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ST. STEPHEN’S HOSPITAL, COLLEGE OF NURSING Submitted to : - Ms. Archa Biju Assistant Professor Submitted by: - Ms. Ritu Devi M.Sc. Nursing 1st Year Student ASSIGNMENT ON ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY INTRODUCTION The term bibliography is the term used for a list of sources (e.g., books, articles, websites) used to write an assignment (e.g., an essay). It usually includes all the sources consulted even if they not directly cited (referred to) in the assignment. Bibliography is the listing of all the materials that have been consulted while writing an article, or a book. You might have consulted a lot of books. Essays, and websites for writing something. Though might have referred to these materials while preparing a rough draft, the contents of these may or may not have been included in the actual text. A list of all such materials is known as bibliography. While writing a bibliography, you have to include the authors last and first name, year of publication, name of the book or journal, place of publication, and name of publishers. The bibliography should arranged alphabetically and may be divided into two parts: the first part may contain the names of books and journals; and the second part may contain the names of magazines and newspaper articles. AN ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY An annotated bibliography is a type of literature that provides a very brief overview of the topic that you have chosen from your research. While writing an annotated bibliography, you have to make a brief summary of the research sources and look carefully at the value of the sources and reflect the validity of the origin materials thus chosen for. When you are writing an annotated bibliography, you shall have to consider purposes, format, writing style and examples to give your dissertation a full-fledged dimension. DEFINITION An annotated bibliography is a list of citations to books, articles, and documents. Each citation is followed by a brief (usually about 150 words) descriptive and evaluative paragraph, the annotation. The purpose of the annotation is to inform the reader of the relevance, accuracy, and quality of the sources cited. ANNOTATIONS VS. ABSTRACTS Abstracts are the purely descriptive summaries often found at the beginning of scholarly journal articles or in periodical indexes. Annotations are descriptive and critical; they may describe the author's point of view, authority, or clarity and appropriateness of expression. COMPONENTS OF ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY Annotated bibliography consists of the following components:  Citation: the first component of the annotated bibliography is to make citation of article, book or document using prescribed style of bibliography writing such as Vancouver’s American psychological association (APA), modern language association (MLA), Chicago and so on.  Annotation: the second component of the annotation bibliography is to briefly write the summary of content in approximately 4-7 sentences or 150-200 words, which could vary from university to university based on local policies. The comprehensively written annotated bibliography consists of the following information: a. Author’s background and authority for content b. Central theme of article, book or document. c. Methodology (if research paper) d. Strengths PURPOSES OF ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY : To familiarise yourself with the material available on a particular topic. To demonstrate the quality and depth of reading that you have done. To exemplify the scope of sources available—such as journals, books, web sites and magazine articles. To highlight sources that may be of interest to other readers and researchers. To explore and organise sources for further research A good annotated bibliography:  Encourages you to think critically about the content of the works you are using, their place within a field of study, and their relation to your own research and ideas.  Proves you have read and understand your sources.  Establishes your work as a valid source and you as a competent researcher.  Situates your study and topic in a continuing professional conversation.  Provides a way for others to decide whether a source will be helpful to their research if they read it.  Could help interested researchers determine whether they are interested in a topic by providing background information and an idea of the kind of work going on in a field. RESOURCES FOR AN ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY  Materials of an academic nature ranging from academic books dedicated to the subject.  Peer reviewed journals  Text books  Web pages  Lecture notes /references given in class . ELEMENTS OF ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY : An annotation may contain all or part of the following elements depending on the word limit and the content of the sources been examined:  the background of the author(s)  the content or scope of the text  the main argument  the intended audience  the research methods (if applicable)  any conclusions made by the author/s  comments on the reliability of the text  any special features of the text that were unique or helpful (charts, graphs etc.)  the relevance or usefulness of the text for your research  in what way the text relates to themes or concepts in your course  the strengths and limitations of the text THE PROCESS Writing an annotated bibliography needs a variety of academic and intellectual skills such as literature search strategies, ability to critically appraise, succinct comprehension and concise composition of content. The process of writing annotated bibliography include the following steps:  Literature source identification: identify the literature relevant to particular topic under study such as books, original research articles, periodicals, other documents and so on.  Critical review and appraisal of content: review and critically appraise the content for the relevance, accuracy and quality of particular content in the literature source.  Choosing relevant content: choose the content, which is relevant to particular topic from variety of domains and perspectives.  Citation of source: make citation of article, book or document using prescribed style of bibliography writing such as Vancouver’s American Psychological Association (APA), Modern Language Association (MLA), and Chicago and so on.  Annotation writing: concisely write the annotation that briefly summarizes the content for its central theme, strengths, weakness, conclusion and evaluative sentence about usefulness of the topic (as brief as 4-7 sentences or 150-200 words). Seven Steps to Write a Perfect Annotated Bibliography 1. Summarize the Sources: At the first instance, you have to choose the sources carefully and then make summaries out of these. You can do this by taking notes and pointing down important aspects of your sources. Make it such that anyone could understand what your work is all about by a mere glimpse of it. 2. Citations: Citations reference from scholarly books, academic abstracts, scholarly articles, images of videos and websites. It is the list of the references that you are going to use which is required to support your argument. You have to cite the journals and periodicals using the style that has been asked for by your supervisor. The most widely used forms of citations are American Psychological Association(APA) and Modern Language Association (MLA) Some other popular forms of citations include the Chicago or Turabian Style, Associated Press (AP) style and Council of Science Editors. You have to make sure about the format of the citations. A general formal first includes the name of the author, then the full book title of the book or article, after that comes the date of publication of the latest revision of the book which can be found on the internet. You can organize your citations by using some methods such as by alphabetically, chronologically, by format, by the language or by sub-topic. 3. Use an Annotated Bibliography: Using a little say, one-paragraphed information about your argument shall enrich your paper, and it shall also be easy for the readers. It also helps the reader to decide what sources they are going to use for further reference. In this regard, it should be noted that an annotated bibliography is not an abstract, Instead of providing a detailed summary, it is more informative and focused on a particular aspect of the topic. It shall be much better if you annotate each and every source of your bibliography. 4. Assess the Author’s Background and Credentials in an Annotation: In an annotated bibliography, using the author’s experience and other credentials such as his or her educational and critical reviews. It shall be beneficial to both the readers and the writers. You can also mention the intellectual inclination of the author and the school of thought to which he or she belongs. This mere mention shall make your argument intellectually fertile and more enriched, and your thesis shall be accepted with a great applause. 5. Make a list of the Central Themes and Main Arguments: By using these steps, you can give your readers a quick view of what your work is all about. You scan also outline the topic covered as they are used in your research question and make a molecular study about the work. You have to make it clear to the readers why you are using this uploads/s3/ annotated-bibliography 8 .pdf