Form for gathering information needed to write an evaluative annotation of a book or book chapter

Cuthbertson, William

Markowski, Brianne

English

University of Northern Colorado

University of Northern ColoradoScholarship & Creative Works @ Digital UNCInformation Literacy Open Educational Resources @ UNC5-12-2016Handout: Source Sheet for Books & BookChaptersWilliam CuthbertsonUniversity of Northern ColoradoBrianne MarkowskiUniversity of Northern ColoradoFollow this and additional works at: http://digscholarship.unco.edu/infolitThis Handout is brought to you for free and open access by the Open Educational Resources @ UNC at Scholarship & Creative Works @ Digital UNC.It has been accepted for inclusion in Information Literacy by an authorized administrator of Scholarship & Creative Works @ Digital UNC. For moreinformation, please contact Jane.Monson@unco.edu.Recommended CitationCuthbertson, William and Markowski, Brianne, "Handout: Source Sheet for Books & Book Chapters" (2016). Information Literacy. 4.http://digscholarship.unco.edu/infolit/4Source Sheet for Books & Book Chapters  Your name: _________________________________________________________ This sheet provides the basic outline for gathering the information you’ll need to properly write an evaluative annotation. Complete one of these forms for each of the books or book chapters you find and use.  For more info on formatting APA citations, see http://libguides.unco.edu/apa. Part the First:  Information about the item selectedAuthor(s) of the full book or the chapter you’re using: ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Corporate or Government author (if applicable): ____________________________________________________________ Year the item was published:  ____________________________________________________________ Title of the book: ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ If you are annotating a book chapter or an edited compilation, what is the title of that chapter? ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ If you are annotating a book chapter or an edited compilation, who are the editors of the book?  ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Where was the book published?   City (use the first listed):____________________________________ State (needed unless the city is widely recognizable, like Chicago or Amsterdam, or the publisher is a university): ____________________________________________________________ Name of the publisher: ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ William Cuthbertson with Brianne Markowski for the University of Northern Colorado. Updated 5/12/2016.  TIPS on APA Formatting   Remember to end each section with a period. Authors: For one author, use the author’s last name and first initial.  Example:  Lopez, J.   For publications with two authors, follow the same format, using first initial only, separating authors with an “&” (ampersand).   Example:  Bieber, J. & Gomez, S.   Book titles: only capitalize the beginnings of sentences and proper nouns, not every word in the title.   Examples:  Wealth accumulation & communities of color in the United States: current issues. A tale of two cities. The anti-intellectual presidency: The decline of presidential rhetoric from George Washington to George W. Bush Chapter titles are cited when using materials from an edited book, or a compilation of writings from different authors.  Editors of a book or of a compilation of writings need to be cited as well.  The formatting is very different than how authors are cited, though.  Examples: In L. K. Brown and K. Musell (Eds.)…  In P. E. Murphy & G. R. Lazniak (Eds.)… Butler, B. L. (Ed.).  Book publisher examples: Knoxville: University of Tennessee Press. New York: Oxford University Press. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson Prentice Hall. Boston: Houghton Mifflin.      Part the Second:  Describe the item in detail so your audience knows what it’s about.Annotations are usually composed of three or more sentences about a particular source.  Writing this is easier than it might appear. Sentence #1:  What is it about? Pro Tip: Avoid using the first person (words like I, we, you, etc.) here.  Be as objective as possible, and specific: describe the studies made, the affected or interested parties, or what was revealed through the research. Use sample data and selected quotes to back up your points. ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Sentence #2:  What conclusions are reached in the piece, and how does the author support them?  Give an example from the data presented that best illustrates the value of this source. Pro Tip: Be as objective as possible, and specific about its findings so that your audience understands its value.  ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Sentence #3:  How does this item influence your view of the topic? Pro Tip: Here’s where you tell your reader why this item is important to your research.  What theme does it connect to for you? What was the most valuable part of this item that made you want to use it?  _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ You’ve just given yourself a head start to write an entry in an annotated bibliography.   The rest is mostly formatting.  Congrats!   

Handout: Source Sheet for Books & Book Chapters

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