Annotated Bibliography on Aqueducts

Annotated Bibliography on Aqueducts

A bibliography is a list of sources (books, articles, Web sites, etc.) one has used for researching a topic.

 

• Your bibliography should include FOUR scholarly sources: At least one should be a book.  The rest should be articles from scholarly journals.  You will find these on JSTOR.com and other library databases (even when you access an article online, it is considered a journal article and not an internet resource).

 

• No more than one of your sources should come from the internet.  If you use internet resources, make sure that they are legitimately academic- they should come from smart history, museum websites, or universities.

 

• Tip:  If you type the name of your artist and the title of the work into google books: http://books.google.com/  Every book that references the work will come up.  Often, you can read these books online, but if the book is not available, you should find it in the library or order it from Interlibrary loan.

 

• The Bibliography (as well as the footnotes in your paper) should be in Chicago Style Format.  You can find the Chicago Manual of Style online at:

http://www.chicagomanualofstyle.org/home.html

 

• Limit your Internet sources. (Use museum’s websites, but do not quote from Wikipedia in an academic essay.   Jimmy Wales, founder of Wikipedia:  “For God’s sake, you’re in college; don’t cite the encyclopedia.” [ANY encyclopedia.]

• Your textbook does not count as a source (though you can use it for basic information).

 

An annotation is a summary and/or evaluation. Therefore, an annotated bibliography includes a summary and/or evaluation of each of the sources.  Your annotations should:

• 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.
• Assess: After summarizing a source, you should evaluate it. Is it a useful source? How does it compare with other sources in your bibliography? Is the information reliable? Is this source biased or objective? What is the goal of this source?
• 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?

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