This is due tomorrow at 4pm EST. The topic you will focus on is  Egyptian Agriculture. Instructions have been attached, along with a sample paper. **Please Note** Provide a complete citation (as you w

An annotated webliography

This assignment requires you to review websites pertaining to a particular topic, and to evaluate the website for its suitability for academic use. Websites will be evaluated in four specific areas:

•          Who is the author of the Web site?

•          Does the Web site present information that is biased, one-sided?

•          Does the Web site present accurate information?

•          Is the Web site current enough for your research topic?

To fully understand what to consider in each of these areas, complete the tutorial at https://sites.umuc.edu/library/libhow/websiteevaluation_tutorial.cfm before you start your paper.

Sometimes people confuse a web address with being the same as a website. This is not the case. Articles from journals or websites are NOT websites.  Make sure you are clear as to what a website is. For example, msn.com, yahoo.com, or bbc.com are websites. Articles contained within them are not.

Assignment Instructions

1. The topic to be covered for this is Egyptian Agriculture

1. Then, search for five (5) websites which may be acceptable for use in a college-level history research paper. Do NOT use Wikipedia, History.com or any other encyclopedia or wiki-type site like about.com or sites that require a paid subscription.

1. Remember that you are evaluating the website, so you may only use each one once.  

1. Write a paragraph of 200-250 words for each website for each website to evaluate the website utilizing the criteria you learn from the library tutorial. Then specifically state whether you think that the website is or is not acceptable for academic use and why.

1. Provide a complete citation (as you would include it in your bibliography) for the site, including the URL and your date of access. Note that the required style for this class is Chicago Manual of Style.

****PLEASE READ THIS AND DO NOT USE THESE WEBITES!****

Additionally, some websites are not considered suitable for college-level research, please find a list of the most common websites that are unacceptable for college-level work:

LIST OF UNACCEPTABLE WEB RESOURCES:   AVOID THESE WEB SITES

• For profit, commercialized sites that sell advertisements;

• Private web resources were you can find nothing substantive about the author or the political philosophy or the private funding source;

• The History Channel or any A&E Television material;

• History.com or the Independence Hall Association  (for profit)

• Encyclopedia.com:  it is a commercialized site that “uses” information from accredited sources.  Go to the UMUC Library and ask the Librarian to help you find the relevant Oxford Companion to Historyseries.

• Britannica.com:  See above.  It sells ads and “uses” information from other sources.

• About.com:  not professional; commercialized;

• History.org:  a commercialized site;

• HistoryNet.com:  sells magazines;

• YouTube, “home-made videos.”  If the video comes from a scholarly source, it is acceptable.

• Alpha History.