The Annotated Bibliography is a PREVIEW of ten to twelve scholarly critical sources you might use for the seven to eight sources in the final draft of your literary research paper (it is NOT the same as a Works Cited page, which lists ONLY the works actually used in the paper and does so WITHOUT annotation)
Do not forget to add a brief statement (usually no more than 200 words) to each source, describing that particular source and stating how that source is relevant to your critical paper.
Encyclopedias, Cliffs Notes, Monarch Notes, Magill’s Surveys, Schmoop, Barron’s Notes, Pink Monkey, Spark Notes, GradeSaver, eNotes, Novel Guides, WIKIPEDIA and any other sources whose primary intent is to summarize information for the reader are not appropriate for this type of paper
Blogs are not appropriate sources, as their authors’ backgrounds are unknown.
Comments about the work’s usefulness or quality, usually including attention to one or more of the following features:
The scope or relevance of the work.
The intended audience.
The author’s credibility or expertise.
The work’s relationship to other works in the area of study.
Once your sources have been approved and actually used in your research paper, the Annotated Bibliography will be edited and submitted as the Works Cited page for your final draft. The final Works Cited page will contain a minimum of seven sources derived from appropriate books, periodicals, the internet, etc. Each of these sources must be used at least once in the paper to be included in the final Works Cited page. Do not forget to include your primary source (the novel you are researching) on your works cited page, although it does not count as one of the seven required critical sources.