Learn how to discover if a source is
helpful or annoying!
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.
What
Annotation
Bibliography
is an Annotated Bibliography?
Annotated Bibliography Entry
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.]
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.
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?
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.
http://web.cn.edu/kwheeler/whatisabibliography.html
What do I put in an annotated
bibliography?
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.)
http://web.cn.edu/kwheeler/whatisabibliography.html
What do I put in an annotated
bibliography?
5. Sentence 7- What type of source is thisprimary, 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.
http://web.cn.edu/kwheeler/whatisabibliography.html
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