Transcript Annotated Bibliographies - Greer Middle College Charter

Annotated Bibliographies
• Bibliography – list of sources for a research paper
or project
• Annotation – summary/evaluation of a source
• Jobs of an annotated bibliography
– Summarize – What’s the main idea? What’s the topic?
What’s it all about?
– Assess – Is the source useful/credible? Is it biased or
objective? How does it compare to other sources?
– Reflect – How does this address my research
question? Is it helpful to my goals? How has this
shaped my thinking on this topic?
Slideshow adapted from OWL Purdue - http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/614/01/
Why create annotated bibliographies?
• Summarizing, assessing, and reflecting force
you to think more deeply about your topic.
• Annotations help you see the big picture and
formulate an argument or thesis.
• An overview of multiple sources helps you to
see the different points of view related to
your topic.
• Having a bibliography is convenient for
assessing source diversity.
Slideshow adapted from OWL Purdue - http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/614/01/
Format
• Bibliographic information
– MLA format
– http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/747/01/
• Annotations
– Paragraph form
– Length is dictated by the purpose (e.g., assessing
requires more space than simply summarizing)
Slideshow adapted from OWL Purdue - http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/614/01/