Utopian Societies

Using the World Wide Web and CCBC library databases, construct an annotated bibliography (with thesis statement) of sources for the topic, and reflect on your learning process. An annotated bibliography is a list of citations (from books, articles, documents and web sites) which contain an evaluative description of each source. Constructing an annotated bibliography requires more than just typing in a search phrase and copying the results. You must think about the topic and what you want to leam, evaluate and compare sources and consider whether the source is appropriate and how it will support the paper's thesis. The annotations for each source should summarize the key points and ideas raised by that author and explain that author's overall thesis or argument. Your annotations should also contain an assessment of the usefulness and reliability of each source and point out any viewpoints or biases that shape and inform each work. Your bibliography must include at least two academically reliable secondary source web sites which have at least two pages on the topic, at least two articles of appropriate scope and academic level from the CCBC databases, and one primary source which can be found via either method Once you have found, read, and annotated your sources, construct a preliminary thesis. Your thesis should be the answer to a question and should sum up what you have concluded about the topic. Your annotations should conform to standard rules of grammar and should be logically organized. Each source must be in correct Chicago format and annotated with a paragraph which explains: 1. How you found the source. 2. How the site/article is appropriate in scope and level of information. 3. What makes the site/article academically reliable? 4. How the source will help you defend your thesis. After constructing the bibliography and thesis, you should write a self-reflective paragraph that considers the following: 1. How you did your research. What steps did you follow and why? 2. What did you find that defied your expectations? What viewpoints were different tctiKvipimpWillbows 3. How open you were to new information. 4. How you reconciled conflicting information or viewpoints in your sources.                                                                                                              

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