Name: _________________________ PM World

Date: __________________________ Ms. Whitaker

Annotated Bibliographies

What is an annotated bibliography?

An annotated bibliography is an organized list of sources (references) such as books, journals,

newspapers, magazines, web pages, etc., each of which is followed by an annotation—usually a critical
commentary or explanatory note. 

In general, bibliographic annotations may serve all or part of the following functions, depending on
the assignment.  They may:

 describe the content (focus) of the source

 describe the usefulness of the source in relationship to a given project/goal
 discuss any limitations that the source may have, e.g. grade level, timeliness etc.
 describe what audience the source is intended for
 evaluate the methods (research) used in the source
 evaluate reliability of the source
 discuss the author’s background
 discuss any conclusions the author(s) may have made
 describe your reaction/response to the source

What does the annotated bibliography look like?

Bibliographic entries (citations) are written and arranged like any other bibliography. Entries are usually
arranged alphabetically by the first word, which is typically the author’s last name. Here is an example of
an MLA formatted annotated bibliography:

Adams, Scott. Dilbert and the Way of the Weasel. New York: Harper,
2002.
Adams’s “Dilbert” cartoons are known for satirizing everyday workplace issues. The
cartoon on page 106 illustrates how rampant Internet use in the workplace has become and
suggests that both employers and employees are well aware of the practice. The cartoon points
out the difficulty employers face in trying to restrict employee Internet use.

American Management Association and ePolicy Institute. “2005 Electronic Monitoring and Surveillance
Survey.” American Management Association. 2005. 15 Feb. 2006
<http://www.amanet.org/research/pdfs/EMS_summary05.pdf>.
According to the survey of workplace Internet use summarized in this article, employers
are most concerned about employees visiting inappropriate Web sites. However, employers’
monitoring of employees extends beyond blocking certain Web sites. Many employers who
participated in the study also track individual keystrokes and review e-mails. The study suggests
that the majority of employers who monitor Internet use are telling their employees that they are
being monitored. These findings seem to contradict many of my other sources, which claim that
employers are not doing enough to explain Internet monitoring to their employees.
Your annotated bibliographies will include all (six minimum, 3 primary & 3 secondary) of your sources.
Arrange them alphabetically, regardless of category (categories being Internet, books, periodicals, etc.).
You can organize them by category in your regular bibliography.

Make sure to hit upon the above bullet points in your 3 sentence minimum blurb for each source!

Your annotated bibliographies will be due a week from today, to be printed out and stapled properly
following our normal MLA formatting guidelines.

DUE SATURDAY FEBURARY 26th AT THE START OF CLASS. GET TO WORK!