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Please prepare an annotated bibliography for four of your sources

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Please prepare an annotated bibliography for four of your sources. Your annotated bibliography should be 1000 words in length at least. It should include FOUR entries arranged alphabetically. Each entry should give:

• Proper MLA citation for one of your sources
• Summary explaining the controlling idea of the source and how it is developed.
• Analysis evaluating how reliable this source is based on the CRAAP.
• Synthesis detailing how you plan to use this source and its similarity/difference to other sources.

This assignment represents 10% of your total.

We will do it over two steps: Step one: Prepare annotated bibliography for two sources, due Wednesday, April. 21, 2021.

Step Two: Prepare annotated bibliography for two more sources, due Monday, May 10, 2021.

Each bibliographic entry will be a minimum of 200 words, though it may be longer. Single-space paragraphs, double-space between paragraphs. Each of your entries should include (use these as headings in bold): citation, summary, analysis, and synthesis. Include full publication information in the citation. Use MLA format. Be sure to use a hanging indent for all lines after the first in the citation (see example below). Skip 2 lines between entries.

Annotated Bibliography

Citation:

"Clean Vrindavan Project to Promote Spiritual Tourism." The Times of India. The Times of India. 21 July 2008. 13 Apr 2010.

Summary: What is this (e.g., news article, blog, website article, scholarly article, dictionary entry, magazine article, trade journal article, news opinion piece, etc.)? What is the main argument? What are the major ideas in this source? What is the point of this article, website, blog? What topics are covered?

Analysis: Is the information reliable? Why or why not? Is this source biased or objective? Who wrote this? Who published this? Where was it published? When was it published? What is the purpose of this source? Who might its primary audience be? How do its purpose, publication, publication date, publisher, audience, and author affect the information it contains? How does the information presented in this text reflect a particular perspective or representation of the issue you’re researching?

Synthesis: In what particular ways was this source helpful to you? How does it help you shape your argument? Will you analyze this text? Will you use it to support your own argument? Will you use it to show how travel websites represent your issue? How/where can you use this source in your research project? Has it changed how you think about your topic? How does it compare with other sources in your bibliography? What are the connections between this source and your other sources?