engl112-----Annotated Bibliography #1----500 words
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annotated_bibliography_instruction_sheet_1sp2015.docxAnnotated Bibliography #1
Before beginning your Annotated Bibliography #1 assignment, you must choose a topic for the upcoming Classical Argument paper. In addition, the issue selected for this assignment will be used for each of the following assignments:
· Annotated Bibliography #1
· Annotated Bibliography #2
· Classical Argument Essay
· Toulmin Argument Essay
· Rogerian Argument Essay
The following is a list of topics that students cannot use in this class:
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Abortion |
Capital Punishment |
Censorship |
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Cell phone use while driving |
Child Abuse |
Eating disorders |
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Euthanasia |
Evolution |
Gun Control |
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Legalizing Marijuana |
Smoking |
Stem Cell Research |
One of the best places to start looking for a topic is the Ivy Tech Community College library. You can access the library by logging into Blackboard and clicking the LIBRARY tab at the top of the page. On the next page, choose your home campus location. Then, on the next page, click SEARCH & FIND, then click ARTICLES. Scroll down until you see OPPOSING VIEWPOINTS IN CONTEXT (part of GALE databases), and click the link. In the menu bar, look on the right side for BROWSE ISSUES. Scroll through the list to locate a topic of interest. OPPOSING VIEWPOINTS is a great database filled with articles on issues from multiple viewpoints. The database can generate ideas and provide excellent material to argue various positions.
The Annotated Bibliography is an excellent opportunity to explore various ideas and positions on the issue in preparation for research. Selecting sources is a good first step in research, but annotating the sources forces researchers to read critically instead of just collecting information from a source. Writing an annotated bibliography will help you learn more about your topic. To write about the “heart of the argument” in a given source, you have to fully understand the argument presented. Writing an annotated bibliography will also help you identify your thesis or claim for your later argument papers. Evaluating multiple sources helps you gain perspective about the issue and understand fully what the argument is and who argues for or against the issue. Annotated bibliographies are useful to other researchers.
Select articles and references carefully and be cautious when deciding what articles and websites are appropriate for the issue. In an argument, you must show both sides of the issue and therefore, you will need sources to show how multiple sides views the issue.
Topic: Locate a minimum of five sources for your annotated bibliography about the issue selected. Issues ideas can be found in the news, in the community, on the job, in the classroom, and so forth. Keep in mind that these sources may or may not be the sources you ultimately use for your papers. Make sure the sources have been selected from a variety of source types (printed articles not available online, articles from the Web [be cautious about using these as ANYONE can put ANYTHING online and call it fact (do not use Wikipedia or encyclopedias], websites, books, magazines, academic journals [excellent source – check the PEER REVIEWED search criteria for Virtual Library databases to limit the search to Professional and Academic journals]), and so forth. At least three different source types should be used (i.e. newspaper, journal, magazine, organization, book, and so forth).
After deciding on the five sources read and analyze them and take extensive notes. For long articles or books, use skimming techniques to extract the important sections. Use the table of contents, chapter headings, and the index or bibliography in the book (or article) to help narrow the focus. Read carefully the parts that are relevant to the position and that clearly show the problem or a solution to the issue.
Arrange the sources alphabetically, using MLA or APA style as specified by your instructor, and then write a five-to-ten sentence blurb (short description) summarizing each source. Identify the author's claim in the short summary. Indicate in a sentence how the source might be used in the up-coming argument paper. The following are examples using MLA and APA.
MLA sample:
Pitts, Leonard. "Parents' Influence is Limited." The Dallas Morning News 2 Feb. 2002: 27A. Print.
In this editorial, Pitts first claims that people are too quick to blame a child's parents if the child does something wrong. In fact, he says, parents might even enjoy pointing the finger at other parents who have a child in trouble. However, Pitts tells us, once he had his own children, he became more humble and realized that no matter how "good" parents are children still do things that are "bad" and against the "rules" that guided how they were raised. This leads him to an example: a song by Margin Gaye, suggesting that parents should stop trying to mold children "like their own piece of clay." Finally, Pitts argues that parents should keep offering wisdom, guidance, and love, but stop thinking that they are the ultimate influence on their children's lives.
I will use Pitts’ article to support my position that when a child does something bad, the blame is too easily placed on the parents.
Note how the researcher named the author, Pitts, throughout the summary. Be specific and name the author. If the entry begins with an article title, name the article title in the summary.
