The Annotated Bibliography

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What is a Bibliography? What is an Annotation?
A Bibliography is a list of citations put together on a topic of interest.

An Annotation is explanation a reader makes after critically reading an

information source. It can include a summary of the reading, the reader’s response to
the reading, and/or questions/comments addressing the article’s clarity, purpose, or
effectiveness.

What is an Annotated Bibliography?

An Annotated Bibliography is a list of bibliographic citations that includes a
descriptive and evaluative paragraph of each citation. Its overall purpose is to support
your study of a particular subject by providing a collection of article summaries that
will negate the need for rereading of an article.

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Where do I start?

 Begin by critically reading the article. View

the reading as an interactive process in which
your interpretation of author’s words is
influenced by your own knowledge and
experiences.
 Critical readers attempt to dialogue with the
text by asking tough questions on the article’s
purpose, audience, language and content.

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Questions to ask about an article
 Who is the author? His/her credentials? biases?
 Where is the article published? What type of journal is it? What is the
audience? (for whom?)
 What do I know about the topic? Am I open to new ideas?
 Why was the article written? What is its purpose?
 What is the author’s thesis? The major supporting points or assertions?
 Did the author support his/her thesis/assertions?
 Did the article achieve its purpose?
 Was the article organized?
 Were the supporting sources credible?
 Did the article change my viewpoint on the topic?
 Was the article convincing? What new information or ideas do I accept or
reject?

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Writing the Annotation

A strong annotation contains:

 A summary of the article
 Your response to the article
 A list of interesting or meaningful quotes
 Questions connecting the article and
your knowledge and experience.

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Quotes

 Directly cite or paraphrase interesting or

meaningful quotes from the article you
wish to remember.
 The usefulness of the quote should be
evident from its content.
 Be sure to note the page number of the
quote or paraphrase for later referencing.

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Creating the Annotated Bibliography

 Start with the citation written in APA style

 Example:
Carper, B. A. (1978). Fundamental patterns of knowing in nursing.
Advances in Nursing Science, 1(1), 12-23.
 Pay attention to the details of a bib citation:
 Capitalization
 Punctuation
 Use of italics
 Hanging indent
 Each reference should include following elements:
(1) Author (2) Date (3) Title of article (4) Title of Periodical (5) Volume, Issue
and Page numbers.
 Author, A., & Author, B. (Year). Article title. Title of Periodical, x(x), pp-pp

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An example of an Annotated Bibliography

This annotation was published in Meleis (1991). It has been shortened, but
please note the lack
of page numbers for the quotes included in the text.

Donaldson, S. K., & Crowley, D. (1978). The discipline of nursing. Nursing

Outlook, 26(2), 113-120.
This article poses a series of significant questions. It begins by noting the
question of the nature of nursing, but addresses this through a
subquestion: What are the recurrent themes in nursing inquiry? These
could suggest “boundaries” for systematic study of the discipline of
nursing. There follows a long discussion of the nature of classification of
disciplines. Nursing is

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Annotated Bibliography?

 Example:
1. According to Atis et al. (2005) pozzolanic material, a mineral
admixture is added to a cement composition mostly to
enhance workability of fresh grout/concrete or even to
improve resistance of grout/concrete to thermal cracking and
sulfate attack.
2. Pozzolans often have a variable chemical composition which
may adversely react with different chemical admixtures
(Neuwald, 2005).
3. Xiaofeng et al. (1993) in their paper stated that the pozzolanic
reaction is slower than normal cement hydration, but
continues over time.

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APA STYLE CITATION
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 APA STYLE CITATION

Celik, K., Jackson, M.D., Mancio, M., Meral, 1

C., Emwas, A.H., Mehta, P.K. and
Monterio, P.J.M. (2014) High Volume
Natural Volcanic Pozzolan and Limestone 3

Powder as Partial Replacements for

Portland Cement in Self-Compacting and
Sustainable Concrete. Cement & Concrete 4
Composites. Volume 45, pp 136-147.
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 APA STYLE CITATION

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 THANK YOU!

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