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Annbibnew.pptThe Annotated Bibliography
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 a commentary 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 succinct article summaries that will negate the need for rereading of an article.
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.
Creating the Annotated Bib
- Start with the citation written in MLA 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
Your annotations should include
- A paragraph that summarizes the source.
- A paragraph that is an evaluation of the source.
Your annotations must include all of this information. No negotiations
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Writing the Annotation
A strong annotation contains:
- Paragraph 1: At least five sentences that summarizes the article.
- Paragraph 2: At least five sentences that evaluates the content and credibility of the article in relation to your research topic.
First Paragraph: Summary
- In this paragraph, you should summarize the information of the source.
- Make sure you restate the main idea or thesis of the source.
Second Paragraph: Evaluation
- In this paragraph, you should present your overall response to the article.
- You should also answer the following questions:
Does it seem like a reliable and current source? Why?
Is the research biased or objective?
Are the facts well documented?
How does it fit into your research?
Is this a helpful resource?
Does this source helped you narrow your topic?
An example of an Annotation
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
Example cont.
seen as a “professional” discipline. It is noted as a discipline different from nursing science(“>”) and nursing practice (“>”). Finally, the structure of the discipline of nursing is considered, a generalization is offered (“nursing studies the wholeness or health of humans”), and some “major conceptualizations in nursing” are presented.
The article is poorly organized….
Nevertheless, this seminal work is challenging. It makes the point that nursing is a discipline and gives support to its focus.
