Annotated
Bibliography
These guidelines
will help you complete your research project.
By finding, analyzing, using, and citing a variety of appropriate
resources you will be able to write a better paper or project and get a better
grade. This will also prepare you to do
academic level research for other classes you will take at NDNU.
Instructions: Include your first and last
name, the name of your professor, and the date in the upper left hand
corner. Double space your paragraphs and
use Times New Roman, 12 point font.
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Write
1-2 sentences describing your research topic in your own words.
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Find four or more sources:
o At least one peer reviewed article, found using the library databases.
o Additional college-level
resources of your choice – these can be books, articles, poems, videos, other
primary sources, etc.
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Using
MLA style (see examples below), cite each source in alphabetical order by author’s last name or name of
organization if there is no author.
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Create
an annotated entry for each source:
o Write 2-3 sentences summarizing the
content of the resource. What are the
main points?
o Write 2-3 sentences evaluating the
author(s).
Who is
the author, what are their credentials as experts on this subject? Are they
affiliated with a university or college, what are their degrees, have they
published other articles and/or books on this topic? Hint: do a web search for
your author to find out more about them.
o Write 2-3 sentences describing the
relevance of this resource to your research.
How will you use it in your paper or project?
MLA Example
Steve
Jordan
10/22/12
Prof. Thompson
Give a short description
of your topic.
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I am writing about what forces
created and sustained the Silk Roads and the Sand Roads. I will be specifically looking at trade,
religion, and language.
Cite correctly using MLA. See libguides.ndnu.edu/ethics_citation for help.
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1) Liu, Xinru. The Silk Road in World History.
New York: Oxford UP, 2010. Print.
This book is an examination of the history and
influence of the Silk Road. It describes
Rome and China reaching out to each other, the development of empires and
religions, the blooming of trade and subsequent wealth creation, and the
ultimate withering away of the Silk Road.
Now write about your resource. Give a short summary, evaluate the author’s credentials, and explain how you plan to use the resource in your paper.
Xinru Liu teaches history at the
College of New Jersey and previously served as Senior Researcher at the Institute
of World History, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences. She has written many books on Eurasia and the
Silk Road.
This book gives me a good
background of the Silk Road from its beginning to end, and how religion and
trade contributed to its creation.
I will use the chapter on
Buddhism and the Kushan Empire to discuss the influence of Buddhism on the
development of the Silk Road.
In this very interesting and
informative paper presented at the Hemispheres Summer Teachers’ Institute 2003,
the author discusses the history and impact of trans-Saharan trade, which began
in earnest because of the need for gold, to be used as coinage, in the Roman
territories of Northern Africa, and the almost desperate need for salt in the
sub-Saharan regions. It describes the
impact of this trade not only in terms of commerce but also in relation to the
development of empires, cities, cultural exchange, and the spread of
Islam. Finally, the author discusses the
reasons for the decline of traditional trade by caravan, such as the end of
demand for slaves and the spread of railways.
The author is the Outreach
Director, Center for Middle Eastern Studies, University of Texas at Austin.
Hemispheres is a program at UT Austin that works to promote greater awareness
at all levels of education in the different regions of the world.
This paper will help me expand on
my section about the importance of cultural and religion in the creation of the
Sand Road. It will also help me write
about what forces led to the decline of the Sand Road.
3) Waugh, Daniel C.
“The Silk Roads in History.” Expedition, 52.3 (2010): 9-22. Academic
Search Complete. Web. 27 Aug. 2011.
This article discusses the history of the Silk Road
and describes the modern rediscovery of the Silk Roads, which resulted from
archeological research. These routes
were the historic pathways of cultural, religious, and economic exchange across
Eurasia.
The author is Professor Emeritus in History,
International Studies and Slavic Languages at the University of Washington. He is the current director of the Silk Road
Seattle Project.
This article includes a timeline that will help me
see when key events occurred in the history of the Silk Road. It also reinforces my thesis that religion
played an important role in sustaining and creating the Silk Road.
