Read textbook pp. 246-269.
Annotated Bibliography Assignment
An Annotated Bibliography is a list of the sources you are thinking of using for your argument/research paper with their citations in MLA style (8th edition) and a brief explanation of what each source says and how it is relevant to your essay topic. Your Annotated Bibliography should have at least four sources, at least one of which comes from an academic database such as Proquest or Academic Search Complete. Although it does not have to be the final group of sources you use in your paper (things may change) the better and more complete your Annotated Bibliography, the easier completing your paper and your Works Cited page will be.
Your textbook has information on how to do an Annotated Bibliography on pp. 268-269. I am looking for 1-5 sentences for each citation. Your citations should be alphabetized by author and follow MLA format for a Works Cited entry.
Below is a sample entry in the format I want you to follow. While your textbook shows a block format, I want you to follow the sample below. Then in order to do your Works Cited page the citation is already formatted with the hanging indent and all you have to do is delete the annotations and change the title from Annotated Bibliography to Works Cited.
Rosenstein, Jay. “How Do Native Americans Really Feel About the Washington Redskins Nickname?” The Huffington Post, 31 May 2016, www.huffingtonpost.com/jay-rosenstein/how-do-native-americans-really-feel-about-redskins-nickname_b_10199688.html.
In this article Rosenstein casts doubt on the telephone survey results the Washington Redskins team released, and discusses resolutions opposing the name from groups representing Native Americans.
NOTE: An Annotated Bibliography is not the same as a Works Cited page. In the past some students have just attached the Annotated Bibliography to their paper, and then were required to re-do a Works Cited page in the proper format. Both a Works Cited page and an Annotated Bibliography should have citations in proper MLA style. However, the Works Cited page does not include the explanations of relevance to your topic. Presumably you have cited these sources in your text so the relevance is clear within your paper.
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