Make certain that you have avoided using direct quotations, except when the words quoted are important terms that you wish to highlight.However, if you are describing an action that was completed in the past, describe it using the past tense (e.g., Smith tested her hypothesis by observing five hamsters…). In general, use present tense to describe an author’s ideas and arguments (e.g., Jones argues that…). Review your work to see if you have used clear and specific verbs such as demonstrates, asserts, speculates.Try to avoid the passive voice and use active voice instead (e.g., change 'Artistic autonomy was spoken about by the presenter' to 'The presenter spoke about artistic autonomy.').Check each citation for accuracy and consistency in language and style.Evaluate your annotations and assess whether you have included both summaries and critical evaluations for each entry.Make a checklist and compare each entry against the list. Re-read the assignment instructions carefully to make certain you have included all of the essential components that you need in each annotation.

For example, did the author fail to take important information into consideration? Did the author take a certain approach as the result of a particular theoretical viewpoint? This might be done by indicating whether the information presented is similar or different to other authors' findings or approaches to the subject- and hypothesizing why. It may also indicate your own critical reactions to the sources.If the annotated bibliography is intended as a first step to a review of literature leading to a major paper, thesis, or dissertation, then it will also evaluate how useful the information and methodological approaches will be for someone doing research on a particular project. It evaluates the conclusions and discusses how successfully the authors achieve their aims.It evaluates the reliability of the information presented, including the authors' credentials, the value of the reference for other scholars, and, if relevant, the appropriateness of the methodologies.Critical annotated bibliographies:Ī critical annotation goes beyond a simple summary of the original source. An annotated bibliography is a list of citations to books, articles, and documents.-Each citation is followed by a brief (usually about 150 words) descriptive 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. The summary or descriptive annotated bibliography provides a summary of the main findings in a source with no analysis or evaluation. Summary or descriptive annotated bibliographies: In the arts and some social sciences, annotated bibliographies will be judged by how critical and analytical they are and often by how the writer links the text's usefulness to their potential or imaginary research project. In the sciences and some of the more scientific disciplines of the social sciences, annotated bibliographies are rarely used when they are used, they will often be primarily summary or descriptive-that is, they will paraphrase the original text.

Annotated bibliography of an article