Annotated Bibliography

An annotated bibliography is an organized list of sources used for research. The sources are usually books, articles, Web pages, documents, and/or oral interviews. You need to properly cite the source following either the MLA format, the Chicago Manual of Style format, or the format required by the instructor of your class.

Each citation is followed by the annotation, or in other words, a short (about 150 words) descriptive and evaluative paragraph.

The purpose of the annotation is one or more of the following:

• to describe the content and focus of the source,
• to comment on the usefulness or relevance of the source for the particular research, and/or
• to evaluate the accuracy and quality of source cited.

Most annotated bibliographies provide a combination of summarizing and evaluating the bibliographic source.
Classes that might require an annotated bibliography:

• Art 261
• Art 262
• Art 363
• Art 367