Instructional Technology: Annotated Bibiographies, Lit Reviews & More

This 10-minute tutorial focuses on what a literature review is and what it means to review the literature.

Tutorial - Literature review:  An overview for graduate students

What is an annotated bibliography?  It provides:

• An account of the research that has been done on a given topic
• An alphabetical list of research sources
• Concise information about each source

What does the annotation include?

• Complete bibliographic information in APA Style 6th edition
• Main focus or purpose of the work
• Information on the scope and approach of the work
• Details on what kind of information can be found in the sourc
• Usefulness of the source based on the coverage of the topic
• Notable aspects of the source

Tutorial:  What is an annotated bibliography

Example from ASU Writing Center

Example from OWL at Purdue