Annotated Bibliography Total Value 10%

1. Annotated BibliographyTotal Value 10% Project Overview Or Getting Started

2. What is an annotated bibliography? • To make these guidelines easy to understand, I am going to use three simple sections, as follows: • 1) I tell you what an annotated bibliography is. • 2) I give you an example of an entry. • 3) I provide a checklist of everything that should be included.

3. Section 1: What is an annotated bibliography? • It's made up of 6 entries, and each entry has 2 parts: an MLA style citation, and an annotation. • Basically, you research 6 academic sources, all on the same topic, and then you write a citation and annotation for each one.

4. Section 2: An example of an entry • First of all, we should define a citation. • A citation provides the publishing information on your scholarly article. • It says where the article was published, who wrote it, and a few other things. I’ll show you an example shortly.

5. Now lets define an annotation • An annotation is a short summary of the scholarly article, and it's also a critique of it. • Simply put, your annotations do two things: • 1) explain, or summarize, what the article is about; the article's thesis should be summarized in your first sentence. • 2) evaluate why the article is a worthwhile one to read.

6. You wrote a good annotation if… • Anyone who reads your final work understands the article's argument, and: • Knows how the author has authority in this field; • Can identify the intended audience; • And knows the problems or solutions, if any, that the article proposes. • Finally, they will know whether the article is of a superior nature, or if they should go look for a different scholarly article on this subject.

7. Here is an example of an entry: London, Herbert. "Five Myths of the Television Age." Television Quarterly 10.1 (1982): 81-89. Academic Search Premiere. Web. 10 Oct. 2010. Herbert London, the Dean of Journalism at New York University and author of several books and articles about the television industry, explains how television contradicts five commonly believed ideas. He uses specific examples of events seen on television, such as the assassination of John Kennedy, to illustrate his points. His examples have been selected to contradict such truisms as: "seeing is believing"; "a picture is worth a thousand words"; and "satisfaction is its own reward." London uses logical arguments to support his ideas. He does not refer to any previous works on the topic. London's style and vocabulary would make the article of interest to any reader. In comparison to Smith’s article, this source was easier to understand and more relevant to my specific topic.

8. ____ I am turning in 6 entries, written in Arial 12 point font. ____ I don't start a new page for each entry. ____ None of my entries are from our textbooks, Wikipedia, or children’s resources. ____ Two of my entries are appropriate websites. ____ Two of my entries are books. ____ Two of my entries are newspapers, journals, or magazines. ____ I listed all entries in alphabetical order by author’s last name (or first word in the citation). ____ Each annotation I wrote is a minimum of 100 words to a maximum of 150 words, which doesn't include the words in the citation. ____ I am using MLA style in accordance with samples in class, MLA resources, etc. ____ My title is Annotated Bibliography on ____ (your topic). Your Checklist (#3)