You're required to locate several book sources for the resource guide assignment. Yes, we know you're not reading a stack of books cover-to-cover, and no, we don't actually expect you to! Honest.

That said, you should have slightly more familiarity with a book you're citing than the publisher's blurb about it. (Also, your annotation for that source needs to be more than just a restatement of that blurb!)

Use the Library E-Books!

  • Full text is available!
  • You can "search inside" to find all the places your artist is mentioned!
  • Prewritten citations are available! (The citation will indicate which collection the book is in, too.)

How could you lose?

Distant Second Choice: Google Books

IF there is a decent preview of the book, then sure, this could work. If a book has 0 pages available to preview, then, no, this is no more helpful than looking at the Amazon listing for it.

 

What You're Not Citing

  • Amazon or B&N or other book vendor webpages
  • Publisher pages
  • Book reviews (online or in JSTOR)

A book citation (what you need) is not the same as the citation for a webpage about that book. And let's be real, it makes it obvious you didn't dig into the content at all.