1. Homework for next week Oct 2
1. Answer questions A through F with whom you plan to develop your project.
2. Bring the answers printed to the next class October 2sd 8:00 o’clock in the
morning building H 5th
floor.
3. It is mandatory to read about annotated bibliographies from the information
givenbelowfor the next class.
4. The next assignment will be based on annotated bibliographies bring your
doubts
Answer these questions
A. What kind of project will you do as requirement to graduate?
a. Research project or classroom project.
B. Mention two tentative ideas you have as possible project?
C. Who will be you academic spouse to develop your project?
D. What strategies do you plan to implement your project in the class?
E. What is innovative about your idea?
F. Have you read any articles or journals about this topics?
Annotated Bibliographies
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 evaluation. Therefore, an annotated
bibliographyincludes a summary and evaluation of each 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 this book or article? What topics are
covered? If someone asked what this article/book is about, what would you
say? The length of your annotations will determine how detailed your
summary is.
Reflect: Once you've summarized and assessed a source, you need to ask
how it fits into your research. Was this source helpful to you? How does it
help you shape your argument? How can you use this source in your
research project? Has it changed how you think about your topic?

2. Why should I write an annotated bibliography?
To learn about your topic: Writing an annotated bibliography is excellent
preparation for a research project. Just collecting sources for a bibliography is
useful, but when you have to write annotations for each source, you're forced to
read each source more carefully. You begin to read more critically instead of just
collecting information. At the professional level, annotated bibliographies allow you
to see what has been done in the literature and where your own research or
scholarship can fit. To help you formulate a thesis: Every good research paper is
an argument. The purpose of research is to state and support a thesis. So a very
important part of research is developing a thesis that is debatable, interesting, and
current. Writing an annotated bibliography can help you gain a good perspective on
what is being said about your topic. By reading and responding to a variety of
sources on a topic, you'll start to see what the issues are, what people are arguing
about, and you'll then be able to develop your own point of view.
What is an Annotated Bibliography?
An annotated bibliography is an organized list of sources (may be any variety of
materials, books, documents, videos, articles, web sites, CD-ROMs, etc.) with an
accompanying paragraph that describes, explains, and/or evaluates each entry in
terms of quality, authority, and relevance.
Organization of an Annotated Bibliography
The organization of the annotated bibliography, if not prescribed by faculty
instructions, may be one of various methods, including but not limited to:
Alphabetical
Chronological: either by date of publication or by period of subject matter
(century, era, decade, event, year)
By subtopic
By format (articles, books, government documents, media, web pages, etc.)
By language
Annotations vs. Abstracts
Annotations in an annotated bibliography usually perform two functions, describe
the source and evaluate the source. The annotation is a concise description of a
particular source, including important aspects of content not evident in the title. It
enables the researcher to establish the relevance of a specific journal article, book,
research report, or government document, etc. and to decide whether to consult
the full text of the work. Abstracts, such as those found in various periodical
databases or those accompanying scholarly journal articles are usually just
descriptive summaries.

3. Elements of an Annotation
Information found in an annotation include:
1. author(s);
William A. Smith, Professor of English at XYZ University...";
2. purpose/scope:
"...sets out to place John Turner in eighteenth century England and show the
development of his philosophy in relation to contemporary social mores";
3. audience and level of reading difficulty:
"Smith addresses himself to the scholar, albeit the concluding chapters on capital
punishment will be clear to any informed layman";
4. bias or standpoint of author :
"Turner gears his study more to the romantic aspects of the age than the scientific
and rational developments";
5. findings, results, and conclusions (if available); and
6. format/special features
(e.g., bibliography, glossary, index, survey instruments, testing devices, etc.).
Structure of an Annotation
Length: Generally, annotations constitute one paragraph and are approximately
100 -150 words long, with a goal of concise and explicative annotations
Person: The third person is the standard, though first person may be appropriate
for certain types of annotated bibliographies.
Language and Vocabulary: Use the vocabulary of the author, as much as possible,
to convey the ideas and conclusions of the author. If you use a quotation excerpted
from the work set it within quotation marks. Vary your sentence structure and try to
avoid repetivitive vacuuous phrases in your annotations, such as, "The author
states," "This article concerns," or "The purpose of this report is," as well as
sentences starting with "It was suggested that," "It was found that," and "It was
reported that."
Format - Sentences: Whole sentences are preferable, but single descriptive words,
and simple phrases or lists may be acceptable.
Format - Paragraphs: Annotations should be one paragraph long. The paragraph
should contain a statement of the work's major thesis, from which the rest of the
sentences can develop.
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Citation Format
The bibliography portion of the annotated bibliography usually follows one of the
standard citation formats, APA, MLA, Chicago, etc. Citation format information is
available from the library's Cite a Source web page. The most complete citation
resources remain in print; copies of the APA, MLA, Chicago, Turabian, ASA and
ACA style guides are available at the reference desk.
For more information ask a reference librarian.

4. Examples of an Annotated Bibliography Entry
Example 1:
Broude, Norma. Impressionism: a feminist reading. New York: Rizzoli, 1991.
In this publication Broude has taken full advantage of her feminist lens to scrutinize
modern French science. Her text is accessible and reader-friendly and uses
poststructuralism without becoming a slave to its theories. Her systematic
examination of the field, particularly in "The Gendering of Art, Science, and Nature
in the Nineteenth Century," reveals underlying patterns of gender discrimination
inherent in traditional French philosophy, which upholds Descartes' "I think,
therefore I am." Her examination of the social relations between art and science
compels readers to take a harder more skeptical look at the sexual politics of
postmodernism, whose theory seems to be rooted within the French Cartesian
tradition. Her book should be require reading for anyone interest in art, the
feminine principle, and how it is treated in a male-oriented universe. (From
Feminist Art Criticism; an annotated bibliography. New York, G.K. Hall, 1993)
Example 2:
Dorival, Bernard. "Ukiyo-e and European Painting." pp. 27-71. In Dialogue in Art;
Japan and the West. Tokyo: Kodansha, 1976.
Known in France around 1860, Ukiyo-e prints had an immediate influence on the
vision and the craft of painters. First, Theodore Rousseau and Millet and then
Whistler, Manet, and mainly Degas were profoundly affected. Asymmetrical
compositions, scenes and landscapes represented from above or below, figures
shown in close-up, pale palette, flat areas of color, the replacement of Albertian
perspective with the system of opposed diagonals: all these innovations were
taken up by the Impressionists, particularly Monet, who learned moreover not to
reduce the scene he was painting to the limits of the canvas, and absorbed a
pantheistic feeling for nature contrary to traditional Western humanism. Japanese
graphic art had a continuing influence on French painting from the Post-
Impressionists to the Nabis and the Fauves, as well as on the work of Ensor,
Munch, Klimt and others. After the Renaissance rediscovery of ancient art, nothing
had so influenced European painting as Japanese prints. (From Les Fauves; a
sourcebook. Westport, Greenwood Press, 1994)
Adapted from:
References
http://lib.skidmore.edu/library/index.php/li371-annotated-bib
https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/614/01/