An annotated bibliography is a bibliography with summaries of each source. It looks like a works cited page in that you have the MLA works cited entry and each entry is alphabetized, but after each citation is a summary of the source's content.

Instead of handing in a paper version, you will each post a copy to the discussion board in the "Annotated Bibliographies" forum. Make sure your subject heading includes your name and your specific monster so that others can benefit from your research. The idea is to create a "research bank" from which everyone can draw.

For each annotated bibliography entry, I expect the following:

• The sources will be alphabetized on the page, just like an MLA Works Cited page.
• For each source, you will give a properly formatted MLA citation using the guidelines in your handbook. This includes double-spacing and a hanging indent.
• You will list how you found the source (Google, Lexis-Nexis, etc.)
• You will give a paragraph summary of the source.
• You will give one quote from the source after the summary. Use quotation marks and give the page number if appropriate.
• You will provide a two or three-sentence statement about how this source will help or hurt your thesis.

Sample entry:

Skal, David J.  The Monster Show: A Cultural History of Horror. Rev. Edition.  New York: Faber, 1993. How located: netlibrary Summary: A cultural history of horror, the text relates the content of specific horror eras to history and social movements occurring at the same time. Key argument: the birth control revolution led to baby/fetal horror films in which anxiety about female sexual freedom led to misogynistic images of women (and their horrible offspring) as monsters. Quote: "Canadian critic Robin Wood maintains that Cronenberg is a sexual reactionary, and interprets The Brood as a cautionary male fantasy about burgeoning radical feminism" (300). Help/Hurt: This source will help me because it directly links these kinds of films to male fears about powerful women and their sexual freedom.