Purpose Of Annotated Essay

According to the Library of Cornell University 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. Annotations may summarize the source. Summarizing may include reviewing what the man arguments are and what the point of the article or book is. When you are summarizing you need to make sure you tell which topics are about to be covered and a brief description of what is the article or book talking about. After you summarize you need to make sure to evaluate if the source you are using is useful or not, if the information you are providing is reliable, and to develop the goal of the source. The final step helps you to reflect if the information of the paper has been helpful and if it has helped you to shape your argument. I have personally not worked on an annotated bibliography, however, with the research I have made I think it …show more content…
Some information that is found in an annotation includes, the qualifications of authors, the purpose or scope, the audience and level of reading difficulty, bias or standpoint of author, the relationship to other works in the field, findings, results and conclusion and lastly the format and special features. There are many reasons why I think an annotated bibliography is a good tool for research. I think this method encourages people to think more critically about the content of the work you are using, and it also proves that you have not only read but understand the sources. An annotated bibliography also makes your work a valid source since you have done research about it and most importantly provides a way for others to decide if the source will be helpful to their research if they decide to read