bibliography requirements
EN 102 - Annotated Bibliography Assignment
Compile a bibliography for your research topic. This list of sources is similar to what would be included at the end of your research paper, but with the addition of annotations. The reference librarians are happy to help you. The bibliography should include the following elements.
- Topic Statement or Title
- Thesis Statement. One or two declarative sentence(s).
- Annotated bibliographic citations.
- Each citation must be complete and in the acceptable format of your style manual.
- Following each citation there should be an annotation of one or two sentences that briefly evaluates the relevancy of the resource to your research. Your annotation should comment on or evaluate any of the following:
- the credentials/affiliation of the author
- the purpose and scope of the work
- the sources and/or experimental methodologies used
- the conclusions of the work
- The bibliography must include nine citations (see below).
- The citations must be distributed among the resource categories as indicated.
| Type of work | Required number of citations | Comments |
| Reference works | 2 | The citation must be to a Corette Library reference works. General encyclopedias and general dictionaries are unacceptable. |
| Books | 2 | Can be paper, electronic or microform format. |
| Periodical articles | 2 | Can be paper, electronic or microform format. |
| Internet Web site | 2 | Should be examples of web publishing. No periodical articles accepted in this category |
| Other information source | 1 | News program transcripts (Lexis-Nexis), videos, audio tapes, interviews, government reports, etc. |
4. Style manual. You must indicate which style manual you use.
Keep in mind the following requirements as you write your annotated bibliography, grading will be based on these criteria:
- Your thesis statement must be just that, an informed hypothesis about your subject. It is not a question or a statement of obvious facts. If in doubt, consult your professor or a reference librarian.
- Include nine citations in perfect MLA format, distributed among sources as indicated above
- Your sources must be relevant to your topic and of appropriate scholarly value
- Sources should be listed in one alphabetical list (by author or whatever is first in the citation)
- Include the complete title of all books, including the subtitle
- Do not use acronyms or abbreviations unless specified in the MLA Handbook
- If no date is apparent, use "n.d.". See other abbreviations on pages 178 and 261-281 of the MLA Handbook.
- Annotations must be written as complete sentences and specifically evaluative. Do not state "This is a good source" or " This book contained a lot of good information", etc.
- Spelling, grammar, and punctuation must be correct
- Use full URLs, including protocol, except for an article from a periodical database. In that case, you can conclude the URL with the domain - see Hacker
- Do not confuse the author of a web site with the webmaster.
- The assignment must be submitted through turnitin.com
Rev. 6/06