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How to prepare an annotated bibliography

How to prepare an annotated bibliography. What is an annotated bibliography?. An annotated bibliography is a list of citations for books, articles, and documents Each citation is followed by a brief (usually 3-5 sentence) descriptive and evaluative paragraph. This is the annotation

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How to prepare an annotated bibliography

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  1. How to prepare an annotated bibliography

  2. What is an annotated bibliography? • An annotated bibliography is a list of citations for books, articles, and documents • Each citation is followed by a brief (usually 3-5 sentence) descriptive and evaluative paragraph. This is the annotation • The purpose of an annotation is to inform the reader of the relevance, accuracy, and quality of he sources cited.

  3. The process • Cite the book, article, or document using the appropriate style. Use easybib.com • Write a concise annotation that summarizes the central idea of the article and its relevance to your research project specifically. How do you plan to use this source to prove your thesis?

  4. An example of mla citation of an article • Flynn, Richard. “The Kindergarten of New Consciousness Gwendolyn Brooks and the Social Construction of Childhood ”African American Review 34, no. 3 (2000 Fall): 483-99  

  5. How to cite for a bibliography • Use the following website to see an example of a works cited page: • https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/747/12/ • A citation is basically an organized and structured way to show all the important information for the article so that it could be easily identified • An annotated Bibliography is just like the example above, except there is a short explanation about each article after the citation.

  6. Easybib.com

  7. Easybib.com • This website is an easy citation generator. Copy the URL of the article, or the ISBN of the book, or the title of the newspaper article into the “Cite Source” box. • The website should generate a citation for you. Then, all you need to do is annotate it!

  8. Sample annotated bibliography • Look at this sample annotated bibliography. Your annotation need not be so long. You only need 3-5 sentences explaining the main idea of the article, explain how it relates to your research topic, and how will it be useful to your thesis. • https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/614/02/

  9. EXAMPLE: • MY THEME: The Myth of Woman • MY RESEARCH TOPIC: Media Representation of Women and how it contributes to the “myth” • http://wmc.3cdn.net/2e85f9517dc2bf164e_htm62xgan.pdf

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