Annotated Bibliography Template (Page 4 of 5) in pdf

Student’s Last Name 4

Highlight this passage and replace it with your annotation. In a descriptive annotation,

you merely describe what the book, web page, or article is about. In a critical

bibliography, you provide a descriptive annotation, and you evaluate the success or

reliability of the book, web page, or article. You might also compare or contrast the

source with another source on the topic…Notice that in this template, the annotation is

indented and single spaced.

Author(s). “Title of Journal Article in Quotation Marks.” Title of Professional Journal With Each

Issue Paginated Separately Vol.Issue Number (Year): page numbers.

Highlight this passage and replace it with your annotation. In a descriptive annotation,

you merely describe what the book, web page, or article is about. In a critical

bibliography, you provide a descriptive annotation, and you evaluate the success or

reliability of the book, web page, or article. You might also compare or contrast the

source with another source on the topic…Notice that in this template, the annotation is

indented and single spaced.

Author's Last name, First name. "Title of Article." Title of Periodical Underlined or Italicized

Date of publication, volume number and issue number if scholarly: page numbers. Name

of database (such as ProQuest) underlined. Subscription service name (UMI for ProQuest

articles). Subscribing library and location. Day Month Year of access <Online Provider

URL address in angle brackets>

Highlight this passage and replace it with your annotation. In a descriptive annotation,

you merely describe what the book, web page, or article is about. In a critical

bibliography, you provide a descriptive annotation, and you evaluate the success or

reliability of the book, web page, or article. You might also compare or contrast the

source with another source on the topic…Notice that in this template, the annotation is

indented and single spaced.

The next three examples are for Web pages. Citing Web pages can be tricky, and these three

examples don’t cover all the possibilities. Ask your instructor or a librarian if you are unsure:

Author(s) if Given. Name of Web Page. Date of Posting/ Revision. Name of

institution/organization affiliated with the site (if any). Date You Accessed the Site

<electronic address or URL>.

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