Annotated Bibliography due October 25:
The student will gather information from at least ten credible sources that help further his or her understanding of the research question. The student will submit his or her findings through an annotated bibliography complete with MLA citations, the credibility of the source, and a summary of the information found. The student will conference with the teacher about his or her research to discuss findings and develop ideas for other avenues of exploration.
What to include in your MLA citations: (Pay attention to the punctuation after each piece of information.)
1. Author.
2. Title of source.
3. Title of container,
4. Other contributors,
5. Version,
6. Number,
7. Publisher,
8. Publication date,
9. Location.
Check out Purdue OWL for more information!
Here is our MLA Challenge Exercise!
What to include for each paragraph entry:
- Describe the source. What kind of source is it? (Website, book, journal, news article, etc.) Who wrote it? Why is that person an authority on the subject? (Is he or she a professor in the field, an expert, a government organization, etc.?)
- Summarize the information you found in the text. This is the "meat" of the annotative paragraph and will be the most useful when you begin writing your literature review.
- Evaluate whether or not this information is going to be useful in your research. Was the information credible? Is it relevant to what you are studying?
- Formulate any further questions that you have of the text or the subject after reading it. Where will this source lead you in your research? Did it make you consider another avenue or factor of the problem that you would like to learn more about? Did it provide you with any significant revelations about your research or the process?
Model of annotation:
In his/her (type of source), (author's/organization's name), (appositive phrase to describe his/her/its authority), discusses (main idea of text). (Summary of information-approximately two sentences). I find this source to be credible/not credible based on ______. This source is relevant/not relevant to my research because _________. This source leads me to the conclusion/question of ________.
Here is an excellent example of an annotated bibliography. Oh, and another one!
Here is the rubric I will use to grade your annotated bibliography.