Annotated Bibliography Information
What is an annotated bibliography?
An annotated bibliography is a listing of the resources you will use in your paper, along with a short narrative explanation of each resource. It is an excellent pre-cursor to a literature review and helps you organize and classify what you have read. Each annotated in your annotated bibliography should include:
-
A brief summary of the content of the resource (book, book chapter, article, etc.)
-
An explanation of how the resource supports your argument or contributes to your research topic.
Some other things that might be important to include in your annotation:
- what type of resource is it?
- who is the intended audience?
- who is the author and what qualifies them to write about this topic?
- what was their purpose for writing/creating it?
Social Sciences Librarian
Paul Rosenstein
Contact:
Boatwright Memorial Library, 182
261 Richmond Way
Richmond, VA 23238
261 Richmond Way
Richmond, VA 23238
804.289.8851
