An annotated bibliography is a list of sources with annotations/commentary. An annotated bibliography can serve as an important tool for preliminary research and also for demonstrating the intellectual scaffolding of your research project to others.

An annotated bibliography is list of citations to books, articles, and documents that contains:
1) the bibliographic information for each item followed by
2) a brief (usually about 150 words) descriptive and evaluative paragraph.
This description explains what you found helpful in the citation and how you plan to use it for your own work. It is not just just a summary but also a synthesis of your own interpretation of that text.

An annotated bibliography lists texts that serve your project, not items that you do not plan to use. Someone (e.g. your professor) should be able to read the annotated bibliography and get a sense of your research project, its argument and scope.

For our purposes, your annotated bibliography should include 5-8 sources from scholarly journals and books (preferably published in last 20 years).

Cite correctly, briefly summarize the argument of article/item, and explain how & why it serves your research.

For more on annotated bibliographies, see the Purdue OWL website

Annotated Bibliography

An annotated bibliography is a list of sources with annotations/commentary. An annotated bibliography can serve as an important tool for preliminary research and also for demonstrating the intellectual scaffolding of your research project to others.

An annotated bibliography is list of citations to books, articles, and documents that contains:
1) the bibliographic information for each item followed by
2) a brief (usually about 150 words) descriptive and evaluative paragraph.
This description explains what you found helpful in the citation and how you plan to use it for your own work. It is not just just a summary but also a synthesis of your own interpretation of that text.

An annotated bibliography lists texts that serve your project, not items that you do not plan to use. Someone (e.g. your professor) should be able to read the annotated bibliography and get a sense of your research project, its argument and scope.

For our purposes, your annotated bibliography should include 5-8 sources from scholarly journals and books (preferably published in last 20 years).

Cite correctly, briefly summarize the argument of article/item, and explain how & why it serves your research.

For more on annotated bibliographies, see the Purdue OWL website