POLIT/AFCNA 234 Black Metropolis: From MLK to Obama

An abstract is a succinct summary of a journal article, thesis, or research project that provides a brief overview of the main points or research findings. This link includes tips and tools on how to write a research abstract from the Undergraduate Research Center at UC Davis. 

An annotated bibliography is a list of articles, books, or works that includes annotations (brief explanatory paragraphs regarding the quality/significance of what is being cited).  

Click here for information on how to construct an annotated bibliography from Cornell University. 

This resource offers annotated bibliography samples in Chicago Style, MLA, and APA from the Purdue Online Writing Lab.  

Black Metropolis is an interdisciplinary course that crosses various academic fields so it is beneficial to utilize library course and/or subject guides to make those cross-disciplinary connections. For example, if you are interested in how environmental racism impacts Black Chicagoans in Altgeld Gardens, the environmental studies, geography, or Africana studies guides may be helpful. Here is a link to all of the library guides at Mount Holyoke.