A bibliography is a list or collection of scholarly resources - books, journal articles, other sources, such as media or internet resources, selected by you on a specific topic, subject, or theme that interests you.
A bibliography, also known as a Reference List or Works Cited, will contain bibliographic information:
No matter what citation style you choose for you bibliography assignment, MLA, APA, Chicago, etc. all citations will contain the above information. The main difference is just the way the citations are formatted.
In the heading of your assignment, please indicate what citation style you are using. This is a requirement as you will be graded on the accuracy of your citations.
Your bibliography of 12 scholarly resources must include the following types of sources:
Your bibliography assignment is due Friday, March 14th.
An annotated bibliography is a specific type of bibliography that is a "helpful tool for critically reading and understanding the existing academic literature on your chosen topic." (Lillie, Syllabus 2025)
You will select resources that discuss your subject and critically evaluate them in your annotations. Annotations are short summaries and evaluations of the source.
Here are a few questions to get you started on how to critically evaluate your sources:
Purdue OWL provides a great overview of annotated bibliographies and more reflection questions for you to get started writing annotations.