U.S. Twentieth Century Women’s Sport
Artifact Project – Annotated Bibliography
Synopsis
For your proposal, you introduced your artifact. For your final project, you will analyze your artifact.
Historical analysis includes putting your artifact in its historical context and explaining its significance.
The purpose of this annotated bibliography is to provide structured exploration of academic resources
that will help you with your analysis. After completing your annotated bibliography, you should
understand what historians have previously written about people, events, and historical contexts that
elate to your artifact. You will have a solid foundation for writing your own historical analysis.
Points
This annotated bibliography is worth 20 points:
• Selection and presentation of academic articles
ooks: 2 points
• Detailed annotations: 18 points
o Summary of each article
ook: 6 points
o Analysis of each article
ook: 6 points
o Application of the article
ook to your project: 6 points
Overview
Annotated bibliographies help you gather and summarize information about the historical context,
people, and events su
ounding your artifact. Furthermore, they serve as a quick reference sheet which
will remind you of what your various sources argued and how they will be useful to your final project.
They should be relatively short, you will need to condense the main ideas and arguments into just a few
sentences.
You must include at least 6 academic sources (2 may be from class). For each of your annotations you
will include four things:
A full citation in either MLA or APA style.
A summary of the author’s main arguments: Like your reading responses, please include the
author’s main points, the evidence they use, historical events they examine, and their
conclusions (2-4 sentences)
An analysis of the author’s theory and method: Like your reading responses, please include an
examination and evaluation of the author’s arguments. How do they discuss the historical
context? What kinds of insights did you gain from the article
ook? (2-4 sentences)
A discussion of how you will apply the arguments, theory, and/or method to your analysis:
Please synthesize the author’s main ideas and arguments. Establish connections between their
ideas and your ideas. How will their arguments help you analyze your artifact? (2-4 sentences)
Finding articles
ooks
ook chapters
The resources you use in your historical analysis must be academic sources. That means they must be
from a peer reviewed journal (e.g. Choi), a chapter from an edited book (e.g. Vertinsky), or a book-
length historical project (e.g Cahn). To find academic sources, you can search through the li
ary, search
academic databases, or search sport-specific databases.
To search the li
ary’s holding: go to the li
ary home page. Scroll down to the search box. You can do a
OneSearch that will search all the li
ary materials. Alternatively, you can limit your search by using the
“books” or “articles” tabs. Feel free to use the chat function if you are having trouble! Li
arians are
happy to help you, and they are good at search terms
eing creative to find resources.
It might be useful for you to search specific databases that focus on your topic area or historical context.
These databases are collections of journals and resources specific to fields of study or topics. You can
access databases through the li
ary too! Just go to the Databazes A-Z page. From there you can
owse
different databases. Some that might be useful for you: Academic Search Complete; Gender Watch;
Project Muse; Sport Discus.
Like with finding your artifact, LA84 has a nice collection of historical materials.
** Most databases will have an option to search only for peer-reviewed articles. You may have to go to
their advanced search page.
** Finding resources can be a fun but also frustrating venture. Try different search terms to see what
comes up. Many articles have keywords, so if you find an article that is useful, you might try to search
those keywords to find others. Additionally, look in their reference sections – they will have used
eferences that are related to your topic.
** Don’t just pick the first article that comes up. Take some time to explore and find articles / book
chapters / books that are closely related to your topic. Your analysis will be better (AND EASIER!!!)
Guiding questions to help you as you read articles
You do not need to answer these in your annotated bibliography, but they are helpful for you in
summarizing, analyzing, and thinking about how you might use them.
Overview Questions
• What topics did the author talk about?
• What topics did the author leave out?
• How did the author organize the information?
• What kinds of sources did the author use?
Questions about Research
• What is the topic and purpose of the study?
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• What actions did the researcher perform and why?
• What were the methods?
• What was the theoretical basis?
• What were the conclusions?
Questions for Synthesis
• How could you use this resource?
• Even if you don’t need the whole article, are there parts of it that are useful for you?
• What connections can you make directly to your artifact?
• What connections can you make to the historical context?
• How does this article discuss
oader issues?
Citation & Formatting
Please use either MLA or APA citation style. If you need help, the OWL at Purdue is a great resource. For
overall formatting please organize the resources in alphabetical order, follow this example:
Name
Annotated Bibliography
Resource 1
Choi, P XXXXXXXXXXMuscle matters: Maintaining visible differences between women and men. Sexualities,
Evolution, & Gender, 5.2, 71-81.
Summary: 2-4 sentences about the main ideas.
Analysis: 2-4 sentences that examine and explain the argument.
Application: 2-4 sentences on how you will use the resource.
Resource 2
Schultz, J XXXXXXXXXXQualifying times: Points of change in U.S. women’s sport. Champaign, IL: University of
Illinois Press
Summary: 2-4 sentences about the main ideas.
Analysis: 2-4 sentences that examine and explain the argument.
Application: 2-4 sentences on how you will use the resource.
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U.S. Twentieth Century Women’s Sport
Artifact Project – Annotated Bibliography
Synopsis
For your proposal, you introduced your artifact. For your final project, you will analyze your artifact.
Historical analysis includes putting your artifact in its historical context and explaining its significance.
The purpose of this annotated bibliography is to provide structured exploration of academic resources
that will help you with your analysis. After completing your annotated bibliography, you should
understand what historians have previously written about people, events, and historical contexts that
elate to your artifact. You will have a solid foundation for writing your own historical analysis.
Points
This annotated bibliography is worth 20 points:
• Selection and presentation of academic articles
ooks: 2 points
• Detailed annotations: 18 points
o Summary of each article
ook: 6 points
o Analysis of each article
ook: 6 points
o Application of the article
ook to your project: 6 points
Overview
Annotated bibliographies help you gather and summarize information about the historical context,
people, and events su
ounding your artifact. Furthermore, they serve as a quick reference sheet which
will remind you of what your various sources argued and how they will be useful to your final project.
They should be relatively short, you will need to condense the main ideas and arguments into just a few
sentences.
You must include at least 6 academic sources (2 may be from class). For each of your annotations you
will include four things:
A full citation in either MLA or APA style.
A summary of the author’s main arguments: Like your reading responses, please include the
author’s main points, the evidence they use, historical events they examine, and their
conclusions (2-4 sentences)
An analysis of the author’s theory and method: Like your reading responses, please include an
examination and evaluation of the author’s arguments. How do they discuss the historical
context? What kinds of insights did you gain from the article
ook? (2-4 sentences)
A discussion of how you will apply the arguments, theory, and/or method to your analysis:
Please synthesize the author’s main ideas and arguments. Establish connections between their
ideas and your ideas. How will their arguments help you analyze your artifact? (2-4 sentences)
Finding articles
ooks
ook chapters
The resources you use in your historical analysis must be academic sources. That means they must be
from a peer reviewed journal (e.g. Choi), a chapter from an edited book (e.g. Vertinsky), or a book-
length historical project (e.g Cahn). To find academic sources, you can search through the li
ary, search
academic databases, or search sport-specific databases.
To search the li
ary’s holding: go to the li
ary home page. Scroll down to the search box. You can do a
OneSearch that will search all the li
ary materials. Alternatively, you can limit your search by using the
“books” or “articles” tabs. Feel free to use the chat function if you are having trouble! Li
arians are
happy to help you, and they are good at search terms
eing creative to find resources.
It might be useful for you to search specific databases that focus on your topic area or historical context.
These databases are collections of journals and resources specific to fields of study or topics. You can
access databases through the li
ary too! Just go to the Databazes A-Z page. From there you can
owse