How to Write an Annotated Bibliography

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How to Write anAnnotated Bibliography
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What is it?

• An annotated bibliography is a list of sources
  (books, journals, websites, periodicals, etc.)
  one has used for researching a topic that
  includes a summary, evaluation, and reflection of
  each of the sources.

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Purpose

• The purpose of the annotation is to inform the
  reader of the relevance, accuracy, and quality of
  the sources cited.

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Excellent Preparation

• When you have to write annotations for each
  source, you're forced to read each source more
  carefully. You begin to read more critically
  instead of just collecting information.

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Format of the citation

• MLA style
• Double space and use the hanging indent.
• Include a medium designation such as print or web.

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Format of the annotation

• Single space
• Use the third person do not use I..
• Use the literary present tense.
• Examples
• This article discusses
• In this article the author supports
• This book gives a detailed view on
• This article describes

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Format

• Citation (with a hanging indent)
• One paragraph specifically what was learned that
  further expanded ideas about a possible thesis
  or clarified questions about my topic. This
  should also be a summary of this source.
• One paragraph evaluation/reflection of the
  source specifically why it was helpful

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Source Annotations Draft

• On pages 22-26 of your MYP Project Guide, you
  will find pages titled Source Card Submission.
• Use these pages to draft the annotations for each
  of your sources.
• Remember, you will need two paragraphs for each
  citation.