1.
What is an annotated bibliography?
An alphabetical list of information sources
which includes both a bibliographic citation and an annotation
for each entry.
2. What is an annotation?
A short summary following the citation which
indicates to the reader the quality of the source being cited.
3. How long is an annotation?
Five (5) sentences, minimum.
4. What information do I put in each
sentence?
Sentence #1: Give a short description of the content,
including what topics are covered and the form of the source (e.g. book,
magazine, etc.)
Sentence
#2: What are the credentials of the
author or publisher/sponsor?
Sentence
#3: How current is the information?
Sentence #4: Is the information objective? What is the purpose of the information (to inform? to persuade? etc.)
Sentence
#5: Explain how this information source
was useful (or not) to you.
5. Describe what an annotated bibliography
looks like!
Each
entry begins with the correct bibliographic citation of the book, magazine
article, website, etc. If the citation
is more than one line, the additional line is indented five spaces (one-half
inch). The annotation begins on the
very next line with no indentation…there should be no blank lines within each
entry. Skip one line between each
entry. Arrange each entry in
alphabetical order according to the first letter of each entry.
6.
Show me an example of an annotated bibliography entry.
Pittman, Craig. “Fury Over a Gentle
Giant.” Smithsonian Magazine
February 2004: 5.
Proquest Platinum. Proquest. March 2, 2004
<http://proquest.umi.com/login.
This is a magazine article which summarizes the current controversy resulting from proposed regulations to increase protection of the endangered Florida manatee. The author is a professional journalist who has covered Florida environment issues for five years. The recently-published article covers historic as well as current (2003) manatee information. The author seems to objectively represent both the pro-development and pro-manatee sides of the issue. The article helped me to learn more about the manatee as well as how it impacts people’s financial lives in coastal Florida. 1.2