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Find three sources for an Opinion Essay and then write annotated bibliography for each source.
Topic for the essay: Are there more benefits to dating within your own culture, or are the benefits greater to dating outside of your social sphere?
Each annotated bibliography entry should have a Chicago Manual of Style formatted citation.
Each annotated bibliography entry should be 200-250 words in length. This number does NOT include the citation.
Each annotated bibliography entry should include summary, assessment, and reflection. Pay careful attention to the difference between assessment and reflection.
Possible resources include: newspaper articles (in print or online), academic papers, academic abstracts, or other resources that you can find on the databases or Google Scholar. NO Wikipedia or blog entries will be accepted.
A bibliography is a list of sources (books, journals, Web sites, periodicals, etc.) one has used for researching a topic.Bibliographies are sometimes called “References” or “Works Cited” depending on the style format you are using. A bibliography usually just includes the bibliographic information (i.e., the author, title, publisher, etc.).
An annotation is a summary and/or evaluation. Therefore, an annotated bibliography includes a summary and/or evaluation ofeach of the sources. Depending on your project or the assignment, your annotations may do one or more of the following.
Summarize: Some annotations merely summarize the source. What are the main arguments? What is the point of thisbook or article? What topics are covered? If someone asked what this article/book is about, what would you say? Thelength of your annotations will determine how detailed your summary is.For more help, see our handout on paraphrasing sources.
Assess: After summarizing a source, it may be helpful to evaluate it. Is it a useful source? How does it compare withother sources in your bibliography? Is the information reliable? Is this source biased or objective? What is the goal of thissource?For more help, see our handouts on evaluating resources.
Reflect: Once you’ve summarized and assessed a source, you need to ask how it fits into your research. Was this sourcehelpful to you? How does it help you shape your argument? How can you use this source in your research project? Has itchanged how you think about your topic?Your annotated bibliography may include some of these, all of these, or even others.
