What is an Annotated Bibliography?
An annotated bibliography is a summary of the sources
(books, articles, journals, websites ect.) that a student used in their paper. There
are three different things that an annotated bibliography should do according
to the Purdue Online Writing lab; Summarize, Assess, and Reflect. It should
summarize what you got from each of the sources. Assess each of the sources,
compare and contrast each of them. Finally, reflect on each of these sources.
How did they work? Would you use them again? Ect. Just like most academic
papers, an annotated bibliography is written in either MLA or APA format.
Why is it required to
write one in this class?
At the end of this class we are going to turn in a research
paper. Annotated bibliographies are a great thing to use in order to weed out
the best and worse sources. This is not only good use for this paper, but we
could be asked to use an annotated bibliography in another class for future
papers. In the video it states that professors want us to find out information
on sources on our own rather than them just telling us the information (showing
vs. doing). It will be more beneficial for us to learn how to find our
information because during the rest of our time here, when we further our education
other places or in the work force, we will have to be able to find information
on our own.
Annotated biblliographies will be really helpful when we are completing our research project for this class. An annotated bibliography is very helpful for oranizing informtion so that we can know what we need more information on and what we have enough of. It also helps us keep track of the sources we use and their citations. They can also help complete your research paper with correct and organized information.
ReplyDeleteI agree with this. I feel as if the annotated bibliography will make us research early and properly and also help summarize our research.
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