Create an annotated bibliography (at home)
A. Assemble your Works Cited page
Write out each of your sources in Chicago Style format. Put them in alphabetical order (by author’s last name). Example:
Reuben, Suzanne H. and the President’s Cancer Panel. 2008-2009 Annual Report: Reducing Environmental Cancer Risk, What We Can Do Now. Apr. 2010. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Web. 10 May 2010.
Specter, Michael. Denialism: How Irrational Thinking Hinders Scientific Progress, Harms the Planet and Threatens Our Lives. New York: Penguin Press, 2009. Print.
B. Add an annotation for each item
After each citation:
• Write a 2-3-sentence summary of the book or article. What is the thesis of the book (often can be found in the introduction) or article (often can be found in the first couple of paragraphs)? How does the author situate herself in the general field?
• Write one sentence stating which part(s) of the articles and/or books that you might incorporate into your own paper (quotes, statistics, evidence, examples). Go back to
your own research question: how will this source help you answer your question? What parts of this source reinforce/strengthen my own thesis paragraph?