An annotated bibliography is an alphabetized list of sources you intend to use for your paper. Below each MLA citation is a short paragraph briefly summarizing the source and describing how you plan to use it in your paper. Requirements for the Annotated Bibliography: Sources: The annotated bibliography must have citations and annotations for at least 3-4 sources. at least 3 articles must be from journals found on an online database (only Academic Search Complete, JSTOR, or Gale are acceptable) you may use articles from reputable online newspapers and magazines you may use books Annotations: An annotation should follow each source. Each annotation should be at least 4-6 sentences long, and should include the following: 1. summary of source (or the part you believe will be relevant to your paper) 2.a statement about how you plan to use the source in your essay Example: Carr, Nicholas. The Shallows: What the Internet is Doing to Our Brains. W.W. Norton & Company, 2011. In The Shallows: What the Internet is Doing to Our Brains, Nicholas Carr argues that the technologies we create to make our lives easier change us, our brains, through our use of them. Specifically, because it encourages users to skim and not read deeply, the Internet has changed how we -think and process the information we encounter—even off screen. Our attention span is severely narrowed because our minds are conditioned to receive information in small doses. I will use The Shallows to support one of the main points of my argument, which is that the Internet is harmful to users because it damages our attention span.
An annotated bibliography is an alphabetized list of sources you intend to use for your paper. Below each MLA citation is a short paragraph briefly summarizing the source and describing how you plan to use it in your paper.
