English 101
Dr.Warren
10-10-13
Loch Ness Monster: Annotate Bibliography
HowStuffWorks. “Stuff They Don’t Want You To Know-Loch Ness Monster.” Online video clip. YouTube, 13 June 2011. Web. 15 Oct. 2013. This video clip is explaining how that most of the pictures that we believe to be Nessie have been proven to be false. Scientists also believe that Nessie could actually be a misidentified animal or an undiscovered amphibian. The purpose of this video clip is to discuss how Nessie has not been proved to be real because of the lack of relevant evidence. This source is unique because it is a video clip from YouTube and many do not think to use it as a source for research. Also, this video believes that someone out there knows the truth behind the legend, but they want us to know. This source is useful to my research because it provided me with information that I did not find on other sites. By using YouTube it linked me to many other videos posted about my topic. It was able to provide me with a lot of great reliable sources in video form instead of having to read pages after pages of words. This video, about the Loch Ness Monster, is aimed at anyone who is interested in knowing more about the Loch Ness Monster or is just bored on YouTube and needs something educational to watch.
"Loch Ness Monster." Brewer 's Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. London: Chambers Harrap, 2009. Credo Reference. Web. 11 October 2013. This article is describing the features of the Loch Ness Monster, Nessie. Grey, six foot long, four hundred pounds, snake-like head monster was sighted on July 22, 1933 in Scotland. No substantial evidence came into play until 1987 when a sonar scan of the loch showed a large object, scientists could not identify, moving. The purpose of this article is to give some characteristics of Nessie. This source is unique because the article is focused mainly on describing the characteristics of Nessie. It is relevant to my research
Bibliography: HowStuffWorks. “Stuff They Don’t Want You To Know-Loch Ness Monster.” Online video clip. YouTube, 13 June 2011. Web. 15 Oct. 2013. This video clip is explaining how that most of the pictures that we believe to be Nessie have been proven to be false. Scientists also believe that Nessie could actually be a misidentified animal or an undiscovered amphibian. The purpose of this video clip is to discuss how Nessie has not been proved to be real because of the lack of relevant evidence. This source is unique because it is a video clip from YouTube and many do not think to use it as a source for research. Also, this video believes that someone out there knows the truth behind the legend, but they want us to know. This source is useful to my research because it provided me with information that I did not find on other sites. By using YouTube it linked me to many other videos posted about my topic. It was able to provide me with a lot of great reliable sources in video form instead of having to read pages after pages of words. This video, about the Loch Ness Monster, is aimed at anyone who is interested in knowing more about the Loch Ness Monster or is just bored on YouTube and needs something educational to watch. "Loch Ness Monster." Brewer 's Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. London: Chambers Harrap, 2009. Credo Reference. Web. 11 October 2013. This article is describing the features of the Loch Ness Monster, Nessie. Grey, six foot long, four hundred pounds, snake-like head monster was sighted on July 22, 1933 in Scotland. No substantial evidence came into play until 1987 when a sonar scan of the loch showed a large object, scientists could not identify, moving. The purpose of this article is to give some characteristics of Nessie. This source is unique because the article is focused mainly on describing the characteristics of Nessie. It is relevant to my research because it is giving me an idea of what many have described Nessie as looking like. This article is aimed at anybody who has an interest in the Loch Ness Monster, Nessie, and wants to know how many have described what the monster looks like. Lyons, Stephen. “The Legend of Loch Ness.” Pbs.org. NOVA, 12 Jan. 1999. Web. 16 Oct. 2013. The purpose of this article is to provide information about the Loch Ness Monster to the readers. This article is providing us with information about the legend of the monster and some sightings that people have claimed along with high-tech searches that some scientists have conducted. This source also is giving us information about how photos have been proven to be false. This source is unique because it is providing photos along with descriptions about the creature and people who have had a part in attempting to find the monster. This source is useful because it provided a lot of reliable information that other sources did not provide to me about my topic. As published on this website this article is aimed at an audience that is interested in learning more about the Loch Ness Monster. "The Loch Ness Monster." Chambers Dictionary of the Unexplained. London: Chambers Harrap, 2007. Credo Reference. Web. 11 October 2013. This article is not only giving us details of the Loch Ness, large body of fresh water, in Scotland but it also is explaining the first sighting of the famous “Nessie” in 1933. After the first spotting of the Loch Ness Monster, Tim Dinsdale went on a six day hunt to find some evidence of the Loch Ness Monster. On Tim’s sixth day, he spotted an object on the surface of the water and recorded the object for a few minutes. He then took the evidence to JARIC, Royal Air Force’s Jpint Air Reconnaissance Intelligence Centre, where they later analyzed it and determined that indeed it was an ‘animate object.’ The purpose of this article is to inform the reader of previous spotting and history of the Loch Ness Monster. This source is unique because it is actually eyewitness reports of the evidence collected from these sightings. It is relevant to my research because it is providing me with details of the actual body of water and also actual sighting. This article gave very detailed evidence of what others have spotted. The article is aimed at an educated audience who either want to learn more about the Loch Ness Monster, Nessie, or who is just interested in legends. “Tourist Says He’s Shot Video of Loch Ness Monster.” foxnews.com. Associated Press, 01 June 2007. Web. 16 Oct. 2013. The purpose of this article is to inform the reader about a sighting that was recorded by Gordon Holmes of what is thought to be the Loch Ness Monster. Holmes recorded a sighting of an unknown creature swimming in the loch and sent the video to be analyzed. Adrian Shine viewed the video and concluded that the video was less likely to be a fake because of how Holmes panned the shore. This source is unique because it not only provides us with a reliable eyewitness account but it also has a video link attached to the article. This is one of the few sources that I have come across where evidence was not deemed to be false. This source is relevant because it is providing me with a recent eyewitness account that may be true. With this evidence scientists might be able to come to a conclusion about whether or not the legend of the Loch Ness Monster, Nessie, is real or not.