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ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY
Select 4 sources [ideally from the list you provided from your Research Proposal] andanswer the following questions:
1. Who is the author? what is the title of the article?
[e.g., Antar A. Abou-Korin & Faez Saad Al-Shihri / “Rapid Urbanization and Sustainability in Saudi Arabia: The Case ofDammam Metropolitan Area”]
2. Read the abstract and introduction. Identify the article’s main points:
2.1• context or situation [e.g., rapid urbanization in KSA/Dammam]
2.2• problem or issue [e.g., unsustainable practices]
2.3• main argument or claim or proposed solution (this is the author’s purpose in writing the article) [e.g., the paper proposes “sustainable urbanization” as a necessary policyby addressing these 3 issues: protection of the marine environment and agricultural lands, preservation of urbanlands for future uses, and improving the urban environment.]
3. Read the literature review.
• List 3 of the authors [3 of the cited sources] and indicate what each say about the issue [what’s the position these scholars take regarding the issue?]. [e.g., (Roy, 2009; Shen et al., 2011): “Sustainable urbanizationisusually used to define a dynamic process aimed at achieving these sustainability conditions in the urbanenvironment for both present and future generations by addressing environmental, economic, social and
governance concerns”]
4. Read the conclusion.
• What conclusion does the author reach? [e.g., the paper proposes “sustainable urbanization” as a necessary policy by addresses these 3 issues: protection of the marine environment and agricultural lands, preservation of urbanlands for future uses, and improving the urban environment.]
5. Think about how you’ll be using this paper as evidence to support your claim:
5.1• Write down 1 or 2 sentences you could use as quotations or indicate (by page and paragraph number) what passage/paragraph you could paraphrase in your paperin order to prove a point or use as evidence to support your claims.
5.2• How will this source help you in building your own argument? Be specific. Identify a specific point you’ll be making in your paper and explain how this paper (more specifically the quotation or paragraph you chose) will help you support a specific point in your paper.
