Working Annotated Bibliography

1
Working Annotated Bibliography

• What is a working annotated bibliography?
• A working annotated bibliography is a list of
  citations to books, articles, and documents.
  Each citation is followed by a summary of the
  claim, bias, credibility and relevancy. The
  purpose of the annotation is to inform the reader
  of the claim, bias, credibility and relevancy of
  the sources cited.

2
Working Annotated Bibliography

• - You will need at least 12 total sources in
  your working annotated bibliography. The final
  copy of the annotated bibliography will be turned
  in with your final paper.
• - At least seven of these sources must be used
  in your final paper.
• - Nine of these annotations are due at the
  beginning of class on Monday.

3
Annotated Bibliography

• What is the purpose of an annotated
  bibliography?
• Writing an annotated bibliography is excellent
  preparation for a research project. Just
  collecting sources for a bibliography is useful,
  but when you have to write annotations for each
  source, you are forced to read each source more
  carefully. You will begin to read critically
  instead of just collecting information, because
  you have to make a judgment about which sources
  to use.

4
Annotated Bibliography

• Every good research paper is an argument. The
  purpose of research is to state and support a
  thesis. A very important part of research is
  developing a thesis that is debatable,
  interesting, and current. Writing an annotated
  bibliography can help you gain a good perspective
  on what is being said about your topic. By
  reading and responding to a variety of sources on
  a topic, youll start to see what the issues are,
  what people are arguing about, and then you will
  be able to develop your own point of view that is
  supported by the information you have found in
  the sources.

5
Annotated Bibliography

• Important Definitions
• bias- a preference or inclination that inhibits
  impartial judgement
• credibility- all about the author
• relevancy- in regard to your topic, other
  sources, and to you personally

6
Example

• Waite, Linda J., Frances Kobrin Goldscheider, and
  Christina Witsberger. "Nonfamily Living and the
  Erosion of Traditional Family Orientations Among
  Young Adults." American Sociological Review 51
  (1986) 541-554.
• C Nonfamily living arrangements negatively
  affect adolescents beliefs about traditional
  family roles.
• R This is the largest study which supports my
  thesis. The findings in it match findings from 2
  other studies I have read about.
• B The authors wrote the paper to present to
  the American Society of Sociology, which supports
  the idea that society is changing at a rapid
  pace.
• C Most of the surveys were distributed in
  colleges knows for their liberal attitudes.