How to create an annotated bibliography
APA Format Annotated Bibliography
Annotated Bibliographies information
For this course, one of your assignments will be to create an annotated bibliography which is basically a list of citations (books, articles, etc.) and provide a brief description of each of the entries. The length of the entries will depend on the purpose of the bibliography and your instructor's instructions.
Here's a list of some wonderful links that will help you understand how to create an annotated bibliography well. But before you do that, you know you will have to search the databases to find your citations. So make sure you check out the Find Articles section if you haven't done so already.
- How to Prepare an Annotated Bibliography
This is a short and useful information page from Cornell University library. Not only does it explain what an annotated bibliography is, it also gives examples for journal articles.
- Annotated Bibliographies
The comprehensive webpages on the topic from the well-know Purdue OWL include info on definition, why write annotated bibliographies as well as it provides plenty of examples in different formats.
