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Overview
The main purpose of the annotated bibliography is to help you prepare to write your argument paper. Your argument paper should address one of the social issues raised in the course readings and seek to convince your reader to adopt a particular point of view.

For the annotated bibliography, you will first identify an issue or question you raised in one of your spark papers that you wish to explore further. For example, you might read a text mentioned by the author or follow up on idea the author discussed, looking for writing that examines an issue from another angle or point of view. Your annotated bibliography must include a minimum of four sources, one of which must be a scholarly (peer-reviewed) article.

Note that the One Search (SF State’s Library’s search engine) will tell you if a resource is peer-reviewed. You will also find the scholarly search engines available from the library’s website helpful: https://library.sfsu.edu/find-articles-more-databases.

Process

1. Identify an issue or question you raised in one of your spark papers that you wish to explore further.
2. Pose your topic as a question.

For instance, if you are interested in gentrification, you might ask: What major controversies surround gentrification? What impact does gentrification have on longtime residents? Are there ways to control it to decrease its negative impact or promote positive ones? What benefits can gentrification have? How do urban policies effect its execution and/or impact? Alternatively, perhaps you’ve decided you wish to learn more about one of the figures that Coates mentions, such as Frederick Douglass, Booker Washington, or Malcolm X. Here you might begin with a broad question like “who was Frederick Douglass and what was his impact?” As you read more about gentrification, you may begin to narrow your topic, deciding to look primarily at some aspect of his life (such as his relationship with and/or views on Abraham Lincoln).

1. Find sources that are relevant to your question.

For example, if you are researching gentrification, you might begin by looking at San Francisco Chronicle articles about local controversies in Bay Area neighborhoods, anti-gentrification activist websites, proposals or positive press for neighborhood renewal projects, or urban studies articles that (for instance) analyze social policies that encourage, discourage, or limit gentrification. Alternatively, if your question concerns Frederick Douglass, you might start by reading Douglass’s own Narrative, recent accounts of his life and legacy in the popular press (such as The Atlantic), or historical or literary-critical scholarly essays analyzing his work.

1. Take notes on content of the sources you find and how they are (or are not) relevant to your research question. Choose the four most pertinent sources for your write up.
2. Write up your annotated bibliography according to the guidelines below.

Paper Format Guidelines

1. Begin your bibliography with a short paragraph that poses you research question and explains how you arrived at that question.
2. Describe each of your four sources. Put them in alphabetical order. Be sure you clearly indicate which of your sources are scholarly/peer-reviewed. For each entry:
   a) Begin by citing the source according to the correct APA or MLA format.
   b) Next, follow the citation with a brief summary (approximately 3-5 sentences). You may quote from the source but don’t simply copy the abstract. Your summary should be in your own words. Depending on the source, your summary might include an account of:
   a. The source’s intended audience
   b. Its central argument, question, or theme
   c. The author’s methods (how the author attempt to answer or address his question or prove his or her argument)
   d. Other important points the author makes
   c) As part of your summary, be sure that you indicate or explain why the source is relevant to your research question.

For more information (including about APA and MLA guidelines) and examples see:

• Cornell University Library: How to Prepare an Annotated Bibliography https://guides.library.cornell.edu/annotatedbibliography
• Purdue Online Writing Lab (OWL): Annotated Bibliography Samples: https://owl.purdue.edu/owl/general_writing/common_writing_assignments/annotated_bibliographies/annotated_bibliography_samples.html

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