Going beyond the text of Tracy Kidder and Dr. Paul Farmer’s Mountains Beyond Mountains.

Mountains Beyond Mountains is a non-fiction work rich with information about Dr. Paul Farmer’s efforts as a public health crusader, physician, and scholar. We’d like you to pick a topic from the list provided and use the tools on this site to find articles that further inform you about the issues, facts and ideas in Mountains Beyond Mountains.

As participants in the Information Literacy Program at Trinity University, all first-year students are expected to be able to understand, access, and use information ethically in keeping with Trinity University's Academic Honor Code. This assignment is designed to introduce you to these skills and to deepen your understanding of the issues presented in the book.
 

Create an annotated bibliography for  Mountains Beyond Mountains.

An annotated bibliography is a list of sources which provides both citations and notes on each source, often focused on a particular topic. Once you’ve found suitable sources, we’d like you to cite and describe them in an annotated bibliography.  Annotated bibliographies are used by researchers to keep track of their research, and often to share their reading of the relevant literature with others. A well-done annotated bibliography can serve as a helpful guide for someone wanting to learn more about a topic, and understanding how to create one is essential to college-level work.
 

The finished assignment.

You'll need to find, read, and evaluate six sources (three scholarly sources, one general interest article, one newspaper article, and one subject encyclopedia article) and provide citations and brief annotations for each of them. We'll provide you with all the tools you'll need to look up articles in full text. Detailed guidelines for the bibliography can be found here.

Please submit your completed annotated bibliography online (using the "Submit Your Work" link in the menu to the left). Please also keep an electronic copy on hand, as your First Year Seminar, Writing Workshop, or HUMA professor may collect it as well. Students who complete the assignment may win the opportunity to personally meet Dr. David Walton, of Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, and the Hôpital de Lascahobas in Haiti, at a reception preceding his lecture on Trinity's campus on August 27, 2009.