CONTENTS: Annotated Bibliography Guidelines & Sample Annotated Bibliography Entry
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For this assignment, you will be compiling an annotated bibliography of the sources you will use for your final research essay. An annotated bibliography is a list of MLA-style citations for books, articles, etc. Each citation is followed by a paragraph-long description & then a paragraph-long evaluation of the source.
Before you begin work on your annotated bibliography, you will need to narrow down the scope of your research project. Everyone will need to narrow their topic in some way. A good annotated bibliography includes ONLY sources that directly relate to your narrowed, focused research question. We will discuss research questions & narrowing your research scope in class. However, for now, you may want to ask yourself this: What specific questions do I have about my research project that I would like to answer through research? Any one of those questions would likely be a suitable subject matter.
Once you have decided on a focused research question, you may begin collecting sources for your annotated bibliography. The bibliography itself will consist of 9 sources, which are listed below by type (along with the rules to follow). You must have:
Before you begin work on your annotated bibliography, you will need to narrow down the scope of your research project. Everyone will need to narrow their topic in some way. A good annotated bibliography includes ONLY sources that directly relate to your narrowed, focused research question. We will discuss research questions & narrowing your research scope in class. However, for now, you may want to ask yourself this: What specific questions do I have about my research project that I would like to answer through research? Any one of those questions would likely be a suitable subject matter.
Once you have decided on a focused research question, you may begin collecting sources for your annotated bibliography. The bibliography itself will consist of 9 sources, which are listed below by type (along with the rules to follow). You must have:
· Two books
o This includes anthologies
o The books cannot be printed on the internet
· Three journal, magazine or newspaper articles
o You should find these in databases, and if there is a link to full text, that’s okay. Otherwise, use Interlibrary loan or get them out at our library
· Two credible websites
o Both must be “credible” according to our class discussions, meaning they either have authors, or are: .gov, .edu, or .org
· Two source of your choice
o A media source (like video)
o A personal interview (if you have not completed the interview already, you must at least have it set up, have your questions, and be able to analyze why it’s important)
o A government document
o One more book or periodical
As mentioned previously, each source in an annotated bibliography requires a paragraph of description & one of evaluation. Each of your annotations should do the following:
· In the first paragraph, describe or summarize the main points made in the book, article, on the webpage, etc. You should discuss the central theme of the source, the thesis, the audience it is trying to reach (if possible), etc.
· In a second short paragraph, you will need to evaluate the source. Your evaluation should include:
· In the first paragraph, describe or summarize the main points made in the book, article, on the webpage, etc. You should discuss the central theme of the source, the thesis, the audience it is trying to reach (if possible), etc.
· In a second short paragraph, you will need to evaluate the source. Your evaluation should include:
o Why the source & the author are credible.
o How the source is relevant to your narrowed research question.
o How you evaluate the source—is it good, bad, boring, interesting, too simple, too complex, etc?
Your annotated bibliography must be 2500-3000 words. Each of the sources must be formatted to MLA specifications.
************************************************************************************* SAMPLE ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY ENTRY
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Mazel, David. “American Literary Environmentalism as Domestic Orientalism.” The Ecocriticism Reader: Landmarks in Literary Ecology. Ed. Cheryll Glotfelty & Harold Fromm. Athens, GA: University of Georgia Press, 1996. 137-46.
Mazel’s article focuses on environmental literature’s heterogeneity, specifically its ability to encompass a wide variety of genres (e.g. feminism, Marxism & post-structuralism) & dialogue with a wide variety of discourses (e.g. literature, politics, theory & criticism). Mazel orients his argument within the etymology of the word environment, concentrating on its original meaning (“to surround”), as well as the historical & linguistic processes by which the agency of environment has been transferred from the natural world to humanity.
The significance of Mazel’s article to my paper stems mainly from the discussion of linguistic agency. Through an appropriation of Mazel’s theory, I will demonstrate how Mark Levine’s poem “Habitat” re-assigns gender through pronoun usage in an effort to undermine the reversal of agency within the perceived human/environment binary. The article’s credibility derives from both the anthology & the author. Prominent figures in the field of ecocriticism consider The Ecocriticism Reader to be the first & most respected anthology of critical essays in this particular discourse. Furthermore, Mazel, a professor at Adams State College, has been researching, writing, & lecturing on issues pertaining to ecocriticism since the early 90’s.
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