Introduction

The Annotated Bibliography is part of your final project.  Students are to provide annotations for five primary sources and five secondary sources that will be used in the final project.  Sources should be directly related to the final project’s topic.  Each annotation should be a brief 1-2 sentence description.

For secondary sources, students should use high quality scholarly sources, especially scholarly monographs or articles published in peer-reviewed academic journals. Students should avoid using the textbook, encyclopedia articles, or anonymously authored websites.

For primary sources, students should be looking for documents which were originally written during the time period they are trying to study. While architectural or archaeological remains certainly do qualify as primary sources which can be used by scholars to reconstruct the past, they are problematic for an assignment like this. Written documents from the past should be your focus!

What is an Annotated Bibliography? 

An annotated bibliography is an organized list of sources (like a reference list). It differs from a straightforward bibliography in that each reference is followed by a brief annotation,  about 25 words in length.

What is the purpose of an Annotated Bibliography? 

• Provide a literature review on a particular subject
• Help to formulate a thesis of project
  
• Demonstrate the research you have performed on a particular subject
• Provide examples of major sources of information available on a topic
• Describe items that other researchers may find of interest on a topic

What to include in my Annotated Bibliography?

For Primary Sources:
                               
SHRINK DOWN AND SIMPLIFY THESE THREE SECTIONS DETAILING WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE

• Bibliographic information according to Chicago style.
• What is the document.
  
• The significance of the document (i.e., why should anybody in the present care?).

For Secondary Sources:

• Bibliographic information according to Chicago style.
• What subject the source covers.
  
• Relevance to this project.
  

Useful websites for finding primary and secondary sources online:

• Library Research Guide for this project:  
  
  • Western Civ:  https://libguides.nvcc.edu/HIS101-102-Kincheloe
  • World Civ:     https://libguides.nvcc.edu/c.php?g=1345814
  • US History:    https://libguides.nvcc.edu/c.php?g=1345816

What are some examples of an Annotated Bibliography? 

• Nova= Chicago Citation Style Guide
  
• Purdue University OWL: Annotated Bibliography Examples
• What is an Annotated Bibliography?  (Links to an external site.)
• How to Write an Annotated Bibliography in Turabian/Chicago Style https://libguides.nvcc.edu/c.php?g=360912&p=2437956external site.)