Write an annotated bibliography that includes four scholarly sources and your primary source for a total of five sources. This annotated bibliography is to include a Thesis statement about your “research paper” at the top. Note: there is no longer a research paper due. I will give you topics for this annotated bibliography assignment. An annotated bibliography is essentially what you would use as a works cited for your paper AND is asked of you for research papers in advance. It is usually included in your outlines for research papers. In this case, we are not actually providing the paper, yet a document that dually serves as a works cited and an outline.
Each annotation must include information about the source (such as purpose, audience and genre), a summary of the source’s contents, and your own evaluation of that source for your research purposes. An annotation is a summary and/or evaluation. Therefore, an annotated bibliography includes a summary and/or evaluation of each of the sources. Each annotation should answer the following: 1. It should be indicated if it is the primary source of your essay. If it is not your primary source, then there is not a need to indicate that it is your secondary source. 2. You should summarize the source in 5-7 sentences. What is the genre of the source? Is it a nonfiction essay, historical fiction, statistical research, a sociology article? What are the main arguments? What is the point of this book or article? What topics are covered? If someone asked what this article/book is about, what would you say? The length of your annotations will determine how detailed your summary is. What part of the primary source are you investigating for your paper? 3. Assess whether or not this article is helpful for your paper. If it is not, then trash it. If you find it turns out that this was not a reliable resource, then trash it. Find another source. Think of how it compares to the other sources you used for your paper. For further tips on assessing whether a source is useful to your paper, please use the following link: https://owl.english.purdue. edu/owl/resource/553/03/ 4. Indicate how the source is used to write your paper. If it is the primary source, indicate which aspect of the source you are researching. Example: If you are using Attwood’s The Female Body as a means to discuss sex trafficking in modern society, then explain that this is the particular aspect of the piece that you are investigating. 5. If it is a secondary source, elaborate on how it helps establish prove your thesis. For example, if you are writing about Environmental Racism, and your article has statistics of brain hemorrhages, cancer, or tumor due to lead in the water, then state you used the article for statistical evidence. Indicate how it supports your thesis. Finally, please note that this assignment has a maximum as well as a minimum length; your bibliography must express all necessary information concisely, in such a way that it does not exceed the maximum length. Each annotation should not be longer than three paragraphs (5-7sentences each)
