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What is an annotated bibliography?

A bibliography is a list of sources (books, journals, websites, periodicals, etc.) one has used for researching a topic.

• A bibliography usually just includes the bibliographic information (i.e., the author, title, publisher, etc.).

An annotation is a summary and/or evaluation.

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What is an Annotated Bibliography?

Ovid. Metamorphoses: Books I-VIII. Trans. Frank Justus Miller. Rev. by G. P. Goold. Loeb Classical Library Series. Cambridge, Mass: Harvard UP, 1999. [first published 1916.]

Annotated Bibliography Entry

Still authoritative after 85+ years in print. The Loeb Classical Library offers each text in facing page translation, with the Latin on the left and the English on the right. It's the version I use. Here's the place to quote as a primary source for classical texts. If you want the medieval version, check out the Ovid moralisée, a French medieval version of Ovid stuffed full of Christian allegory.

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Why are Annotated Bibliographies important?

So, the annotated bibliography is a place for you to write out what makes these sources helpful or annoying to read. It shows why you use the sources that you do.

What do I put in an annotated bibliography?

http://web.cn.edu/kwheeler/whatisabibliography.html

Sentence 1- author information (author’s credentials, author’s association with a reputable institution/organization) Example: Marty Stupack, the author of three novels and a professor at Yale, wrote this review.

Sentence 2- publication information- answer the question: How does this affect the relevancy of the source? This article/video/interview was created a year ago in September 2011.

What do I put in an annotated bibliography?

http://web.cn.edu/kwheeler/whatisabibliography.html

3. Sentences 3 & 4- Brief summary of information.

4. Sentences 5 & 6 (or more)- evaluate the information and state how it is relevant to your topic.

(use what you summarized and evaluate its significance to your topic- does it address your topic directly, is it addressing the same intended audience, etc.)

What do I put in an annotated bibliography?

http://web.cn.edu/kwheeler/whatisabibliography.html

5. Sentence 7- What type of source is this- primary, secondary, fiction, non-fiction, authentic, etc. (primary- speeches, diaries, letters, interviews, autobiographies; secondary- textbooks, articles, histories, critiques)6. Sentence 8- acknowledge any weakness/negative judgment that is of value in your evaluation. Example: The only limitation of this article is that it was written ten years ago.

Formatting

Student name and date- top left corner

Title- centered and bold

Font- Times New Roman, size 12

Spacing- single space the citation and annotation; double space between title, MLA and annotation

Citation- MLA

Numbering- each annotation will be numbered consecutively