Annotated Bib Overview: Five Total Sources
In your annotated bibliography, you will need a total of 5 sources, which will include:
For each of your sources, you will write:
1. One paragraph (5-10 sentences) that summarizes your source.
2. A second paragraph (3-5 sentences) that explains how/why this source is useful to your research and how it develops/clarifies an understanding of Jane Eyre. NO first person.
The purpose of compiling an annotated bibliography during the research process is to help writers remember what they have discovered from each source and whether this information might be relevant to their argument. Much like a works cited page at the end of an essay, an annotated bibliography lists sources consulted according to MLA guidelines. However, in addition to this information, researchers also include an “annotation” which briefly summarizes the book or article and considers its potential usefulness.
Assignment:
You will complete an annotated bibliography for Pride and Prejudice with research from 5 sources minimum that prove to be useful in developing a thesis in response to the research question: What is Jane Austen saying about [insert topic] during the Regency period?
For each source, you must include the correct MLA citation, as well as a descriptive paragraph that will help you quickly recall the book’s, chapter’s, or article’s main points and how they might relate to your own developing argument.
Using the library databases and other resources, research your selected topic. Consider how you might phrase your topic or search for things pertaining to your topic beyond just what it is. Remember that Austen wrote and published Pride and Prejudice during the Regency Era in England. Do NOT reference sources about Victorian England! Scan each source you come across to determine whether it is worth reading in full. If so, read the chapter or article, and then add it as an entry to your annotated bibliography.
Guidelines for Sources:
Guidelines for Paragraphs:
1. All library resources used for this assignment are on reserve.
2. There will be a reserve cart located near the circulation desk in the library.
3. All students working on the assignment can and should help to build the reserve collection.
4. Items on reserve may be checked out overnight only (checked out at the end of the school day and returned before classes begin the next day).
5. Items may be placed on Hold using AccessIt:
a. Go to the Beatrice M. Haggerty Library Team.
b. Click on the Library Collections channel.
c. Click on the link in the post or the Ursuline Library Catalog tab.
d. Click on the login prompt in the upper right corner and log in via SSO.
e. Search the catalog for the title you would like to place on Hold.
f. Click on the title.
g. Click on the "Make a Hold/Booking" button located on the right side of the pop-up.
h. You will be alerted via email when the item is available for check out.
Victorian | Great Britain | orphans | Education | religion | faith |
England | Role of men | Mental illness | dementia | Government | inheritance laws |
Jane Eyre | role of women | religious practices | Gothic | governess | Entertainment |
courtship | marriage | Family life | gypsy | economics | Charlotte Bronte |
Jane Austen Social classes Regency England Georgian England Patriarchy
Primogeniture Inheritance Religion Parenting Children
Courtship Marriage Manners Etiquette Virtue
Character development Education of men Education of women Satire
Communication Letter writing Entailments Professions Clergy
The Church Introvert/Extrovert