Annotated Bibliography

In this assignment, you will:

• Develop a project topic, find keywords, and formulate a research question.

• Find reliable information sources in the form of books, journal articles, and websites.

• Put it all together into a simple annotated bibliography for your history class.

The score at the top right shows your progress. Once you complete the assignment you will see a green Click me to save to pdf button to save your annotated bibliography as a .pdf document you will then send to your instructor as an attachment.

Step 0: your name

Please type your name in the Name box as you would like it to appear in the assignment.

Name:

Step 1: choose a topic for your project

Depending on your history course, choose one of the lists of topics below by clicking the link. This will open a new tab.

(Note: Make sure to check with your instructor about whether your chosen topic meets the project's requirements before commiting research time to it)

From the list of topics, select or copy the topic of your choice (instructor's approval highly recommended) and type or paste it in the Topic box. You can also type your own topic if you have one.

Topic:

Step 2: keywords and search terms

Find keywords and search terms you can use to research your topic. You can use the links below to help you find relevant keywords and search terms.

Type any you find in the Keywords box below, separated by commas as shown.

Keywords:

Step 3: research question

From everything you learned about your topic so far, write down your question in the Research question box below.

Research question:

Step 4: book citation

Use the library catalog link below to find a book on your topic. Once you find it, get the Turabian (Chicago) citation for it, and copy-and-paste it in the Book citation box.

Book citation:

Step 5: book annotation

Write an annotation for the book you found in the Book annotation box:

Book annotation:

Step 6: article citation

Use the link below to go to the library databases, find an article, and get its citation (Chicago/Turabian). Once you get it, copy-and-paste it in the Article citation box.

Article citation:

Step 7: article annotation

Write an annotation for the article you found in the Article annotation box.

Article annotation:

Step 8: website citation

Go to the web and find a relevant website. Once you find it, use the link below to generate the citation for it in the Chicago style.

Copy the citation, paste it in the Website citation box, and click the button.

Website citation:

Step 9: website annotation

Write and annotation for the website you found in the Website annotation box.

Website annotation:

To submit your work, follow these steps:

• Click the green button to save to .pdf. Make sure to know where the file saves.
• Open your email and compose a new email to your instructor.
• Add attachment, go to the directory where your pdf is saved (see above), and select it to attach.
• Add salutations, identifiers, notes, and send.