M.A.T. Graduate Education Research Guide: Annotated Bibliography

Use the following check-list to make sure you have all the information you need to create a citation of your sources:

• Author(s) and/or Editor(s) Name
• Title of the book, article or document
• Year the item was published
• Name of the publishing company
• Place of publication (ex: New York)
• Number of pages cited
• For journal articles only: Title, Volume and Issue # of Journal

What is an Annotated Bibliography?

• A list of citations to books, articles, and documents.

• Each citation is followed by a descriptive and evaluative paragraph. (This is the "Annotation")

• The purpose of the annotation is to inform the reader of the relevance, accuracy, quality of the source, and significance to the project.