ENGL 101

Annotated Bibliography
Final Project
Annotated Bibliography

Assignment Instructions
In groups of 2-3 you will be given a scholarly source about Fort San Juan/Joara, the 16th-
century Spanish fort being excavated in Morganton, NC. I hope to publish these through
the Project’s foundation, as the purpose of your annotations is to give the public a brief
synopsis of these works.

 Write the bibliographic information using MLA citation style. Follow all of the
guidelines for formatting and citation in MLA style. We’ll discuss this in class,
but a simple search for “MLA-style annotated bibliography” at Purdue’s Online
Writing Lab will be useful for you.
 Write an annotation (summary) for your source. Annotations should include: a
summary of the material (what claims does the author make?), description of
evidence (how does the author back up his/her claims?), a comment on the
credibility of source, and how you will use this source in your research.
 Annotations should be around 500 words (not including the bibliographic
citation). The reader should clearly see what is relevant, substantive, and credible
about your source and how it will be applicable to your research question.

Basic (Minimum) Requirements:

 Layout: MLA-style: 12 point Times New Roman font, double-spaced pages, 1”
margins, page numbers and last name in the top right corner
 First Page: Top left-hand corner should have (in this order) Your Name, My
Name, Course Number and Section, Due Date, Annotated Bibliography (name of
draft) and a descriptive title centered on the page; no title page
 A substantive annotations that includes the following: 1) a summary of the
material, 2) description of evidence, 3) comment on credibility, and 4) how you
plan to use this material in your paper.
 Summaries should be approximately 500 words.
 Free of grammatical and mechanical errors. Absolutely no misspellings.
 No fragments.
(Hint: Consult your copy of INK for correctly formatted annotated bibliographies!)

Note: A paper that fails to meet the minimum requirements above on this assignment will
receive a grade no higher than a D.

Due the Day of the Final Exam along

Annotated Bibliography Assignment Instructions ENGL 101

Dr. Paul M Worley