Creating a bibliography  

A bibliography is a list of citations to books, journal articles, and other works.

An annotated bibliography is a list of citations to books, journal articles, and other works accompanied by descriptive and/or critical paragraph length summaries.

Bibliographies include the following parts for each source:

• author(s)
• title
• date
• publisher information
• volume/issue number

An annotated bibliography has two parts:

1. Citation- Bibliographic information formatted according to a specific style (e.g., Turabian, APA, MLA). Bibliographic information usually includes the work's:
   • author
   • title
   • date
   • publisher information
   • volume/issue number
2. Annotation- Descriptive and/or critical paragraph length summary of the work. The summaries of the work may include its:
   • scope or purpose
   • intended audience or level
   • expertise and credentials of the author(s)
   • objectivity of author(s)
   • special features
   • timeliness
   • critical or descriptive evaluation