Each citation should be between 250 and 300 words. Provide a complete citation for the site, including the URL and your access date. Note that the required citation style is the Chicago Manual of Style. For an example of what elements to include in your citation, go to Course Content and review the Brief Primer to Citing Sources in Chicago Humanities Style (B = bibliography). In the Sample Citations section, look under Online Journal Articles and note that you need to provide the name of the database you found the article in and your date of
access.Provide a complete citation for the site, including the URL and your access date.
Begin each annotated bibliography entry by identifying the source in the correct Chicago Manual of Style documentation.
Provide a brief description of the author’s topic, thesis, and methodology. In other words, in what academic discipline does the work fall (history, literature, social science, women’s studies, cultural studies, etc.)? What kind of evidence does the author draw upon?
Concisely outline the main points in the text.
State the author’s goals and his or her intended audience. Are there any clear biases?
Most importantly, critically evaluate the text’s usefulness for the investigation of your topic. What are the strengths of the source? What are the deficiencies or limitations of the source?
Did the article help you to understand the topic further? If so, explain how. If not, explain what information might have been helpful.
Explain how each of your sources compares to the others. Are there any general trends you see in your selected books and articles?