Library Guides: ANTH 303 History of Anthropology online: Annotated Bibliography

How to create and format an annotated bibliography

A great resource for questions about citing and proper documentation of sources is the OWL guide at Purdue University. They offer the following description of an annotated bibliography:

A bibliography is a list of sources (books, journals, Web sites, periodicals, etc.) one has used for researching a topic. Bibliographies are sometimes called "References" or "Works Cited" depending on the style format you are using. A bibliography usually just includes the bibliographic information (i.e., the author, title, publisher, etc.).

An annotation is a summary and/or evaluation. Therefore, an annotated bibliography includes a summary and/or evaluation of each of the sources.

To illustrate, check out the following videos:

This is a great, in-depth, how-to tutorial on creating annotated bibliographies, courtesy of the Lucy Scribner Library, Skidmore College: http://lib2.skidmore.edu/tutorials/BuildAnnotatedBib/story_html5.html

Annotated Bibliography Tutorial

Annotated Bibliography
Leads: Glynis Asu (Hamilton College), Jesi Buell (Colgate University), Paul Doty (St. Lawrence University), Yvette Cortes, Johanna MacKay, and Barbara Norelli (Skidmore College)
This tutorial describes the different parts of an annotated bibliography, explains how to write an effective annotation, and allows users the opportunity to create their own annotations for sources.