ITECH PREP2014

WRITING AN ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY

WHAT IS AN ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY?

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• Answer the following question:

What is an annotated bibliography?

WHAT IS AN ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY?

A list of citations to books, articles, and documents. Followed by a brief (usually about 150 words)

descriptive and evaluative paragraph, the annotation.

Informing the reader of the relevance, accuracy, and quality of the sources cited.

Each entry includes all the information included in a list of works cited.

The citations have the appropriate bibliographic format (e.g., MLA, APA)

ANNOTATIONS VERSUS ABSTRACTS

Abstracts - are descriptive summaries found at the beginning of

scholarly journal articles or in periodical indexes.

Annotations - are descriptive and critical; exposing the author's point

of view, clarity and authority.

WHAT IS THE PURPOSEPURPOSE OF AN ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY?

THINK-PAIR-SHARE

WHAT IS THE PURPOSEPURPOSE OF AN ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY?

To review of the literature on a particular subject

Illustrates the quality & variety of research done

Provides examples of the types of sources available.

Shows your audience credibility

EVALUATIVE

INDICATIVE

INFORMATIVE

COMBINATION

COMMON FORMSFORMS OF ANNOTATED

BIBLIOGRAPHIES

INFORMATIVE This form of annotation is a short summary

(2-3 powerful sentences) with each source clearly connected to your topic.

The summary is unbiased, meaning it doesn’t take sides or have favorites.

The summary explains relevant information about credible sources.

EXAMPLEMiller, Sue. President Kennedy's White House Staff. London: Oxford University Press, 1989.

This book explains White House policy in the last days of President Kennedy's term because it provides full, unedited interviews with several of President Kennedy's key staff members. In addition to interviews, it also includes excerpts from Kennedy's own diary.

NOTICE THE MLA FORMAT

YOU BE THE JUDGE!

• Go to the iTech Library Website

• Click on “HS Resources” (at bottom)

• Open the “Annotated Bibliography Rubric”

• Work in pairs to assess bibliographies that I will display on the screen using the 1-4 scale on the rubric

• We will do the first one together!

EXAMPLE #1Ehrenreich, B. (2001). Calcutta: Pollution and Health. (2009) [Television broadcast]. CBS. Retrieved from www.cbsnews.com

This was an informative site about air pollution in Calcutta, because it contained a multitude of resources for my topic. It has more specific information than print resources on the subject. It is authoritative because it is up to date and all rights are reserved.

Bias

EXAMPLE #2Fallwell, L. (2011, November 18). Eugenics. Encyclopedia of Genocide and Crimes Against Humanity, 1. Retrieved from http://go.galegroup.com/ 

Lynne Fallwell is an expert at physics. The article includes historical evidence which backs up the concept of physics.

Unclear summary

EXAMPLE #3Michelle Gordon. “Writing an Annotated

Bibliography.” Microsoft PowerPoint file.

This PowerPoint explains in detail what an annotated bibliography is and why researchers include them in their writing. It also categorizes the four different types of annotated

bibliographies and gives examples of each.

No MLA Format

LOOK AT EXAMPLES:

University of North Carolina-Chapel Hillhttp://www.unc.edu/depts/wcweb/handouts/annotated_bibliographies.html

University of California-Santa Cruzhttp://library.ucsc.edu/ref/howto/annotated.html

The OWL at Purduehttp://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/614/01/

The Writing Center @ University of Wisconsin, Madisonhttp://writing.wisc.edu/Handbook/AnnBib_content.html

FORMATS FOR CITING SOURCES

MLA (Modern Language Association) Generally used for disciplines in the literature, arts, and humanities, such as English, languages, film, and cultural studies or other theoretical studies.

APA (American Psychological Association) Natural and social sciences, such as psychology, nursing, sociology, education and social work. It is also used in economics, business, and criminology.

CBE (Council of Biology Editors)/CSE (Council of Science Editors) Used by the plant sciences, zoology, microbiology, and many of the medical sciences.

Turabian: Designed for college students to use with all subjects.

Chicago: Used with all subjects in the "real world" by books, magazines, newspapers, and other non-scholarly publications.

Gordon, Asa H. “Writing an Annotated Bibliography.” Savannah State University Library. File last modified 15 Mar. 2013. Microsoft

Powerpoint file.

Annotated Bibliography