This guide will help students access research for their Literature 111 Case Study project.
Course Objectives
This course allows students to read a variety of poems from various times and places. Students will learn the elements of poetry and how to apply them to a variety of texts for a deeper understanding of literary meaning. Through extensive close readings, analysis, and discussions, students will progress towards mastering critical literary interpretation.
Poems and Poets
To search for specific poets or collection of poetry in the HWC library, click "Library Search" on the homepage.
Searching for poetry resources in the databases follows the same strategy. Try:
eBooks
JSTOR
Gale Literature Resource Center
Search Periodicals
Provides full-text online access to back issues of selected scholarly journals in the humanities and social sciences.
This database includes full text articles, critical essays, biographies, reviews and other works from scholarly journals and literary magazines concerning authors, their works, and literary movements, including poetry.
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Search for poetry or poets from the main screen or click here to see a relevant, sample search.
Search for poetry or poets from the main screen or click here to see a librarian-curated collection of poetics.
Adrienne Rich
A.E. Housman
Allen Ginsberg
Ben Jonson
Bob Hicok
Carolyn Kizer
Cathy Song
Charles Bukowski
Claude McKay
Countee Cullen
Donald Hall
Dylan Thomas
e.e. cummings
Edna St. Vincent Millay
Elizabeth Barrett-Browning
Elizabeth Bishop
Gary Snyder
Gary Soto
Gwendolyn Brooks
Haki R. Madhubuti
Harryette Mullen
Jane Kenyon
Joan Murray
John Donne
John Keats
John Milton
Kenneth Koch
Khalil Gibran
Langston Hughes
Lawrence Ferlinghetti
Linda Pastan
Lucille Clifton
Marilyn Nelson (Waniek)
Mark Strand
Martin Espada
Mary Oliver
Maya Angelou
Nikki Giovanni
Octavio Paz
Pablo Neruda
Paul Laurence Dunbar
Rita Dove
Robert Browning
Robert Hayden
Robert Penn Warren
Robert Southey
Seamus Heaney
Sharon Olds
Shel Silverstein
Sherman Alexie
Sonia Sanchez
Stephen Crane
Suheir Hammad
Ted Hughes
Theodore Roethke
Wallace Stevens
Walt Whitman
William Blake
William Butler Yeats
William Carlos Williams
William Wordsworth
X.J. Kennedy
Yehuda Amichai
Yusef Komunyakaa
The annotated bibliography is a list of your sources including citations and accompanying descriptions. Sources are listed in alphabetical order by author’s last name or the first word in the citation, allowing you to keep all of your sources in one place and offering other researchers insight into your materials.
Literature 111 – Annotated Bibliography Guidelines
o Your bibliography should contain an entry for every source you consulted while putting your presentation together.
o These entries should be arranged alphabetically, using the first item in the entry (usually – but not always – the last name of the author).
o You must also provide annotations for 1 book of poetry, 5 poems (listed separately*), 2 critical essays, 1 biographical source, and any item you will physically use in your presentation (images, YouTube videos, interviews, etc.). Only these sources are required to have annotations; additional research may be cited without annotations.
o Annotations vary based on purpose. For the purpose of this assignment, your annotations should be one paragraph each. The paragraph should appear directly below the entry you are annotating.
o The annotation should include a brief summary of the source and a few sentences on how you will use this source for your presentation.
o Use the following guidelines for formatting your Annotated Bibliography page (MLA):
o Use Microsoft Word (CCC One Drive)
o Times New Roman font, size 12
o 1” margins on all sides of the document
o Double-space the entire document
o Change the “Space After” default setting to 0” under the “Layout” menu
o Include a header with your last name and the page number (watch the MLA Page Setup video)
o When using the citations provided by the HWC Library, it is your responsibility to check for accuracy. Use MLA guidelines for formatting the entries (the same guidelines as a works cited page entry).
o Type the following in the upper left-hand corner of the paper on the first page only:
Your Name
Literature 111- FY
Spring 2022
Date
o Center the words “Annotated Bibliography” directly below the heading (without quotation marks) in plain font (not bold, underlined, or italicized).
o Alphabetize all entries by last name or the first word of the entry.
o Use --- to indicate repeated authors (see the sample for an example)
o When more than one item is by the same author, alphabetize by the second item in the entry.
o Use hanging indents. Your annotations will be indented at this same marker. This will be demonstrated in class.
For MLA citation guidelines, visit Purdue OWL.
Amelia Amantea (she/her)
Associate Professor and English Placement Testing Coordinator
Harold Washington College
Department of English, Speech, & Theater
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