Creating an On-Line Bibliography

This document presents the basic tagging you will need to write an on-line bibliography. Since many of you plan to write annotated bibliographies, you will see a tag called "<note>" and "</note>". This tag doesn't actually mean anything. It simply offers you a way to mark off your annotation while you consider how you would like it to appear in the final version. You will find several suggestions at the end of this document for how the annotation will exist alongside the text.

A Basic Paragraph Bibliography



<html>

<head>

<title>Bibliography</title>

</head>

<body>

<p><center><h2>An Annotated Bibliography on African Culture and the 
Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade</h2></center>. 



<p>Curtin, Philip D.  <i>The Rise and Fall of the Plantation Complex: 
Essays in Atlantic History</i> (New York: Cambridge University Press, 1990).
<note>Most successful in graduate classes, although selected essays are 
helpful for undergraduates.</note>



<p>Miller, Joseph C.  "The Slave Trade," in <i>Encyclopedia of the North 
American Colonies</i> (Jacob Ernest Cooke, ed. in chief) (2 vols) (New York: Carles 
Scribner's Sons, 1993), vol. 2, pp. 45-66. <note>A brilliant essay!  Simply the best thing 
on the subject.</note>



<p>Thornton, John K.  <i>Africa and Africans in the Making of 
the New York, 1500-1680</i> (2nd ed.) (New York: Cambridge 
University Press, 1998). <note>A useful introduction for undergraduates 
learning about African-American history in the North.</note>

</body>

</html>

An Annotated Bibliography on African Culture and the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade

Curtin, Philip D. The Rise and Fall of the Plantation Complex: Essays in Atlantic History (New York: Cambridge University Press, 1990). Most successful in graduate classes, although selected essays are helpful for undergraduates.

Miller, Joseph C. "The Slave Trade," in Encyclopedia of the North American Colonies (Jacob Ernest Cooke, ed. in chief) (2 vols) (New York: Carles Scribner's Sons, 1993), vol. 2, pp. 45-66. A brilliant essay! Simply the best thing on the subject.

Thornton, John K. Africa and Africans in the Making of the New York, 1500-1680 (2nd ed.) (New York: Cambridge University Press, 1998). A useful introduction for undergraduates learning about African-American history in the North.

Observe that the "note" tag does not appear, nor does it affect the text in anyway. Nonetheless, the text is marked off for future use.

A Bibliography with Bullets

This bibliography works on the same principle, but includes "bullets" rather than paragraph breaks. This tagging structure is called an "unordered list" (as opposed to an "ordered list", which would include numbers instead of bullets). The tagging is a little more complated. The entire list begins with a tag called <ul> and ends with a tag called </ul>. Each entry (called a "list item") begins with an <li> tag. Just in case your life wasn't complicated enough, however, there is no </li> tag. This works much the same way as the <p> tag, and like the <p> tag, you will not cause any harm if you include a </li> tag. 


<html>

<head>

<title>Bibliography</title>

</head>

<body>

<p><center><h2>An Annotated Bibliography on African Culture and the 
Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade</h2></center>. 


<ul>


<li>Curtin, Philip D.  <i>The Rise and Fall of the Plantation Complex: 
Essays in Atlantic History</i> (New York: Cambridge University Press, 1990).
<note>Most successful in graduate classes, although selected essays are 
helpful for undergraduates.</note>



<li>Miller, Joseph C.  "The Slave Trade," in <i>Encyclopedia of the North 
American Colonies</i> (Jacob Ernest Cooke, ed. in chief) (2 vols) (New York: Carles 
Scribner's Sons, 1993), vol. 2, pp. 45-66. <note>A brilliant essay!  Simply the best thing 
on the subject.</note>



<li>Thornton, John K.  <i>Africa and Africans in the Making of 
the New York, 1500-1680</i> (2nd ed.) (New York: Cambridge 
University Press, 1998). <note>A useful introduction for undergraduates 
learning about African-American history in the North.</note>

</ul>

</body>

</html>

An Annotated Bibliography on African Culture and the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade

  • Curtin, Philip D. The Rise and Fall of the Plantation Complex: Essays in Atlantic History (New York: Cambridge University Press, 1990). Most successful in graduate classes, although selected essays are helpful for undergraduates.
  • Miller, Joseph C. "The Slave Trade," in Encyclopedia of the North American Colonies (Jacob Ernest Cooke, ed. in chief) (2 vols) (New York: Carles Scribner's Sons, 1993), vol. 2, pp. 45-66. A brilliant essay! Simply the best thing on the subject.
  • Thornton, John K. Africa and Africans in the Making of the New York, 1500-1680 (2nd ed.) (New York: Cambridge University Press, 1998). A useful introduction for undergraduates learning about African-American history in the North.

Observe that the "note" tag does not appear, nor does it affect the text in anyway. Nonetheless, the text is marked off for future use.

Some Thoughts on "Notes"

Here are a few examples of how we can use the "<note>" tag. We can do just about anything you want when it comes to formatting, color, font, etc. I am also investating whether it will be possible to toggle between a version with and without the annotation.