English 102   	Your Name:	

Research Task #3: Annotated Bibliography

Objectives:
•	Practice using MLA format for Works Cited lists
•	Develop the bulk of your final Works Cited list
•	Critically examine the quality of your sources

Assignment Description:
•	For this task, draw on your Working Bibliography (Task #2) to list at least eight sources as if you were writing a Works Cited list in MLA format (use alphabetical order, double-space evenly throughout, use careful punctuation, etc.).
•	This time your list should also include formal annotations (or notes) about the sources.  Your annotations should consist of 3-4 sentences that summarize the content of the source and comment on its usefulness to your paper.  (E.g., mention how the information will support your thesis.) 

ON THE NEXT PAGE, I have included a short sample annotated bibliography.  The first entry is explanatory; the second one illustrates the principles.

Hard Working Student 
English 102
15 May 2010
Annotated Bibliography
Author’s last name, Author’s first name. “Title of Article.” [or] Title of Book. Date, Publisher, Format, etc.  Provide all publication information according to MLA guidelines for a works cited page. Don’t forget to include the database information if that’s how you accessed your source.  Follow this bibliographic information with a sentence or two that summarizes the book or article, especially the part that is relevant to your essay.  End with at least one sentence that comments on the work’s strengths or weaknesses and its general usefulness to your project.
Trenton, Patricia, and Patrick T. Houlihan. Native Americans:  Five Centuries of Changing Images.  New York:  Harry N. Abrams, 1990. Print. This work compares 500 years of historical information and artifacts with drawings, paintings, and photographs depicting Native Americans and their cultures.  The historical information provided is useful, but the book provides no art revealing how Native Americans have viewed themselves.