Noun: “A list of citations to books, articles, and documents. Each citation is followed by a brief (usually about 150 words) descriiptive and evaluative paragraph, the annotation. The purpose of the annotation is to inform the reader of the relevance, accuracy, and quality of the sources cited” (“How to Prepare an Annotated Bibliography”, n.d.).
Now that you’ve selected a topic for your second essay, written and revised a thesis statement, and started outlining your plan, it’s time to start gathering evidence to support your thesis. To do this, you’ll complete an Annotated Bibliography.
For your annotated bibliography, you will:
conduct research and locate the three sources that best support your points
Two of these sources should be from journals in the Galen Library; the third will be an academically reliable website.