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What is an annotated bibliography?
An annotated bibliography is bibliography (also known as a Works Cited or References list), with the addition of annotations (paragraph of notes about each source). Most annotated bibliographies are both Descriptive and Evaluative:
What is an annotation?
A short paragraph of notes (100-200 words) that describes and/or evaluates each citation (source of information listed in your bibliography). An evaluative annotation described the work and reflects, in your opinion, the relevance, quality, and accuracy of each citation.
Annotations usually consist of the answers to the following questions:
What is the source?
What is the work about?
What is the purpose of the work?
Who is the intended audience?
Who are the authors? What are their qualifications?
Source authority.
Biases of the source.
Limitations of the source.
Strengths of the source.
Do I have to read the entire book/article?
Not necessarily! Preview the information by reviewing:
Annotated Bibliography citations are listed in alphabetical order. Start each annotation with a correct APA citation.
APA 7 formatting guidelines