Final Works Cited Page for Research Paper

For the Research Paper, the Works Cited page will not contain the descriptions found in the Annotated Bibliography.

Let's go back to Igdalia's Annotated Bibliography as an example.


Obviously, the paper contains descriptions underneath each source entry.

Igdalia's final Works Cited page will not contain the descriptions. Rather, the final version will look like the embedded document below.

No descriptions.

Students might wonder why they wrote the Annotated Bibliography.

1) English 102 students will need to know this.

2) Making one encourages students to research first and encourages them to look at the sources thoroughly rather than rushing through.

3) The instructor enjoys giving busy work. (Just kidding.)