In your research, you will be investigating a range of positions on the issue you're addressing. Your task is to 1) find appropriate sources from the library and the Internet, 2) read and process these sources, and 3) document these sources in your Annotated Bibliography. You will need to have at least 8 entries (8 sources) in this Annotated Bibliography.

What is an Annotated Bibliography? A bibliography, as you know, is a list of sources on a particular topic. To annotate a bibliography, you simply include some information about each source. An annotation is a short explanatory note about the contents of a source, and differs from a summary by its brevity. It requires you to capture in just a few words the main ideas of an entire article, chapter, or book. In this particular annotated bibliography, I am asking that your summary include some specific information: information about the position taken by the author of the source, the value/usefulness of the source, and the research method(s) which led to your finding it.

Each annotated bibliography entry should include the following:

1. The publication information from the source:

• author (or editor)
• title
• title of book it is in (i.e., essays in Living Languages)
• (for books) place and date of publication
• (for articles) name of journal, magazine, etc., volume and issue number, date of the issue, and page numbers.
• (for electronic sources) the specific information required for particular types of electronic sources. For forms, see PHG 563-6 and the information in your Research Packet.

All of this bibliographic information should be presented in correct MLA format. NOTE: SEE PHG 560-66 FOR MODELS OF CORRECT MLA WORKS CITED FORMAT FOR YOUR ENTRIES.

Lawrence, Charles R. III. "Regulating Racist Speech on Campus." Exploring Language. Ed. Gary Goshgarian. 7th ed. New York: HarperCollins, 1995. 356-61.

2. A quick 2-3 sentence summary of the source, including the source's position (thesis or claim).

Lawrence addresses the issues surrounding regulating hate language on college campuses. He writes from a pro-regulatory perspective, with the position that regulating free speech does not violate the rights guaranteed by the First Amendment. He uses legal precedence to support his position.

3. Your statement on the value of the source--how could the source feed into your own topic or research? (Response and Evaluation)

This would be useful because Lawrence is a law professor at Stanford University and the University of California at Los Angeles, and therefore has some expertise in the legal issues associated with this topic.

4. A statement about which research method(s) yielded this source. (How did you find it, in other words?)

This source came from the CO150 textbook, Exploring Language.

Example of a full entry:

Lawrence, Charles R. III. "Regulating Racist Speech on Campus." Exploring Language. Ed. Gary Goshgarian. 7th ed. New York: HarperCollins, 1995. 356-61.

Lawrence addresses the issues surrounding regulating hate language on college campuses. He writes from a pro-regulatory perspective, with the position that regulating free speech does not violate the rights guaranteed by the First Amendment. He uses legal precedence to support his position.

This would be useful because Lawrence is a law professor at Stanford University and the University of California at Los Angeles, and therefore has some expertise in the legal issues associated with this topic.

This source came from the CO150 textbook, Exploring Language.