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JRP: Social Justice: Annotated Bibliography

This LibGuide contains resources to support the JRP. You'll find links to quality Open Web sources, databases, books (print and electronic) and tips for MLA.

The Annotated Bibliography Assignment

Annotated Bibliography Requirements:

I. Three Entries: Each entry has two parts.

Part One: Properly formatted MLA Citation

Hint: Pay attention to proper capitalization, quotation marks, italics and hanging indents. Be sure to include all the required bibliographic information (author, title, publication name, date, etc.)

Part Two: An annotation of your source which includes:

  • Summary:  In 1-2 sentences give main ideas, key arguments, conclusions. Include specific details you learned from reading this source.

  • Evaluation: In 2-3 sentences evaluate your source. Discuss Who (expertise, authority in field), What (content quality: evidence, studies, citations, live links, academic level = high school and above; purpose: educate and inform), When (publication date, currency & relevance to today)

  • Relevance: In 1 sentence show how this source was / will be useful for the JRP. How did you / do you plan to use the information you learned in this source in your JRP? Be specific.

  • Information Type and Location/Container Identification: In bold at the end of each annotation, indicate the information type of the source and where you found it. For example: academic journal article/ProQuest, reference/ABC-CLIO, webpage/Open Web Source, book/Google Books Open Web Source, book/Ebook Central, newspaper article/Open Web Source

II. Source Requirements:

  • One source must be from an O’Dowd Subscription Database: ProQuest, Ebook Central, CQ Researcher, Gale, etc.
  • One source must be a scholarly / academic journal article.
  • All three sources must be O'Dowd worthy.

III. Title

The title is centered. Type Your JRP Topic: An Annotated Bibliography 

IV. Format

Export your Annotated Bibliography directly from NoodleTools. This will ensure proper formatting:

  • Entries in alphabetical order
  • Hanging indents for the citations
  • Double spaced within and between entries