Title: Research Question: Create Your Final Project Resources Annotated Bibliography
Course: Open ELT106 Fundamentals of DC/AC > Section: MODULE 4: Electricity & Magnetism

You may download these instructions at this link Annotated Bibliography

Purpose:

This is the part of the final project where you will research your topic using a variety of information sources. Library Databases and the Internet can each be excellent sources of information.

For this assignment you will do some research on your chosen final project topic, and create an annotated bibliography of resource citations. Your bibliography and paper should be formatted in MLA style and if you need help with that you can go to this website: http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/747/01/

Action Required

1. Search the library databases for at least THREE (3) articles about your chosen topic.
2. When you find an article that you want to use, you can create the citation for the site immediately and then you can always go back to study the material before you create your project later.
  1. Open a new blank word processing document and type Annotated Bibliography at the top of the page followed by your topic name and then your name.
  2. If you have Word 2007/2010 and know how to use the tool (Word 2003 does NOT have the tool), you may use it to create a bibliography/citation page of your sources OR If you do not have Word 2007/2010, you can go to http://citationmachine.net OR you can contact the librarian for help.
  3. At citamachine.net, you choose MLA style, then click on the type of material you are citing (IE journal, web, etc.) and type in your citation information, then click Submit.
  4. Copy and paste the resulting citations into your Annotated Bibliography document.
  5. Summarize each article by typing about a paragraph of information that briefly describes your source (3 - 5 lines) - this is an annotation. Annotated bibliographies are commonly used to help researchers quickly determine whether a source would be useful to them.
  6. You may print out the articles and write the summary after completing the citation if you chose. Repeat the process for each article (minimum of three).
  7. Save the document you created from Word or the citation maker at citationmachine.net
  8. Add the summaries you created in step #5, the summaries go just below each citation in your Annotated Bibliography document.
  9. Submit your completed Final Project Annotated Bibliography as an attachment In Canvas. I will grade them there and send you feedback. Then next module, you will use your research to create an outline of information that you will include in your final project.