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1. Annotated Bibliography Assignment Description Due: Week 16
Annotated Bibliography
Week 16, Finals Week , Friday midnight
Points: 170 pts.
This is Part 2 of your final project in the course. You will create an annotated bibliography for
your topic. You can build from the Research Presentation, use the research question and title
from the presentation. You can also use the two article sources from the presentation as
sources here
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Format: submit as a formal Word document, formatted 1” margins, 12 pt. type with MLA
formatted citations for the sources below.
1. Title:
2. Research Question:
3. Formatting: 1” margin all four sides, Times Roman Type [this is the standard
MLA formatting]. Double spacing for citations; single spacing for annotations.
4. Sources: Your bibliography should include one of each type of source below
for a total of nine sources.
5. Annotations: Include annotations for five sources. These should include
four different source types [not all the same source types].
a. Two Reference works (print or online) these are dictionaries, encyclopedias, or other
reference sources that provide overviews of subjects or disciplines [Gale Virtual Reference
Library will provide sources for this part of the bibliography, as well as the RHC online catalog]
b. Two Books related to the topic from the Rio Hondo College Library catalog, or another
online catalog [Whittier Public, or CSULA]
c. Three Articles from RHC subscription databases: Include one each of:
newspaper, magazine, and scholarly journal
d. Two Web sites: use web site criteria, including suffixes [.com, .gov, .edu, etc]
NOTE: These source types are required for the project. You must include all source types
specified above to get full credit. [you can't simply use all books, all articles etc., in place of the
types specified above, or copy over another works cited page from a paper for another course]

2. Annotated Bibliography Assignment Description Due: Week 16
MLA Formats: examples
Honululu Comm College MLA examples:
http://www.honolulu.hawaii.edu/library/mlahcc7th.html
Central Piedmont Comm College Sample bibliography
https://www.cpcc.edu/library/tutorials/DrCiteRight/mlacitations.pdf
Websites for explanation/review of annotation types:
Read below about annotation types, and how to construct them:
http://guides.library.cornell.edu/annotatedbibliography
Sample annotations from OWL:
https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/614/03/
Flash Tutorial, annotations UMC: [you can use the Forward or Back buttons at bottom to flip
through tutorial]
http://sites.umuc.edu/library/libhow/bibliography_tutorial.cfm
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General point breakdown -- see handout for specific point breakdowns:
MLA Formatting [citation formatting for all nine sources]
54 pts. [9 * 6 pts. each]
Formatting overall [1” margin, 12 pt type, indenting] 21 pts.
(for 75 pts. formatting)
Choice of Sources [relevant to your research question]
30 pts.
Annotations 65 pts. [13 * 5 pts. each]
(for 95 pts. evaluation and relevant sources)
TOTAL: 170 pts.