AN 109 Introduction to Anthropology

Instructor:                Librarian:Marilyn Scoville

How to develop a bibliography with annotations 

Citation / Bibliography guides

Purdue Online Writing Lab explains annotations    

Cornell University  Library explains how to develop an annotated bibliography   

Sample bibliographic essay:

David R. Colburn, and George E., Pozzetta. "Crime And Ethnic Minorities In America: A Bibliographic Essay." The History Teacher 7.4 (1974): 597-609. JSTOR. Web.

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Scholarly Articles, Journals, and Databases

Scholarly journall: aka = Peer Reviewed, Primary Journals, Research Journals usually have the following elements in common:

• Peer Review (Refereed)  - Blind, double blind.  Other subject specialist review the submitted research for its viability to be published within the journal
• Follow citation guidelines for citing sources common within that scholastic discipline
• Place of FIRST published research on a topic
• Often more than one author, particularly in scientific research
• Ethics statement - how human and animal subjects are treated within experiments
• Use research methods tied to the subject discipline.  

Scholarly article common elements:

• Abstract (summary of article often written by author)
• Footnotes/References
• May include survey or study results
• Discussion based on research and subject expertise
• Conclusion

Scholarly article example:  

Trager, K. D. (2005). Reading in the borderland: An ethnographic study of serious readersin a mega-bookstore cafe. Communication Review, 8(2), 185-236. doi:10.1080/10714420590953316.

Selecting databases 

Online electronic databases such as Academic Search Premier and Expanded Academic ASAP provide access to  magazine and journal articles.  These two databases cover a broad selection of publications, some scholarly and some for a more popular audience. Both databases allow you to limit your searches to scholarly "peer reviewed" publications.

Use scholarly databases for more academic, in-depth research, and peer reviewed articles; search for scholarly articles by selecting subject databases such as those listed below: