What is an Annotated Bibliography?
To annotate means "to make or furnish critical or explanatory notes or comment" (Merriam-Webster Dictionary Online).
Merriam-Webster provides us with three useful definitions for bibliography:
1: the history, identification, or description of writings or publications
2a: a list often with descriptive or critical notes of writings relating to a particular subject, period, or author, b: a list of works written by an author or printed by a publishing house
3: the works or a list of the works referred to in a text or consulted by the author in its production (Merriam-Webster Dictionary Online).
An annotated bibliography is a research tool; it is one document that contains descriptive and critical information about items you have found in research that might be useful. Generally speaking, it is not something you turn in for a grade; it is "database" for your own use. In a way, an annotated bibliography is like a diary. It helps you keep track......
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