Tuesday, February 22, 2011

Annotated Bibliography Blurb

Annotated Bibliography Blurb

From spectrum.troy.com: “A research statement that identifies your topic for research and set of questions surrounding that topic as it pertains to your case. You must detail how you plan to address your topic and a research question must be formulated. This should include a working thesis.”

Example of Annotated Bibliography Blurb (BUT IT MUST BE 500 WORDS!)

For my annotated bibliography, I plan to write about the relationship between the social network Facebook and the revolution in Egypt. I am interested in this topic because I believe that social media like Facebook will have an important impact in the next thirty years. I will use the New York Times, the Washington Post, and The Facebook Movement by Francis Young, as sources.

Examples of Credible Sources

Credible sources can include newspapers, television programs, websites, or other sources, but should be well-written and unbiased.

New York Times, www.nytimes.com

Washington Post, www.washingtonpost.com

Examples of Annotated Bibliography Entries

London, Herbert. "Five Myths of the Television Age." Television Quarterly 10.1(1982): 81-89. 
                    Herbert London, the Dean of Journalism at New York University and author of several books and articles, explains how television contradicts five commonly believed ideas. He uses specific examples of events seen on television, such as the assassination of John Kennedy, to illustrate his points. His examples have been selected to contradict such truisms as: "seeing is believing"; "a picture is worth a thousand words"; and "satisfaction is its own reward." London uses logical arguments to support his ideas, which are his personal opinion. He doesn't refer to any previous works on the topic. London's style and vocabulary would make the article of interest to any reader. 

Gurko, Leo. Ernest Hemingway and the Pursuit of Heroism. New York: Crowell, 1968. This book is part of a series called "Twentieth Century American Writers": a Brief Introduction to the Man and his Work. After fifty pages of straight biography, Gurko discussed Hemingway's writing, novel by novel. There's an index and a short bibliography, but no notes. The biographical part is clear and easy to read, but it sounds too much like a summary.

Links

http://wordsworth2.net/writing/annotbibguide.htm

http://www.writing.utoronto.ca/advice/specific-types-of-writing/annotated-bibliography

http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/614/01/
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9 comments:

  1. nusa grayanFebruary 25, 2011 at 12:46 PM

    hey prof

    can u extend the diedline for 2 more days

    it's really hard to do this assinment :S

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  2. Kareem Al TalFebruary 25, 2011 at 1:13 PM

    Hi Prof
    please could you extend the deadline for this assignment because it hard to understand it how to do it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
    And i know alot of students dont know a thing about it please on Monday explain more about it
    everyone thinks its a normal research not Bibliography!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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  3. nusa grayanFebruary 25, 2011 at 1:27 PM

    i do agree with kareem :)

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  4. Kareem Al TalFebruary 26, 2011 at 3:39 AM

    Well.thanks Nusaiba i hope prof john will agree with us
    and we are waiting for you answer prof?

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  5. rawan nasraweanFebruary 26, 2011 at 4:19 AM

    can any of you tell me where are we supposed to send the blurb did the prof give us an e-mail or sth?

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  6. John Y.February 27, 2011 at 8:42 AM

    I will go over the bibliography on Monday. Remember that the only thing due this week is a 500-word blurb. You only need to give an overview of the topic and give a "tentative" argument. Go to the websites above to see how it's done. No class extensions.

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  7. TamamMarch 10, 2011 at 2:45 AM

    Hello Mr.John Thank you very much for your efforts. Please,can I submit my annotated bibliography in this site instead of the classroom because I will not come to the class on Thursday due to the heavy rain in my residential place and harsh weather. I look foreword to hear from you. Thanks a lot

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  8. TamamMarch 10, 2011 at 3:00 AM

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  9. TamamMarch 10, 2011 at 3:04 AM

    Please, help us Mr.John. Our assignment is not difficult, but it is our first endeavor. So, we are confused, somewhat.I try several time to send my annotated bibliography, but I fail and it is impossible to come to the university these days. Would you mind telling me how to give you my homework,please.

    Thank you

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