EVERY substantive page on the Wiki should be documented by citation to primary and secondary sources.
Citations on this wiki are usually links to annotated bibliographic pages concerning the sources that have been used. If the bibliographic source in question is also available in full text on the web, then the writer should include a link from the annotated bibliography page to the web-based text. But the annotated bibliography page on our wiki should be the first stop when an reader clicks on a reference.
On The General Theory and Method for Producing Annotated Bibliographies
For initial guidance on producing annotated bibliographies, see the various links on Baldwin's Guide to Homework on his
personal home-pages.
Format for Annotated Bibliography Pages on Prodigal Sisters
The best way to learn how to do an Annotated Bibliography page correctly is to examine one that has already been written and is correctly formatted, to select the "edit" link, and to examine mark-up inside the page.
Examples of correctly formatted AB pages:
Carroll CS 2001
Paget PEB 1996
Perelmuter SRJEC 1989
What to Include in an AB page
The basic order of items to include in a complete annotated bibliography entry can be read in the Stylesheet page on Organization.
Detailed List of Steps for Creating AB Pages
Here are a list of the rules for creating and formatting an Annotated Bibliography page on this site.
- Choose the correct name for the desired new Annotated Bibliography page.
- The page name should be suitable for an "in-wiki" citation. See citations for details.
- The page should be given a name that has
(a) the author's last name
(b) the main significant letters in the main title of the article, book, etc.
(c) the date of the printing of the actual physical object you have in your hand or on your scrren.
- Create a link to the page on the main bibliographpy list for the site.
- The format for the link can be copied from existing links on the page.
- The Link should suppress the actual name of the AB page.
- The text displayed by the Link should be a regular Bibliography item formatted in the Chicago style.
- After you have added the link to the Bibliography, create the actual page by clicking on the link and editing the new page.
- First, add a line containing the full bibliographic information for the source
- Use Chicago footnote style for the item information (first name first, last last, comma separated).
- Create a hanging indent for the item.
- Make the item BOLDFACED
- DO NOT make the item a link.
- Next, add the annotation.
- Give the annotation a left indent.
- The annotation should directly describe the contents and value of the source, including page number references for specific valuable sections of the source.
- The annotation should be critical, evaluating the qualifications and credibility of the author and publishing source, and discussing the methods, theories, and arguments used and advanced in the article, and comparing the author's ideas to other authors and points of view.
- The annotation should include cross references (links) to other sources and topics found on the site.
- The annotation should not incorporate excessive quotations or text taken from the source.
- Use your own words.
- Provide page numbers in parentheses for any quotes.
- Next, add a new section, providing information and if possible links so that readers can find the source easily. This is the "How to Find this Source" section.
- Next, add a section, if applicable, with a link to any page we have on the Website about the author. This is the "About the Author" section.
- Finally, add additional sections, if desired. These sections might include more detailed "Notes" or a list of the names of the articles in an edited volume, if your source is an edited volume, with cross-links to the pages for those sources.
