WRITING AN ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY

An Academic presentation byDr. Nancy Agens, Head, Technical Operations, Phdassistance Group www.phdassistance.comEmail: info@phdassistance.com

In Brief

Introduct ion

Purposes of Annotated Bibliography

How to Write a Perfect Annotated Bibliography

Mention about the Qualifications of the Writer of the Source

Write a Brief Summary of Your Work

Comment on the Readers of your Assignment

Sources of Annotated Bibliography

Conclusion

Outline

TODAY'S DISCUSSION

Annotated Bibliography provides an organized list of citations to articles, books, websites, and documents along with a short but well descriptive annotated paragraph. These sources can be text based or they could also be online resources in the form of video clips or audio recording. Each statement is followed by an evaluative and

brief descriptive paragraph. The sole purpose of these annotations is to guide the reader of the accuracy, relevance, and quality of the

sources mentioned.

In Brief

Annotations in an annotated bibliography used to perform two functions, evaluate the source and describe the source.

The annotation is an accurate and concise description of a specific source, including vitalaspects of content not obvious in the title.

It provides opportunity to the researcher to establish the relevance of a particular journal article, research report, book, or government document, etc.

Abstracts, such as those found in individual periodical databases or those found in scholarly journal articles are generally just descriptive summaries.

Introduction

Represent the quality of Research work that you have done.

Provide the types of sources available in that particular subject.

Describe other content on a topic that may be of interest to the learner.

Inspire the reader for further research in that subject.

A selective Annotated Bibliography contains only those contents that are more suitable for the subject while an exhaustive annotated bibliography tries to discover all that is available to us on a subject.

Purposes of Annotated Bibliography

Majority of people do not have proper knowledge of drafting an annotated bibliography.

Follow these points conscientiously to draft annotated bibliographies in less time and submit flawless Assignments.

How to Write a PerfectAnnotated Bibliography?

In order to write an annotated bibliography, you must mention about the qualifications of the writer of your source.

At times, many research assignments demand the researchers to get in contact with the author directly to gather more knowledge on a particular topic.

Ask these questions which are mentioned below for the prior assessment of your sources:

Is the writer qualified enough to write on this particular subject?Is the writer associated with an eminent institution in this discipline?Is the writer an expert in this domain?Is this the latest and reliable edition of the source?

1. Mention about the Qualifications of the Writer of the Source

To score the maximum marks in the assignments, you must draft a well-crafted summary of your overall text in the bibliography section.

The main objective of including this summary is to aware the readers about the vital elements they are about to seek from the assignment.

This summary also helps the readers to determine the sections whether the writer have added new Information to the Research pool apart from iterating the pre-existing information.

2. Write a Brief Summary of Your Work

Don’t forget to discuss about the readers of your assignment in the annotated bibliography.

This makes your professors understood that you know who you are writing for.

Knowledge of your target audience will keep the state of affairs of yourassignment precise and focused. So do not miss to check the relevancy of thecontext of your assignment with your target audience

3. Comment on the Readers of your Assignment

There are two basic sources called primary and secondary sources.

Primary sources include,

Books and e-Books Magazines Newspapers Academic journals Scholarly articles WebsitesVideos

And Secondary sources includes interview or survey

Sources of Annotated Bibliography

The sole purpose of an annotated bibliography is to work as amemory support during the research process.

Annotation is that sums up the source, notes the content specifically interesting about the source and it may include a short overview of how you’ll use the source.

Being a full version of the references page, the Annotated Bibliography could be a comprehensive list of literature utilized in the Essay or Research Paper meant to prove the author's point.

Conclusion

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