What is an Annotated 
        What is an Annotated 
           Bibliography?
           Bibliography?
   A list of citations for 
    A list of citations for 
    books, articles, and 
    books, articles, and 
    documents.
    documents.
    Each citation is 
     Each citation is 
    followed by a 
    followed by a 
    descriptive and 
    descriptive and 
    evaluative 
    evaluative 
    paragraph in 
    paragraph in 
    rhetorical précis 
    rhetorical précis 
    format. 
          
    format.
     What is the purpose of the 
     What is the purpose of the 
             annotation?
             annotation?
   to inform the reader of the relevance, 
    to inform the reader of the relevance, 
    accuracy, and quality of the sources 
    accuracy, and quality of the sources 
    cited.
    cited.
    What do annotations look 
     What do annotations look 
                like?
                 like?
   descriptive and critical;
    descriptive and critical;
    they expose the author's point of 
     they expose the author's point of 
    view,
    view,
   provide a concise summary of each 
    provide a concise summary of each 
    source and some assessment of its 
    source and some assessment of its 
    value or relevance. 
    value or relevance. 
        How do I write an 
        How do I write an 
           annotation?
           annotation?
   Cite the book, 
    Cite the book, 
    article, or 
    article, or 
    document using 
    document using 
    the appropriate 
    the appropriate 
    style – MLA.
    style – MLA.
   Easybib.com
    Easybib.com
   OWL Purdue Online 
    OWL Purdue Online 
    Writing Lab
    Writing Lab
     Not Simply A Summary of 
     Not Simply A Summary of 
             the Source !
             the Source !
                       What are the main 
                       What are the main 
                       arguments? 
                       arguments? 
                       What is the point of this 
                       What is the point of this 
                       book or article? 
                       book or article? 
                       What topics are covered? 
                       What topics are covered? 
                       Someone reading the 
                       Someone reading the 
                       annotation would be able 
                       annotation would be able 
                       to determine the 
                       to determine the 
                       source’s value.
                       source’s value.