What is an annotated bibliography?

In preparation for your research essay (your next essay), you will complete your research and include the sources in an
annotated bibliography. Your sources must consist of full-text peer-reviewed scholarly journal articles along with
quotations you plan to use as support for your research essay, an argumentative essay.
Explanation: What is an annotated bibliography?
An annotated bibliography is an extended works cited page that includes below each source your annotation or your
assessment of the source. Generally, after writing the standard works cited source entry, the annotation assessment
includes a two-to-three sentence summary of the article followed by your critical evaluation or assessment of the
source. For this variation on an annotation, I am looking for the answers to the following questions:

1. Which side does each article support: your stance or your opposition’s?
2. What are the main points of each article?
3. What are three or four quotations from each source that you can use to support your stance or your
   anticipation (the opposition’s stance)?
   a. You will need to number these and use quotation marks and provide an in-text citation at the end of
   each quotation.
   Additional Requirements:
    Your annotated bibliography must include three sources that support your argument and two sources that
   support your opposition.
   o Note: You may not use dictionaries, encyclopedias, random websites (non-credible,), or any other
   source of which the credibility is questionable as research sources (e.g. Wikipedia, blogs, .com sites,
   etcetera).
    You will, of course, use MLA formatting, so you will include the following:
   o One-inch margins all the way around
   o Times New Roman, 12-point font
   o True double spacing – remember to remove the space before and after paragraph
   o An inserted page number, including your last name and a space between your name and number
    (Remember to change the font and the font size in the page number because they will revert to
   default (Calibri 11pt).)
   o An MLA heading – NOT a running header in the page number section—with your first and last names,
   my name, English 1101, the due date (The MLA heading is left-justified at the one-inch margin.)
   o A tentative title followed by the phrase ‘An Annotated Bibliography’ (Example: To Vote or Not to VoteThat is the Question: An Annotated Bibliography)
   o Each source formatted with a hanging indent.
   o Sources should appear in alphabetical order based on the author’s (or if you have more than one author,
   the first author’s) last name. If you have no author, use the first letter of the title to determine
   alphabetical order.)
   o The second line of the source should be indented ½ inch from the one-inch margin.
   o Press the ‘tab’ key two times before typing the annotation paragraph. All subsequent lines of the
   annotation paragraph will fall under the ½ indented second line of the hanging indent. See the example
   below.
   Xu, Jianhua, Qi Kang, Zhiqiang Song, and Christopher P Clarke. "Applications of Mobile Social Media:
   Wechat Among Academic Libraries in China." Journal of Academic Librarianship 41.1 (2015):
   21-30. Academic Search Complete. Web. 1 Apr. 2015.
   You would start typing your brief summary of the source here after pressing the tab key.
   All other lines should fall under the second line of the source entry as this line does.

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