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Writing an Annotated Bibliography
Dr. Nancy Agens, Head,
Technical Operations, Phdassistance
In Brief
Annotated Bibliography provides an
organized list of citations to articles, books,
websites, and documents along with a short
but well descriptive annotated paragraph.
These sources can be text based or they
could also be online resources in the form
of video clips or audio recording. Each
statement is followed by an evaluative and
brief descriptive paragraph. The sole
purpose of these annotations is to guide the
reader of the accuracy, relevance, and
quality of the sources mentioned (Corenel
University 2020).
Keywords: Annotations , Assignment
,Bibliography, Citation
I. AN ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY
PROVIDES A NUMBER OF PURPOSES
WHICH INCLUDES FOLLOWING BUT
NOT LIMITED TO:
Represent the quality of Research work
that you have done
Provide the types of sources available in
that particular subject
Describe other content on a topic that
may be of interest to the learner
Inspire the reader for further research in
that subject
The annotated bibliography may be
comprehensive or selective in its coverage.
A selective Annotated Bibliography
contains only those contents that are more
suitable for the subject while an exhaustive
annotated bibliography tries to discover all
that is available to us on a subject (Studybay
2020).
II. INTRODUCTION
Annotations in an annotated
bibliography used to perform two functions,
evaluate the source and describe the source.
The annotation is an accurate and concise
description of a specific source, including
vital aspects of content not obvious in the
title. It provides opportunity to the
researcher to establish the relevance of a
particular journal article, research report,
book, or government document, etc. and to
decide whether to refer the complete text of
the work. Abstracts, such as those found in
individual periodical databases or those
found in scholarly journal articles are
generally just descriptive summaries
(Dominican University 2018).
III. HOW TO WRITE A PERFECT
ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY?
As majority of people do not have
proper knowledge of drafting an annotated
bibliography? Don’t worry; I have written
the perfect guide that will benefit you to nail
this task easily.
Follow these points conscientiously
to draft annotated bibliographies in less time
and submit flawless Assignments.
1. MENTION ABOUT THE
QUALIFICATIONS OF THE WRITER OF
THE SOURCE
In usual bibliographies, students only
have to mention the name of the writer in
the bibliography section. However, in order
to write an annotated bibliography, you must
mention about the qualifications of the
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writer of your source. This helps the future
aspirant Researchers as well as professors
to evaluate and analysis the credibility of
your project/assignments as well.
At times, many research assignments
demand the researchers to get in contact
with the author directly to gather more
knowledge on a particular topic. So it
becomes important to select your source
materials from genuine websites. Ask these
questions which are mentioned below for the
prior assessment of your sources:
Is the writer qualified enough to write on
this particular subject?
Is the writer associated with an eminent
institution in this discipline?
Is the writer an expert in this domain?
Is this the latest and reliable edition of
the source?
2. WRITE A BRIEF SUMMARY OF
YOUR WORK
To score the maximum marks in the
assignments, you must draft a well-crafted
summary of your overall text in the
bibliography section. The main objective of
including this summary is to aware the
readers about the vital elements they are
about to seek from the assignment. This
summary also helps the readers to determine
the sections whether the writer have added
new Information to the Research pool
apart from iterating the pre-existing
information.
Attempts to summarize the core
theme and scope of the article or book in
this section and touch on how this research
work highlights your bibliography topic.
3. COMMENT ON THE READERS OF
YOUR ASSIGNMENT
Don’t forget to discuss about the
readers of your assignment in the annotated
bibliography. This makes your professors
understood that you know who you are
writing for. Knowledge of your target
audience will keep the state of affairs of
your assignment precise and focused. So do
not miss to check the relevancy of the
context of your assignment with your target
audience
Also, institutes ask you to maintain a
specific format while writing your
bibliographies. In case you are not sure
about the various formats like MLA
Chicago, APA etc. use an online annotated
bibliography generator to simplify the task
(Peter Redman 2013).
IV. SUMMARY
The sole purpose of an annotated
bibliography is to work as a memory support
during the research process. In writing
assignment and other academic projects,
professors often use annotated
bibliographies as a tool for students to check
how their research work is going, but think
of it as that memory support even when
you’re writing assignment for a class.
An annotated bibliography is a list of
reference cited in assignment where each
source has both short paragraph and a
properly formatted bibliographic entry.
Annotation is that sums up the source, notes
the content specifically interesting about the
source and it may include a short overview
of how you’ll use the source.
If you’re writing it for an
assignment work then discuss with your
professor to be certain of what content the
professor wants (Westernsydney 2017).
Being a full version of the references
page, the Annotated Bibliography could be a
comprehensive list of literature utilized in
the Essay or Research Paper meant to
prove the author's point. It consists of the
complete references to the used sources,
furthermore as their summaries, which is
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what makes it different from a typical
bibliography.
The topics for an annotated
bibliography should match the titles of the
analyzed material so as to supply a close
answer to the research question. Usually, the
scholars are encouraged to cite two basic
sorts of sources: Primary and Secondary.
While secondary sources, like interview or
survey, aren't that critical, the first sources
are obligatory to read and cite. They include:
• Books and e-Books
• Magazines
• Newspapers
• Academic journals
• Scholarly articles
• Websites
• Videos
It is essential to cite and reference
every source correctly. In fact, the author is
required to try to do that every time they add
an indirect or direct in-text citation
(Barthélemy and Geyer 2005).
REFERENCES
[1] Barthélemy, Jérôme, and Dominique Geyer. 2005. “An
Empirical Investigation of IT Outsourcing versus
Quasi-Outsourcing in France and Germany.”
Information & Management 42(4): 533–42.
https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S037872
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[2] Corenel University. 2020. “How to Prepare an
Annotated Bibliography: The Annotated
Bibliography.”
http://guides.library.cornell.edu/annotatedbibliograp
hy.
[3] Dominican University. 2018. “How to Write an
Annotated Bibliography.”
http://libanswers.dominican.edu/Reference/faq/8408.
[4] Peter Redman. 2013. “Good Essay Writing: A Social
Sciences Guide (SAGE Study Skills Series).”
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Good-Essay-Writing-
Study-Skills/dp/0857023713.
[5] Studybay. 2020. “Annotated Bibliography Writing Help
Online.”
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https://www.westernsydney.edu.au/__data/assets/pdf
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