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Title: A step by step guide to writing an annotated bibliography

Summary: A step by step guide to writing an annotated bibliography

(PRBuzz) June 26, 2012 -- An annotated bibliography is often used to summarize research articles by presenting a concise and precise summary of an article thereby providing a brief account of varied research articles available on a given topic. Therefore, it is actually a list of research articles/books summarized through concise descriptions accompanied by their evaluations. This indicates that an annotated summary usually consists of a brief summary of the article content in addition to evaluation or short analysis. Sometimes an annotated bibliography may constitute a larger assignment's component or a stand-alone assignment. Moreover, an annotated bibliography can be as brief as a single sentence; however, the standard format of an annotated bibliography consists of a citation of the information source article followed by a short paragraph summarizing the entire content of the article.

In addition, an annotated bibliography not only provides the basic citations of the articles of reference followed but also it provides descriptive as well as evaluative comments, that is, an annotation. This is together with the assessment of cited article's nature and value. Providing additional commentary ensures that the future reader obtains essential critical information from the cited article as well as a foundation for further research.

Composition
Despite the fact that an annotated bibliography can be as short as a single page, on average it should consist of the citation information of the selected article followed by a short paragraph which may be of a length of approximately three to six sentences or an estimated 150 words. An annotated bibliography is usually compiled by taking a keen consideration of the scope which consists of types of sources such as articles, books, websites, primary documents, non-print materials to be included as well as how many sources (comprehensive list) to be included in the annotated bibliography.

Conducting a search for the sources and their retrieval
Prior to beginning writing an annotated bibliography one should evaluate the retrieved sources by going through them and making notes of the findings and impressions. After selection of the final group of sources, the writer should then give thr full citation data with respect to the selected bibliographic style such as (MLA, APA, Chicago) followed by writing an annotation for each of the selected source. Therefore, the annotations should immediately begin after the citation data and may consist of verb phrases or complete sentences. While writing an annotated bibliography one should make sure that, if not all, most of the following are included: an explanation of the scope and main purpose of the cited work, significance and value of the work, brief description of content and format of the work, theoretical basis of the author's arguments, possible bias or shortcomings of the work, own brief perception of the work as well as any significant features of the cited work. Although many of these features are also included in the literature review, in an annotated bibliography more emphasis should be on brevity.

It is important to draw a distinction between an annotated bibliography and an abstract since the former does not just give a summary of the main points like the latter but it also provides a description and an evaluation of those points in most cases. Thus, whether an annotated bibliography provides a conclusion of a book or an article its purpose should be aimed at providing a concise and precise summary of the work cited.

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