Annotated Bibliography Length: Five (5) entries minimum, MLA format for annotate

Annotated Bibliography
Length: Five (5) entries minimum, MLA format for annotated bibliographies, 100-word entries
You will write an annotated bibliography of at least five (5) scholarly (e.g., Academic Journals, Monographs, museum websites, etc.) sources. These sources must constitute academic work, or the sources must at least come from credible sources. You may use online sources, but you should make absolutely certain these sources are both authentic and credible. **i.e. Do not use Wikipedia or tertiary sources.** Source materials may also be art historical books. For the purpose of this assignment your textbook chapters are consider secondary sources and can be referenced during your research and in your paper, however they do not count toward the five entries for your annotated bibliography.
Your entries (annotations) should provide both a brief summary of the source and also an evaluation of its effectiveness. The annotations should identify the author’s thesis or claim. In evaluating the source ask yourself different questions to determine its effectiveness. For example, does the author prove his or her claim? Does he or she overlook any important issues? Will this source prove useful in your research effort?

Sample entry:
Waite, Linda J., Frances Kobrin Goldscheider, and Christina Witsberger. “Nonfamily Living and the Erosion of Traditional Family Orientations among Young Adults.” American Sociological Review 51 (1986): 541-54.
The authors, researchers at the Rand Corporation and Brown University, use data from the National Longitudinal Surveys of Young Women and Young Men to test their hypothesis that nonfamily living by young adults alters their attitudes, values, plans, and expectations, moving them away from their belief in traditional sex roles. They find their hypothesis strongly supported in young females, while the effects were fewer in studies of young males. Increasing the time away from parents before marrying increased individualism, self-sufficiency, and changes in attitudes about families. In contrast, an earlier study by Williams cited below shows no significant gender differences in sex role attitudes as a result of nonfamily living.
[Annotation example from Cornell University Library]