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NoodleTools: Create Annotations

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Annotations: What and How To

In a critical annotation, evaluate the source and explain its value to your research. This enables your readers to select the most valuable sources. Critical annotations demonstrate that you have judged the accuracy, currency and credibility of your sources and identified relevant information within them. Address these revised questions which require judgment and evaluation:

 

1. Complete the full MLA reference in Noodletools

2. In 2-3 sentences, summarize the main points.

3. Write a 3-5 sentence assessment of the content. Is it useful? Why or why not? How does it compare to other sources?

4. Finally, 2-3 sentences about the relevant of this source for your current study. How might you use this information for your topic? Has it changed  how you think about the topic? Has it raised new questions?