Writing the TURABIAN ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY, Exercises of Literature

Download Writing the TURABIAN ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY and more Exercises Literature in PDF only on Docsity! Writing the TURABIAN ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY   Tallahassee Community College Library Revised Summer 2015   Purpose: This guide was created to help you learn how to write an annotated bibliography in Turabian Citation Style. What is a BIBLIOGRAPHY?  A bibliography a list of all of the sources you have used in the process of researching your work. A citation for each source includes the author’s name, source title, and publication details. What is an ANNOTATION?  An annotation is a note of explanation or comment added to a text or diagram.  It is more than just a brief summary of a journal article, book, or website.  It contains a short analysis or evaluation of sources in relation to the research topic. What is an ANNONATED BIBLIOGRAPHY?  An annotated bibliography is an alphabetized list of citations to books, articles, and documents.  Each citation is followed by a brief description of the content, quality, and usefulness of the source—the Annotation. What is the purpose of an ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY? Depending on your specific assignment, an annotated bibliography might have different purposes:  Provide a literature review of a particular topic  Demonstrate the quality and depth of reading you have done  Highlight sources that may be of interest to other readers or researchers  Explore and organize sources for further research To get started:  Select a topic  Choose your sources – books, periodicals, and documents that may contain useful information on your topic  Read your selected sources; it is a bit difficult to write descriptively about something you have not read  Write the citation and annotation. When writing your annotation, you may include the following:  A purpose of the work (i.e. explain why it was written)  A brief summary of the content  The intended readership of the resource (e.g. student or professional)  Strengths and weakness or bias of the material  Statement of the relevance of the resource to the research topic How long are ANNOTATIONS?  Your instructor will specify the required length of the annotations for his/her assignment.  Typically, annotations are one paragraph long. A sample annotated bibliography is listed on the back. It is a subject bibliography, containing a variety of sources on the same topic. [in Turabian format]