1. Annotated Bibliographies

2. Annotated bibliographies
Annotated bibliographies require you to describe the source, give its publication information, and sometimes evaluate each work on a list of sources

3. Annotated bibliographies
Descriptive – summarizes the content of the work without comment. For help with this refer to the summary handout from the Writing Center
Evaluative – offers an opinion of the effectiveness or usefulness of the source in addition to describing it

4. Key features
Statement of scope – introductory statement used to explain what you’re covering
Complete bibliographic information – gives full citation using either MLA or APA
Concise description of work – describes objectively and carefully using accurate information

5. Key features
Relevant commentary – if doing an evaluative bibliography the comments should be relevant to purpose and audience
Consistent presentation – make sure design of all the citations are consistent. If you are writing in sentences make sure you do so for all sources. If you write in phrases do it for all sources (you will need to use complete sentences)

6. Annotated bibliographies
Be sure to read the source carefully
Think about the CRAAP test and how the work applies to it
Organize your bibliography in an identifiable way—alphabetical, chronological, or by importance, etc.