Bibliography

Need here citing sources?  Here is a great site for help - http://dept.sccd.ctc.edu/cclib/Research_Tools/Citation_Style_Guides/mlacite.asp

You will list and describe your resources in the form of an annotated bibliography.  An annotated bibliography looks a little different than a typical bibliography or works cited page.  As usual, you will need to cite the resources that you used for your research and production of your project.  However, an annotated bibliography also contains a description of the source that you used.  The description (or annotation) usually comments on the author of the source and the information that you found in the source, as well as how you used that information in your project. 

Annotated bibliographies are useful for a few reasons.  First of all, you will need to examine your resources for their reliability and relevance as you annotate them.  If you find that your resource is an online publication from a 6^th grade history class in New Mexico, you will probably think twice before using it as a resource!  Also, an annotated bibliography helps me to examine and evaluate the research your research!

I have an example of an annotated bibliography from a different project.

You can also consult the following websites for more information:

Purdue University Online Writing Lab.  Annotated Bibliographies.  [Online] Available at http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/general/gl_annotatedbib.html.

Queen Elizabeth II Library.  “How to write annotated bibliographies”. [Online] Available at http://www.mun.ca/library/research_help/qeii/annotated_bibl.html.

The University of Wisconsin-Madison Writing Center.  “Academic Writing – Annotated Bibliography”.  [Online] Available at http://www.wisc.edu/writing/Handbook/AnnotatedBibliography.html.