An annotated bibliography provides the following details to illustrate the quality and appropriateness of your text:
- Concise summary of the resources used for the academic work.
- Comments about why and how you have used the information.
- A list and a brief critical analysis (annotation) of the research you have used, often presented in a tabular format.
- Full bibliographic details in the referencing style of your subject should be used (Havard, APA, Oscola).
Include specific information such as:
- Author - who wrote the text? why? what experience have they?
- Brief summary of text - what are the aims and conclusions made?
- Why did you use this information - mention: reliability of the research; who was the intended audience? why did you like this text? what were the limitations of the text?
