ENG 101 Annotated Bibliography

ENG 101 Annotated Bibliography for Research Essay Project

Sample Works Cited list
MLA 2009 Formatting and Style Guide (for Works Cited and citation directions)
Documenting Sources in MLA Style: A 2009 Update (60-page PDF document)
Sources for research

Select your topic by examining ideas and issues presented in the text readings. Complete a bibliography listing eight sources for the research project. Use Nickel and Dimed and another text reading and one or two articles from the sources listed on the course web site. Use the library databases to find additional resources for a total of eight. Annotate the sources; the annotation is a statement of about 80 words explaining the purpose of each source and its value for your essay. You may also comment on the writer's credibility or bias. Follow MLA style of documentation.

All sources must be ordered and formatted according to MLA. The directions for this formatting are outlined in Using Modern Language Association Format, a handout from the Purdue OWL. Use the term Works Cited for the bibliography title. For the annotation write one or two sentences describing the source's purpose and its value to your investigation. For examples see the sample bibliography.

In reviewing text selections for a topic, you may select readings from two different categories.

Themes and text selections

Identity and Culture

Scott Russell Sanders "Men We Carry in Our Minds"

Sandra Cisneros, "Only Daughter"

Judith Ortiz Cofer, "A Partial Remembrance of a Puerto Rican Childhood"

Dagoberto Gilb, "Pride"

Ellen Goodman, "The Company Man"

Work / Poverty

Scott Russell Sanders "Men We Carry in Our Minds"

Ellen Goodman, "The Company Man"

Jo Goodwin Parker, "What Is Poverty?"
Barbara Ehrenreich, "A Step Back to the Workhouse"

Discrimination / Gender Roles

Brent Staples, "Black Men and Public Space"

Scott Russell Sanders "Men We Carry in Our Minds"

Sandra Cisneros, "Only Daughter"

Susan Sontag, "Women’s Beauty: Put Down or Power Source"

Naomi Shahib Nye, "To Any Would-Be Terrorists"
Judy Brady, " I Want a Wife"

Judith Ortiz Cofer, "A Partial Remembrance of a Puerto Rican Childhood"

Violence and Conflict Resolution

Naomi Shahib Nye, "To Any Would-Be Terrorists"

Debra Dickerson, "Who Shot Johnny?" (see sources list)

Martin Gansberg, "37 Who Saw Murder Didn't Call the Police"

Family and Society
Barbara Dafoe Whitehead, "Where Have All the Parents Gone?"

Ellen Goodman, "The Company Man"

Debra Dickerson, "Who Shot Johnny?" (see sources list)