Annotated Bibliography for Your Dissertation

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ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY FOR YOUR DISSERTATION
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• Writing your first research article can be a
  challenge. Learning to discover and use sources
  and then mention them properly is an effort that
  many new students find overwhelming. Some
  professors like to add even more to this stress
  by requesting not just a research paper but an
  accompanying annotated bibliography. Since most
  students have never encountered the term
  annotated bibliography before entering
  post-secondary education, this additional
  requirement tends to leave students everywhere
  scratching their heads and wondering why they
  ever thought earning a degree was a good idea.

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Introduction
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how to make a bibliography

• If you are presently starting to get research
  skills, you perhaps don't even understand how to
  make a bibliography, let alone how to write an
  annotated bibliography. What the heck is an
  annotated bibliography, anyway, and why is your
  professor so focused on your learning to create
  one? Didn't you acquire enough skills writing the
  cursed card? What does this teacher want from
  you? Where does it end? Madness! The audacity of
  this professor! That's enough to make you want to
  quit.
• Don't despair, dear student. Because, like
  numerous things in academic, the term annotated
  bibliography is far less complex than it seems.
  Below we present a simple guide on how to write
  an annotated bibliography. We've also included a
  brief rationale to explain your professor's
  reason for making you take on this annoying extra
  task in the first place.

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What is an annotation?

• What is an annotation? An annotation is
  essentially a brief summary of a source's content
  and topic, as well as an explanation of how that
  source fits into the topic you're making in your
  article. Annotations are naturally written
  straight after the reference list entry for a
  source and naturally should not exceed 150 words.
  The goal is short and concise. Be sure to check
  your professor's guidelines, as they may have
  different expectations for the duration.
• Annotations should not be confused with
  abstracts. Although both are short summaries of
  particular works, an abstract accompanies an
  article in a journal, providing a brief
  description of the article's content. An
  annotation also provides an assessment of the
  book, article, or resource in question.

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When should I write my annotations?

• When should I write my annotations? The basic
  sequence for creating an annotated bibliography
  should be this 1. Decide your thesis. 2. Find
  sources to support your thesis, modifying it if
  necessary. 3. Keep track of those sources,
  including the information you are taking from
  them, so that you can cite them correctly in your
  article. 4. Write your article, including quotes.
  5. Using the information gathered during the
  research process, create a bibliography with
  annotated entries. So, you basically want to
  gather the information you need to write each
  annotation as you write your article. You still
  need to keep track of what you're getting from
  each source, so this isn't really extra work. The
  difficult part of how to write an annotated
  bibliography is not gathering the correct
  information, rather it is stating that
  information as concisely as possible.

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The anatomy of an annotation

• Subdivision the anatomy of an annotation Now
  that you have (hopefully) the idea, here's an
  annotated reference example. This example was
  taken from a paper that claimed that purple is
  the best colour because it is a combination of
  blue and red. Note that the sample quote is
  written in the APA style the formatting,
  particularly of the citation, differs between
  style guides, but the basic information contained
  in the annotation generally remains the same. In
  the example below, orange text indicates what the
  article is about, purple explains what makes it a
  credible source, green outlines the article's
  findings, and blue describes how the topic in the
  document applies to the pap of the article.
  Author why do you have to understand how to
  create an annotated bibliography, anyhow?
• If you've been working on the same card for
  years, the last thing you want to do is spend
  more time on that card. It may seem like your
  professor is simply trying to irritate you, but
  rest assured, there's a reason your teacher wants
  you to know how to write an annotated
  bibliography.

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Conclusion

• The reason is that creating a list that shows
  exactly how you used each source demonstrates two
  things. First, it shows that you have read and
  understood the research you mentioned in your
  work. This basically ensures that you've actually
  learned how to write a research paper correctly,
  which is a major focus of college classes.
  Secondly, the creation of an annotated
  bibliography

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