Annotated Bibliography

Due June 25th.

You can find a definition, along with an example, of an annotated bibliography at the back of the “Using Sources” handout. You can also find guidelines at The Owl at Purdue MLA webpage. Once again, it is a list of citations to books, articles, and documents as they will appear in the “Works Cited” page of your research paper. Here, however, each citation is followed by evaluative and reflective paragraphs, the annotation. Identify thesis and rhetorical methods. Consider the relevance, accuracy, and quality of the sources cited. In other words, offer some evaluation of rhetoric. Consider how each source contributes to the larger public conversation about your topic. Consider how you might use the source in your research paper. The purpose of the annotation is to begin determining the value of your source material and how you intend to use it in your larger project.

Your bibliography should be a minimum of five full pages, MLA format. Your final research paper (9-12 pages) should ultimately use about 9-14 sources, so try to include a minimum of 7-8 sources in the bibliography, but you might want to have many more than that. Remember, common knowledge does not need to be cited.

Some topics we have discussed:

#blacklivesmatter / police conduct

Obama's executive orders on immigration

King vs. Burwell

Education (funding, reform, testing)

The Supreme Court's decision on Same Sex Marriage Bans

Climate Change

Trans-Pacific Partnership

Minimum Wage