Bibliography primary secondary sources
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Chicago Format & Citation Style: Notes and Bibliography, 17th Edition
FOOTNOTE format and examples:
1 Author's first name last name, description of item/document, Date, Name of Collection, Name of Institution and Location.
2 Joseph Dinkel, description of Louis Agassiz written at the request of Elizabeth Cary Agassiz, n.d, Louis Agassiz Papers, Houghton Library, Harvard University.
3 Dinkel, description of Agassiz.
4 George Creel to Colonel House, 25 September 1918, Edward M. House Papers, Yale University Library, New Haven, CT.
5 Creel, letter to House.
BIBLIOGRAPHY format and example:
Author's last name, first name. Description of Item/Document. Date. Name of Collection. Name of Institution and Location.
Creel, George. Letter to Colonel House. September 25, 1918. Edward M. House Papers. Yale University Library, New Haven, CT.
Dinkel, Joseph. Description of Louis Agassiz written at the request of Elizabeth Cary Agassiz, n.d. Louis Agassiz Papers. Houg
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Annotated Bibliography
Why use an annotated bibliography?
An annotated bibliography is a useful tool for the reader and writer of a research paper. Perhaps your reader wants to know more about the subject of your paper but does not want to consult all of your sources. Perhaps a source contains information that you did not include in your paper but is still relevant to your topic. The annotated bibliography can help guide them and understand the foundations of your analysis.
What is an annotated bibliography and how is it written?
An annotated bibliography entry is written in the same format as a works cited entry. The main difference is that it gives a brief summary of the information contained in the source and how helpful it was to your research. The summary is usually written in the present tense and sentence fragments are permitted. The typical annotation is usually no more than three or four sentences. Annotated bibliographies allow you not only to cite your research
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Simpson Library
Primary Sources: Original documents or recordings created at the same time as the event being researched. They are first-hand observations, contemporary accounts of events, and/or viewpoints of the time. They present original thinking, report a discovery, or share new information.
Secondary Sources: Works that analyze, assess, or interpret the historical event, scientific data, or piece of literature. They use primary sources as their evidence. They provide interpretation of upplysning, as well as offer reviews or critiques.
Reference Sources: Collections of background information, such as encyclopedias, handbooks, dictionaries, and chronologies. They provide condensed background information on a topic. Use this background information to give you ideas and to help you find primary and secondary sources that you can include in your sista paper. Do not directly cite these sources in your paper.