ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY for Religion research paper

RELS 3345 FL16 WORLD RELIGIONS

ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY INSTRUCTIONS

Students must prepare an annotated bibliography of 8 sources.

What is an annotated bibliography?

An annotated bibliography or annotated bib is a bibliography (a list of books or other works) that includes descriptive and evaluative comments about the sources cited in your paper. These comments are also known as annotations.

How do I format my annotated bibliography?

An annotated bibliography entry consists of two components: the Citation and the Annotation.

Citation

The citation should be formatted in one of three bibliographic styles: APA, MLA, or Chicago. For more information, see below or check the Internet or the Library.

Annotation

for this assignment each of the ten sources can be described in 7 to 8 sentences. Also, a summary of the entire source may be provided or a specific insight, research finding, or case description may be offered.

An annotation may include the following information:

· A brief summary of the source

· The source’s strengths and weaknesses

· Its conclusions

· Why the source is relevant in your field of study

· Its relationships to other studies in the field

· An evaluation of the research methodology (if applicable)

· Information about the author’s background

· Your personal conclusions about the source

A minimum of 6 of the sources of the 8 must be from published articles or books that focus on Theology and Ethics (electronic copies of published work meet this requirement). Web sources must be from “.edu” or “.org” sources, not “.com” sources. Quality of sources will be evaluated as well as clarity of descriptions in the annotations.

MLA style format for an Annotated Bibliography

· Hanging Indents are required for citations in the bibliography, as shown below. That is, the first line of the citation starts at the left margin, and subsequent lines are indented 4 spaces.

· The bibliography is double-spaced, both within the citation and between them.

EXAMPLES

Lozier, J. D., P. Aniello and M.J. Hickerson. "Predicting the Distribution of Sasquatch in Western North America:

Anything Goes With Ecological Niche Modelling." Journal of Biogeography 36.9 (2009): 1623-1627. Academic Search Premier. Web. 28 Jan. 2010.

This paper critiques the use of Ecological Niche Models (ENM) and species distribution by performing a tongue-in-cheek examination of the distribution of the fictional Sasquatch, based on reports from an online Bigfoot archive. Lozier's paper powerfully demonstrates the issues faced by ENM, when reports come from non-specialists, and highlights key problems with sourcing data from unmediated online environments. The author neglects to compare the reliability of the many wildlife databases with the single Bigfoot database, as well as other key issues, however in closing the paper briefly mentions that many issues lie outside the scope of the short article. Lozier's paper advises professionals in fields using ENM to carefully assess the source of the data on which the model is based, and concludes that the distribution of rare species in particular is often over-reported to misidentification.