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TSL 510 Research Guide: Annotated Bibliographies

Resources to help you find & select the sources you need & write your entries!

Here are some tools to help you write your annotated bibliographies.

What is an Annotated Bibliography?

A bibliography is simply a list of citations of works (books, articles, etc.), typically formatted according to a particular style (e.g., MLA, APA).

An annotated bibliography is a list of citations with brief explanatory and/or evaluative commentary provided for each of those works.

A bibliographic essay is a critical essay in which the writer identifies and evaluates the core works of research within a discipline or sub-discipline.

Tips & Sample Annotated Bibliographies

Click on the tab above for some samples!

See also our tips on Finding Books & Finding Articles for your assignment.

Important: See the sample annotated bibliography from Dr. Micek in PantherLearn.


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