information (one paragraph)

a. Authority and credentials of the author(s)

b. Reliability of information

c. Potential biases

d. Currency of the source

4. Application of Information (two paragraphs) a. A brief summary of the information useful to your research contained in the source

b. An explanation of how the source’s information specifically relates to your project