Annotated Bibliographies

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An annotated bibliography is a list of citations to books, articles, and documents followed by a brief descriptive paragraph. The purpose of the annotation or description is to inform the reader of the relevance, accuracy, and quality of the sources cited. Your annotation can include comments about the source's:

• Central theme

• Scope (information that is included or not included)

• Author (background, scholarship, or authority)

• Intended audience

• Relationship to another cited work on the topic

• Relevance to and treatment of the topic

See a sample annotated bibliography about United States First Ladies.

Get more tips for writing an annotated bibliography:

• Purdue University Online Writing Lab

• St. Cloud State University

• The Writing Center @ The University of Wisconsin - Madison

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