The Annotated Bibliography

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The Annotated Bibliography
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The Annotated Bibliography

• A bibliography in which each citation is
  followed by an annotation containing a brief
  descriptive and/or evaluative summary, synopsis,
  or abstract.
• www.farmingdale.edu/library/gloss.html
• Good tool for quick summarization, assessment
• Keeps you honest
• Great way to share this stage of your progress
• See Erik Stemmermans site!
• GEO 565

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Annotated Bibliography vs. Lit Review

• Annotated bibliography is basically a set of
  notes on each reference
• Lit review flows in scientific/technical style
• Lit review compares/contrasts/links various
  references and is far more analytical

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Writing the Literature Review

• Break the review into thematic sections
• Prioritize the sections
• Maintain focus
• relate literature to your research hypotheses

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Literature Review Style

• Document every statement of fact
• Use scientific/technical style
• use 3rd person
• follow citation style of foremost journals and
  other theses/dissertations
• no jargon
• smooth transition between sections
• Smith (1999) asserted that
• Yosida (1961) found that
• In early work, Conti (1953) suggested that
• blah blah blah (e.g. Rangel, 1998 Mason, 2003)