Exploring ideas for your annotated bibliography
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To get started, choose one source that you intend to use for a project. Use the spaces below to explore and record your ideas about that source. On the next page, you can combine your notes into an annotated entry for the source.
Click Submit after each text box to submit your answers to your instructor’s gradebook. You may review your answers by returning to this activity at any time. (An activity reports to the gradebook only if your instructor has assigned it.)
To summarize the source, you might brainstorm responses to questions such as the following:
- What is the purpose of the source? Who is the author’s intended audience?
- What is the author’s thesis? What evidence supports the thesis?
- What are the author’s key findings and conclusions?
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To evaluate the source, you might brainstorm responses to questions such as the following:
- What qualifications and expertise does the author bring? Does the author have biases or make questionable assumptions?
- What is your evaluation of the source’s accuracy, quality, and relevance?
- How useful is this source in the context of your purpose and your project?
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To reflect on how the source will contribute to your project, you might brainstorm responses to questions such as the following:
- Why do you think this source is useful and relevant for your project?
- Do you think that the source supports, extends, or counters your argument?
- How does this source relate to the other sources in your bibliography?
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