Writing an Annotated Bibliography  

The information that identifies an article, book, or other material is a CITATION.

A citation for an article typically includes author, title of article, title of periodical, date, volume, issue, pages and date.

A citation for a book includes author, title, place of publication, publisher and date. Commonly used styles of citation are American Psychological Association (APA), Modern Language Association (MLA) and Chicago Citation Style.

Detailed information on different citation styles you can find at the following links:

An annotated bibliography is a bibliography in which each citation is accompanied by a brief note - an annotation. The annotation summarizes and/or evaluates the source being cited. It provides an overview of the research that has been done on a topic. This guide will show you how to write an annotated bibliography.

Click on the tabs above Helpful Hints on writing an annotated bibliography and Examples of Annotations.

A bibliography is an old word for a list of sources (articles, books and other material) used by authors in their works. Usually you will find bibliographies at the end of an article, book or web site.

Instead of a bibliography you might see a section of sources titled:

• Works Cited
• References
• Works Consulted

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