1. Annotated Bibliography

2. What is it?
Tells the reader how many sources you used and the quality and range of sources used in your research.
Provides evidence of the many hours that you spent doing research in libraries, archives, classrooms, and on the internet.
Informs the reader how you used your sources and why they were valuable to understanding your topic.
Shows judges the scope and depth of your research.

3. The List
Should be titled “Annotated Bibliography.” Not "Bibliography," not "Works Cited". Put this title in the top center of your first page.
Divide your Annotated Bibliography into two sections, labeled "Primary Sources" and "Secondary Sources."
In each section, entries should be alphabetized by the first word excluding “A,” “An,” and “The.”
Other key formatting instructions:
Single-space each entry and skip one line between entries.
All source citations are tabbed 1/2 inch (one tab) after the first line.
URLs (web addresses) should NOT be hyperlinked.

4. To cite a book, you need: 01 02 03 04 05 Name of the author(s)
Complete title of the book 02
City where it was published 03
Name of the company or university that published the book 04
Most recent copyright date of the book 05
Example:
Morris, Edmund. Theodore Rex. New York: Random House, 2001.

5. Other sources besides a book:
Pictures, websites, multimedia sources, interviews, maps, journal/newspaper articles, and more…
Visit:

6. Footnotes
Example: Roosevelt “has seen the crisis coming for eleven months.”[1] He feared that Germany might invade Venezuela if they did not pay off their debts. Tip: Allow your word processor to insert the footnote for you. It will do it automatically, and if you insert one into the middle of the paper, it will automatically renumber it for you. You can find the “insert footnote” button in the reference section of the menu. If you need step-by-step directions, just go to the help menu and type in “insert footnotes.”

7. Using the source twice:
[1] Edmund Morris, Theodore Rex (New York: Modern Library, 2001), 177. [2] Morris, Theodore Rex, 178.

8. What does it mean to annotate?
Essentially, we are giving the reader a hint about what he or she could find in this source.

9. 3 Components of a good annotation
It identifies what type of source this is (song, poem, book, website, journal article, diary entry, newspaper article, ect.) 1
How was the source used? 2
How did the source help you understand your topic and create your project? 3

10. Example:
Morris, Edmund. Theodore Rex. New York: Modern Library, This biography of Theodore Roosevelt helped me understand the way in which Philippe Bunau Varilla was able to get President Roosevelt to recognize the revolutionary government of Panama. It also gave me details regarding the specific treaties signed between the two nations that gave the U.S. control of the canal zone.
An annotation normally should be about 2-4 sentences long. Really long annotations generally do not impress people.
Citation are single-spaced, and all lines after the first line are tabbed in one-half (1/2) inch.