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What is an Annotated Bibliography

An annotated bibliography is a bibliography that includes a short summary of a publication's content in addition to the complete citation.

The summary is intended to inform the reader of content, viewpoint, and relevance to the subject of the bibliography. 

The bibliography follows a particular citation style, for example APA.    

 

Annotations should inform the reader of the following:  

  • What is the objective or purpose for writing the article or conducting the research?
  • What method of obtaining data or conducting research did the author use?
  • Who were the research participants or subjects?
  • What were the major findings?
  • What can be concluded from these findings?

 

Purpose of an Annotated Bibliography

Writing an annotated bibiliography has several purposes:

  • It will introduce you to the scholarly and professional journal literature within psychology     
  • It is the first step in finding a workable and manageable topic for your presentation
  • It will introduce you to the American Psychological Association (APA) citation style 

 

Requirements

Annotate six articles from the scholarly/professional literature according to the following guidelines: 

  • The articles must have been written within the last five years: 2002-2008. 
  • The articles must come from at least four different periodicals; six different periodicals is best.
  • Write the bibliography and each article citation according to APA style. 
     
     

Finding Articles for the Annotated Bibliography 

The primary periodical databases, PsycArticles, PsycINFO, and Academic Search Premier are available by selecting the subject Social Sciences from the Databases link on the Library's homepage.    Secondary periodical databases, Education Research Complete and ERIC are available by selecting the Education subject link.    

 

 

 

  • Academic Search Premier:   Learn more about the database. View a tutorial.  (Use the scholarly peer reviewed limiter)

 

  • Education Research Complete:  Learn more about the database.    (Use the scholarly peer reviewed limiter)
     
  • ERIC:  Learn more about the database.  View a tutorial. (Make sure to limit your results to Journal Articles)

 

 

Topic Ideas

Please make sure that your instructor approves your topic.

  • Divorce and its effects 
  • Eating disorders
  • Fetal Alcohol Syndrome
  • Child abuse 
  • Violence and children
  • Television violence
  • Childhood depression
  • Adolescent pregnancy
  • Death of a parent, sibling
  • Post traumatic stress disorder
  • Terminal disease and its effects on the child, family
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  • Extracurricular activities and effects on academic achievement
  • Any disorder from the DSM IV   (The DSM IV is available from Psychiatry Online.) 
 

Exercise:  Sample Annotated Bibliography 

 
 

Information Literacy Presentation:  Developmental Psych 2008.ppt 

 

 

 

Credits:

PsycArticles tutorial ©: ACTS Seminaries of Trinity Western University http://www.acts.twu.ca/

PsycINFO tutorial ©: Carol Howe, Gabriele Library, Immaculata University  http://library.immaculata.edu/

Academic Search Premier tutorial ©: EbscoHost  http://support.epnet.com/

ERIC tutorial ©: Paul Betty, Regis University Library  http://www.regis.edu/library.htm

APA formatting style guide ©: The Writing Lab & The OWL at Purdue University http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/

Sample Annotated Bibliography exercise ©: A. Schwelm, Holy Spirit Library, Cabrini College www.cabrini.edu/library

 

 

 


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