Humanities Homework Help

1) 2 scholarly articles and 2 web articles on clean technology have been chosen in attached file

4) Cite each of the 4 new sources in Chicago Style Bibliographic Form. Reminder for your new sources: Do not use citation generators for Chicago. Virtually all of them place the year incorrectly. Instead create your own citations. Review Step 3 if needed.

5) Incorporate your 4 new sources alphabetically into your existing Annotated Bibliography.

6) Format your work. Below each new citation (single space), indent the first line and double space your annotations as shown here. This is the same form as in Step

7) Compose your annotations for each new source in narrative paragraphs. Refer to the Example Annotated Bibliography examples under Step 6.

Each annotation will be at least 150-200 words and will include 9 items:

Item 1: Author Background – What are the author’s credentials? Where does the author work? Does the author have other publications by credible publishers? Is the author affiliated with a respected organization?

Item 2: Publishing Organization Background – Is the publisher a peer-reviewed, scholarly journal? Is the publisher an academic press? Is the publisher a website cited by respected sources? Is the site affiliated with a respected organization?

Item 3: Thesis / Argument – Use your professor’s feedback on Step 4 – What does the author argue? Identify the thesis by completing this statement:
The author argues that _____.
This will help ensure that you capture the thesis.

Item 4: Main Points – In 2-3 sentences, briefly note the main points. These will usually appear as supports for the thesis.

Item 5: Evidence – What evidence does the author use? Is this evidence credible?

Item 6: Degree of Bias – Use your professor’s feedback on Step 5 – How biased is this source? Does the author acknowledge and explain their bias? What are the author’s goals? Who is the intended audience? These questions will help you in determining bias.

Item 7: Accuracy – Use lateral reading as addressed in Step 2 to determine how accurate the source appears to be. You might not be able to determine this authoritatively if the topic is not well covered online. If that is the case, include a statement to that effect.

Item 8: Comparison to Other Sources – What general trends do you see in your sources? For example, are there key areas of agreement or disagreement? Is one source more biased than the others? Or do you find generally balanced approaches in your sources? Do all of your sources share the same assumptions? Are there new approaches to old evidence? These questions should help you here.

Item 9: Assessment of Suitability for Academic Research – State your assessment of quality clearly by choosing is or is not and completing this statement: