Annotated Bibliography
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Who University of Louisville students create annotated bibliographies to organize research. This strategy is practiced in universities across the country. Some professors also publish annotated bibliographies. |
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What A bibliography is a list of resources (books, journals, periodicals, websites, interviews etc.) compiled for a specific project. An annotation is a short summary and/or evaluation. Therefore, an annotated bibliography records the resource like a typical bibliography and includes a short annotation beneath it. |
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When Students often create annotated bibliographies at the beginning of a large research project. Creating the document is a terrific method for sorting through a pile of resources. The annotated bibliography continues to be useful throughout the writing process to ensure that all relevant resources have been consulted. |
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Why Annotated bibliographies provide a road map through a subject. Writing the annotation forces us to scan the source carefully and critically. We begin to consider how each resource will relate specifically to our project. This kind of thinking helps us position our project with precision—and quickly shows us which resources will be the most useful. |
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How Sample annotated resource Richardson, Ruth. Death, Dissection, and the Destitute. Chicago: Univ of Chicago Press, 2000. |
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Traces the causes and effects of the 1832 Anatomy Act in Britain. Intended for a university audience. Organized in three sections: the body (contextualizes the corpse socially, medically and commercially); the Act (explores parliamentary debate leading to the Act); and the aftermath (long-term effects of the Act). Richardson is a respected scholar in the field (see her earlier work A Dissection of the Anatomy Act). Most interesting for my project will be Richardson’s comments about the cultural representation of the body in chapter one, “The Corpse and Popular Culture.”
