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What's an annotated bibliography?
Last Updated: Feb 01, 2012 | 15 Views
Topics: citing sources, research basics
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Bibliography
- a list of sources (books, journals, websites, magazines, etc.) which includes the bibliographic information (i.e., the author, title, publisher, etc.), in proper citation format
Annotation
- a summary, evaluation, and/or analysis of a source.
Annotated Bibliography
- a formal list of citations with annotations.
*Definitions paraphrased from librarian and English professor Erika Gearing's annotated bibliography assignment.
Would you like more information?
Here are two great sites that explain what annotated bibliographes are and how to create them!
- Annotated Bibliographies @ The Writing Center, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
- Annotated Bibliographies @ The Purdue Online Writing Lab (OWL), Purdue University

