Christian Pridgen Lynn Raymond English 1102 28 March 2013

Annotated Bibliography 1. Website Central America and Caribbean :: Jamaica 2 Apr 2013. cia.com. Web. 20 Apr 2013 (Central) The purpose of this source is to inform its readers about the history and current state of Jamaica in areas including geography, people and society, government, economy, energy, and military. This source is used for general information. The limitations of this source are that the information does not go into depth; there is only about a paragraph maybe two available on each topic. The weakness of this source is it inability to provide more detailed supporting information. The strength of this source is that it is released be a reliable agency. This source will be used in my project. The purpose of this source will be to provide general background information. 2. Book Ballenas, Carl. Jamaica. Charleston: Arcadia Publishing. 2011. Print (Ballenas) The main purpose of this source is to correlate the history of Jamaica with photos. The source is used to inform its readers about the history of Jamaica and

Pridgen 2 providing images to assist. I see no limitations or weaknesses in this source. The strength of this source is that is provides various pictures that go along with important information. I do not know if this source will be used yet. This is because I havent figured out how to obtain access to the pictures so that I can use them in my PowerPoint. 3. Magazine Padgett, Tim. "Can Jamaica's Sprinters Fight Crime?" Time Magizine. 20 Aug 2008. Web. 27 Mar 2013 (Padgett) The purpose of this article is to address the issues of juvenile crime and the possible affects Jamaican track athletes can have on the issue. This source is used to present the question of the possible affects Jamaican track athlete can have on crime. The limitation of this source is that it does not include any insight of a native Jamaicans. This source will be used in my project. It will be used to show how popular specific Jamaicans are. 4. Website The Origin of Rastafari. 31 May 2003. Web.19 March 2013. (The Origin) The purpose of this source is to provide information about the Rastafarian culture. This source is used to inform its reader about a little of the history of one part of the Jamaican culture. The limitation of this source is that is does not have much information about Jamaica as a country. The strengths of this source are that has comments that show different point of view. This source will not be used in my

Pridgen 3 project. It will not be used because this source does not appear to be reliable and it is off topic. 5. Tourism Website Visit Jamacia. Jamaica Tourist Board. Web. 20 Mar 2013 (Visit) The purpose of this source is to promote tourism. The source is used to show the most popular sites to visit in Jamaica. The limitation of this source is that it does not include information about how or why these sites are so popular. The strength of this source is that it allows for different popular cities and locations to research. I do not know yet if this source will be used in my project.