An annotated bibliography is simply a bibliography that includes notes about each individual reference.  Those notes may be descriptive or evaluative. For the purpose of conducting one’s own research and writing, it can be useful to create an annotated bibliography which includes notes about a particular source may be useful for the project.

Additional Resources

• Cornell University. “How to Prepare an Annotated Bibliography”
• Purdue Online Writing Lab. “Annotated Bibliographies”, “Examples”, “Samples”

updated July 16, 2017 – MN