The Annotated Bibliography:

Samples

Here is a sample of an annotation:

Kerr, Frances. "Feeling Half-Feminine: Modernism and the Politics of Emotion in

     The Great Gatsby." American Literature 68 (1996): 405-31.  Print.

This is A brilliant analysis of  the homoerotics in the novel-- Nick's attraction to McKee and to Gatsby. Kerr  thinks the tennis girl with sweat on her lip is Jordan (which I think is wrong); shenotes that Jordan has more control over her emotions than the other women in the novel (Daisy and Myrtle). Kerr argues that Nick's narrative about his dumping her "leads the reader to believe that it is Jordan's indifference, shallowness, and dishonesty that prompt his move. The psychological subtext of Gatsby, however, suggests a motivation entirely different. Nick Carraway identifies with and feels most romantically drawn not to 'masculine' women but to 'feminine' men"(418). I used this article in my paper as proof of Nick’s attraction to men to support my case that he is, in fact, homosexual.

Sample citation of a movie review:

Ebert, Roger. "Twilight". Rev. of Twilight dir. by Catherine Hardwicke. Chicago-Sun  

      Times online. Chicago Sun-Times, 20 October 2008. Web. 02 November 2009.

To cite your reviews internally, since you don't have page numbers, you will use paragraph numbers. Example: (Ebert, par. 4).

If you have an article that has page numbers, or a book, then it looks like this:

(Martin 127).

 Citations with paragraphs need a comma; citations with page numbers do NOT need a comma.

Sample citation of an article in an online database (like Ebschohost or Infotrac).

Martin, John. "Global Warming Strategies." Journal of Science 10.4 (2007): 145-167.

       Ebschohost. Web. 02 November 2009.

Notice that the title of the journal is in italics; what follows is the volume and issue numbers, year of publication, page numbers, search database, and date you retrieved the article.


Research Paper Tutorials: Film, MLA, Annotations, etc.

Instructional video on types of shots: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZwbsYgZ7d-8 Documentary Techniques: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H9adF3G0uWE&feature=related

Tutorial on MLA Format: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1PRb6557EmI

Another video on formatting: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qUbzPopdONo&feature=related

Works Cited MLA Format:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5wKk7BXTfwo

Annotated Bibliography (I like this guy:): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ds6ygs8JgHg

She says it more quickly: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vewwR5NgX_k&feature=related

Purdue Owl- the BEST website for understanding MLA: http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/557/01/

Internal Citations-- Blending your sources with your own words: http://www.gorpcc.com/docs/IntegratingSourcesIntoYourResearchPaperhandout