Annotated Bibliography

English 1001

Annotated Bibliography Guidelines

Due: Wednesday, October 28th

Annotations for your sources should include the citation itself, in proper APA format, and a paragraph for each source that accomplishes the following:

· summarizes the source

· explains how you anticipate using the source in your essay

The bibliography should contain at least four different sources (two primary and two secondary) and should be 1-2 pages long.

The annotated bibliography should be typed in Times New Roman 12 pt font and all citations must conform to APA format.

The bibliography should be arranged alphabetically, according to authors’ last names.

Example

Annotated Bibliography

Levine, Faythe. (2008). Handmade Nation: The rise of diy, art, craft, and design. New York, NY: Princeton Architectural Press.

This is a book detailing and explaining the emergence of the indiecraft movement. It is a secondary source that describes the discourse community I am researching. It explains the ethos of the movement and the resurgence of handmade by a younger generation who is putting a contemporary twist on crafting.

I anticipate using this source to help explain the shared values of the discourse community I am researching. I will argue that users of Craftster.org are clearly a part of the contemporary indiecraft movement described in the book, as evidenced by the content and character of their written communications.

Misselthwaite. (2013, October 11). Embroidering over paper? [Msg 5108456]. Message posted to: http://www.crafster.org/forum/index.php?topic=428178

This is a message posted to the needlework discussion board of the online crafting community Craftster by a user asking for advice on how to transfer a pattern to a certain type of fabric. The message is posted as a new thread under the category “Needlework: Discussion and Questions.” The user states that they are a new embroiderer in need of advice and explains the specific project they are working on and the problem they’ve encountered. The post then thanks the community in advance of any response. It is a typical message for this group, using the genre of the message board post to ask questions of veteran crafters and seek information about techniques related to the craft.

I will be using this message post as one of my primary sources. It represents written communication between several members of the discourse community and serves as a good example of the type of information that is transmitted over these message boards as well as the particular etiquette that is used in this genre.