CMP 125 Annotated Bibliography Assignment Prompt
Due 4/6.
**Remember to submit your annotated bibliography to Canvas AND bring a printed copy to class.**
Follow the template below for all ten of your annotated bibliography entries including at least five scholarly sources. Begin each entry with the correct MLA or Chicago citation as it would appear on the References or Works Cited page. Then, use the template to justify the reliability of your source, explain its audience and its purpose, summarize its main ideas, and connect it to your research question. If you need to break down the sentences to avoid sentence structure missteps, you can, but continue to follow the basic template and make sure each entry contains all of this information.
Citation in APA or MLA as it would appear on the References or Works Cited page here.
“Title of Article or Book Chapter” is published in Title of Journal or Book, which is peer-reviewed and publishes xxx types of articles [if a book, briefly explain what the book is about]. The main argument of this article is xxx. The article’s important claims include xxx, xxx, and xxx. This applies to [or challenges] my argument because xxx.
Citation in APA or MLA as it would appear on the References or Works Cited page here.
“Title of Article” is published in Title of Magazine or Newspaper or Web Site, which is a respected source for xxx audience because xxx. It is current because it was published in [date]. The author, [Name of Author], has authority to write on this topic because xxx. The central purpose of this article is xxx [ex. to inform or to persuade] about xxx. The article includes the following important points: xxx, xxx, and xxx. This applies to [or challenges] my argument because xx.
Remember that different sources serve different needs.
BOOKS
ARTICLES
The citation information in the library databases will tell you.
The example below uses a citation found in Library One Search as an example; other databases vary.
1. Icons in the result list next to the citation should tell you what you are looking at, but you can click on the article title to go the full citation, where you can learn more information.
2. This brings you the full record view, where you can see your "document type" (article), subject terms, an abstract (summary), and the ISSN (international standard serial number) of the journal, a unique number used to identify it worldwide.
To learn more about the "source" itself, click on the hyperlinked journal title (or in some cases [journal detail] at the end of the "Source" line.) From the initial results screen, we already know it is an academic journal. But is it peer-reviewed? What topics does it publish? Click on the title of the "Source" to find out.
3. This is the record for the source "Hypatia," the journal in which the article above was published. We learn that this is a peer-reviewed journal that publishes on feminist philosophy.
4. If we click on the publisher link, or Google the journal title and publisher combination, we are taken to the journal's home page, where we can learn even more about it, if we like, such as its aims and scope.
This is the record for Hypatia when we search in our publications database, found under the blue Journals button on the library home page. Here we get basic information, such that is is peer-reviewed and that its publisher is Cambridge. We also learn its subject scope.
Ulrichsweb can answer your question!
The Rider University Libraries subscribes to a database called Ulrichsweb that gives detailed information on more than 300,000 periodicals (also called serials) of all types: academic and scholarly journals, e-journals, peer-reviewed titles, popular magazines, newspapers, newsletters, and more.
You can search by journal title, keyword, ISSN number, and subject area.
Below is the record for a journal called Marvels & Tales. This record tells you that Marvels & Tales is an academic or scholarly journal that is peer-reviewed.