Instruction
An annotated bibliography combines the citations found in the References list at the end of
documents in APA/MLA format with annotations about each of the sources. For this assignment,
you will construct an annotated bibliography based upon Renaissance or Cultural Encounter. You
can interpret the assignment to focus on any aspect of the topics.
Your goal, however, is to present and annotate sources that discuss any of them. As such, you
should use the introductory paragraph of your work as means to explain your focus and the
rationale for your selection of sources.
A sample focus could be the question of African presence during the Renaissance: what are
scholars saying about that? What are scholars saying about European expansion and cultural
encounter in general?
Purpose: An annotated bibliography is an organizing tool that is helpful when working on a
research project. An effective annotated bibliography is used to compile research sources in one
location and provide the researcher with quick access to the information contained in each source.