Your Arts 1110 assignment requires you to hand in an annotated bibliography.

An annotated bibliography consists of the citations for each book, article, or website used, plus a sentence or 2 which summarizes the source and explains why you decided to include it in your paper. The annotation contains not only a description of the resource, but also your evaluation of it as it relates to your research.

Will every book that you find be included in your annotated bibliography? Probably not. As you look for books, you should also continuously make decisions about their relevance, usefulness and reliability.

A simple method for doing quick evaluations is the Evaluation ABCs:

• Author: who wrote the book? What are their qualifications for writing the book?
• Bias/purpose: Why did they write the book? What is the book's purpose? Who published the book?
• Currency/date: When was the book published? Do you need current information, or is older or historical information OK?

You can add these points to your research log, and use them when you write your annotated bibliography.

Key Resources
TACO Checklist
Book Evaluation Chart
How to Write Annotated Bibliographies, Cornell University Library
Writing an Annotated Bibliography, Cal Poly
Writing an Annotated Bibliography, University of Minnesota Crookston
How to Write Annotated Bibliographies, Memorial University Libraries