1. Annotated Bibliography MLA Format

2. Definition An annotated bibliography is a list of sources used in researching a topic and a summary of the contents of each source (http://owl.english.purdue.edu).http://owl.english.purdue.edu MLA stands for the Modern Language Association.

3. Helpful Links The Purdue Owl (http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/print/ge neral/gl_annotatedbib.html)http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/print/ge neral/gl_annotatedbib.html The University of Wisconsin-Madison Writing Center (http://www.wisc.edu/writing/Handbook/DocMLA WorksCited_Article.html)http://www.wisc.edu/writing/Handbook/DocMLA WorksCited_Article.html Olin & Uris Libraries (http://www.library.cornell.edu/olinuris/ref/resear ch/skill28.htm)

4. MLA Entries For a book: Author’s last name, first name. Title. Location of publisher: Name of Publisher, Year of Publication. Hansen, Kevin. Cougar: The American Lion. Flagstaff: Northland, 1992. For a journal. Author’s last name, first. “Article Title.” Journal Title Volume number. Issue number (year): page range. Dennis, Carl. “What Is Our Poetry to Make of Ancient Myths?” New England Review 8.1 (1997): 128-40. From a web site: Author’s last name, first. “Article Title.” Journal Title. Date accessed.. Shiva, Vandana. “Bioethics: A Third World Issue.” NativeWeb. 15 Sept. 2001 http://www.nativeweb.org.http://www.nativeweb.org

5. Arrangement of Entries Arrange entries in alphabetical order, ignoring, but including, the article a, an, and the. Double space the entire page. Do not place extra spacing between entries. Use an inverted paragraph format for each entry. This mean that the first line of the entry begins at the left margin and all subsequent lines are indented five spaces.

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