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FYS101: Family Matters: What is an Annotated Bibliography?

What is an Annotated Bibliography?

An annotated bibliography resembles a works cited page because it will list properly cited sources about a topic in alphabetical order by author last name or source title.  What makes it different than your works cited page is the inclusion of annotations written by you below each citation in the list.

For this class's assignment, these annotations should provide

  1. A Brief Summary (1 paragraph) in which the writer identities the main arguments, topics, and conclusions of the source and summarizes them in your own words without quoting the source.  

 

  1. A Critical Evaluation in which the writer looks more critically at the biases, evidence, etc., of the source and the author.  Examination of the author's expertise can be done as part of this.  The writer then explains how the source will be useful in their own research project. 

  • This evaluation should be done using the criteria in the CRAAP Rubric from the Library Workshop, Finding & Evaluating Information.  A copy of this rubric is in the "Steps to Writing an Annotated Bibliography box on this page.

Steps to Writing an Annotated Bibliography

  1. Create an accurate MLA Citation for your source.

  2. Summarize the important points in one paragraph.

  3. Use the CRAAP Rubric, below, to evaluate to evaluate the text, either in paragraph form or using bullet points.

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