Educational Leadership and Policy Studies Research Guide

An annotated bibliography is an organized list of sources, each of which is followed by a brief note, or "annotation."

These annotations do one or more of the following:

• describe the content and focus of the book or article
• suggest the source's usefulness to your research
• evaluate its method, conclusions, or reliability
• record your reactions to the source

From The Writing Center at the University of Wisconsin-Madison

What goes into the content of annotations?

See descriptions and examples of these types of annotations:

• indicative
• informative
• evaluative
• combination

From The Writing Center at the University of Wisconsin-Madison