History Fair Annotated Bibliography

Take out your packet and turn to page 10-11.

Bibliography Page– Alphabetical MLA Annotated Citations for at least 4

sources that you used for the research for your web page. – Use easybib.com or the References function in Microsoft

Word.• You must include a citation for an article from the Encyclopedia

of Chicago.• You must include a citation for at least one primary source.• Each annotation should describe what type of source it is, what

the purpose of the source is, and how they source was useful to your project.

– Be sure to include separate MLA Citations for sources of visuals. These do not need to be annotated.

Bibliography Instructions• Go to EasyBib.com.• Copy/paste the web address for the source you used into the blank line. OR Type in the

information for a book.• Click “Cite this”.• Fill in any red boxes that you can.• Click “Add Annotation”.• When the annotation is finished, click “Create Citation.”• Repeat this process until all sources are cited.• Either copy/paste the finished bibliography to your Weebly Bibliography Page or click

“Print as Word document”, save the bibliography in Microsoft Word, and upload this file to your Google Folder on Google @ CPS.

• Create a special section on your bibliography to cite where you got all your visuals. You do not need to annotate the sources of your visuals, but you do need to cite them in MLA format on your Weebly Bibliography Page. The visual citations should be listed separately from the main text sources.

Annotation Instructions

• Each of the 4 sources that helped you write the text of your web page must be annotated.

• Each annotation should be 2-3 sentences.• You must answer the following questions in

your annotations:– What type of source is this? (book, web site for an

organization, web site for a newspaper)– What specifically in your project did this source help you

with? (Background, Turning Point, Outcome and Significance)

Example

• http://www.encyclopedia.chicagohistory.org/pages/1495.html

• "Ida B. Wells: African Americans at the World's Columbian Exposition." Ida B. Wells: African Americans at the World's Columbian Exposition. Chicago Historical Society, 2005. Web. 21 Dec. 2012.This web site is an encyclopedia of Chicago history. This entry was about Ida B. Wells' participation in the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition. It was useful for our Background page.