Posted: April 16th, 2016

What is an annotated bibliography??

This is essentially summarizing each source, so try to treat it as a tool to help you and others find their way through this topic.

An annotated bibliography should be on its own page and take the attached form

Checklist for Annotated Bibliography:

Does this bibliography meet the assignment criteria? How does the formatting of this assignment look? Does it follow basic APA guidelines for a Reference page? (i.e. Times New Roman font, double-spaced, no extra spacing between paragraphs, first line of the citation flush left with all following lines indented, etc.?). Are the annotations brief, clear, and informative? Do they avoid personal opinion? Do they act as a reference guide? Imagine you are writing an essay about the same subject (you will be). If you came upon this in your research, how useful would you find this bibliography to be? Do this bibliography contain at least five citations? Grading Criteria Assignments Maximum Points Meets or exceeds established assignment criteria 40 Demonstrates an understanding of lesson concepts 20 Clearly present well-reasoned ideas and concepts 30 Mechanics, punctuation, sentence structure, spelling that affects clarity, and citation of sources as needed 10 Total 100