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Writing an annotated bibliography
An annotated bibliography turns a list of sources into a record of thinking. Writing a short paragraph about each source makes you read it closely, judge it fairly and decide what it can do for your argument, long before you start drafting.
In this topic
- Citation plus annotation
- What an annotated bibliography is for
- Annotations are not abstracts
- The three parts of an annotation
- Gathering sources and a working thesis
- A source evaluation organiser
- Worked example: filling the organiser
- Worked example: a finished MLA entry
- Formatting in MLA 9 and APA 7
- Worked example: strengthening a weak annotation
- Common mistakes to avoid
- Key takeaways
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