Research Paper Annotated Bibliography
First, be sure that you understand the following vocabulary:
1. Bibliography
2. Works Cited
3. In-text Citation
4. Full MLA citation
5. Annotated Bibliography
These words can be found in both your textbook (see the appendices which hold sample research papers and use this terminology) as well as in the HE book, and of course, in the dictionary. You must have more than just a working understanding of these words. You must know how they relate to each other.
For example: what is the relationship between the In-text citation and the Works Cited page? (hint: this reappears in the exam …) Generate your OWN full citation for your sources. Failure to do this will result in a zero for this assignment.For your annotated bibliography, you will write an evaluation of ten of the sources you collected.
This evaluation begins with the full citation and is followed by a paragraph in which you discuss the following elements:
1. Authenticity: a discussion of the author’s actual authority to speak as an expert on the subject at hand. Ask yourself: does this person have experience and/or education that qualifies him?
2. Accuracy: is the work biased? Remember, bias isn’t bad; in fact, it can be useful. The most important thing about bias is that you, as the researcher, must know that the bias exists. Bias is the omission of relevant points/evidence which support the opposite argument.
3. Organization: how is the work organized? Is it an essay in a journal? a chapter in a book? Is it a case study or an observation paper?4.
Publication date: when was it published? Is the information outdated? Is the information still relevant. For example, a work written about airport security pre-2001 is probably too dated for use because that industry has changed so very much in the last decade.
5. Content 1: This is a brief (2-3) sentence summary of what the source contains. What is the source about? Reading the work in full is not necessary — just a “flip-through” or “skim” of the work is usually sufficient to complete this portion of the assignment.
6. Content 2: This is a brief (2-3) sentence summary of how this source helps your paper. How will you use this source.
Each annotation must address all six of these elements in order to be complete. Typically, each annotation is about 125-150 words; much of this depends on how much discussion of each is required (for example, articles published in scholarly journals are peer reviewed prior to publication and are, therefore, authentic by publication; other sources that are not evaluated prior to publishing require extensive proof that the author has the street credentials necessary to be an “expert” on the issue). The first annotation you complete takes a while; the second is shorter; You will find that by the end of this exercise that you have learned a TON about your topic and that some of your sources were not as useful as you initially thought. Entries will appear with the full citation, followed by the annotation in paragraph form below the full citation for the work being annotated. The works must be in alphabetical order according to first element of the full citation. Each annotation must address all six of these elements in order to be complete. Typically, each annotation is about 125-150 words; much of this depends on how much discussion of each is required (for example, articles published in scholarly journals are peer reviewed prior to publication and are, therefore, authentic by publication; other sources that are not evaluated prior to publishing require extensive proof that the author has the street credentials necessary to be an “expert” on the issue). The first annotation you complete takes a while; the second is shorter; You will find that by the end of this exercise that you have learned a TON about your topic and that some of your sources were not as useful as you initially thought. Entries will appear with the full citation, followed by the annotation in paragraph form below the full citation for the work being annotated. The works must be in alphabetical order according to first element of the f
