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EGR 1000 Engineering, Society, and You

An introduction to library services and resources with a focus on resources for engineering.

What is an Annotated Bibliography?

What should your Annotated Bibliography contain?

At the very least your annotated bibliography should contain a correctly formatted citation for each source and a brief description of that source, usually about a paragraph. This paragraph should review the following: 
1) Provide a summary of the source's main ideas including any research methods 
2) Provide information on why you find the source to be credible 
3) Discuss why this source is relevant to your research and how you plan to utilize the findings