abstract vs annotated bibliography
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Abstract vs Annotated
Bibliography
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Abstact vs Annotated Bibliography
One of the most common questions our customers ask is the difference between abstract and annotated bibliography.
This article is written with the purpose to discuss the differences between these two elements of written papers.
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Abstract
An abstract is supposed to convey information
about a book or an article.
However, abstract should be writing objective
style as the main purpose is to evaluate.
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Abstract
Such evaluation is provided for readers to help
them to decide whether the work is relevant for
their purposes.
A perfect abstract is the one that gives maximum
information in a few words.
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Elements of an Abstract
Full bibliographic informationDetails about the purpose of the work and its
scope Information about content in briefConclusion stating for whom this work can be
relevant.
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Annotated Bibliography
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Annotated Bibliography
It is required to begin your annotated
bibliography with complete citation of the
literature source.
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Elements of an Annotated Bibliography
The following elements should be included in
common type annotations:
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1. Relevant background of the author, including
degrees, titles.
They might not be included if the author is
extremely well-known.
2. Main purpose of the work. However, try to make
your annotation pretty narrow.
3. Bias that you noticed in the work.
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4. Reading difficulty and background of the
audience.
5. Position of the work in the topic area and
relation to other works.
6. Summarizing sentence.
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Writing about Reading
Writing about reading difficulty is no a mandatory
element which is included only when the
audience is specific.
For example, you can specify that the work can
be of interest to scholars but might be difficult to
understand by average uninformed reader.
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Writing about Reading
When writing your annotated bibliography, make
sure you don’t repeat any words contained in the
title.
Use rewording to present your information and
describe it the way that an informed person
could easily infer from the title of the work.
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Writing about Reading
It is recommended to stay relevantly critical and
provide the information which will help readers to
understand whether the work could be of any
interest to them.
Critical annotations use the past tense and
summary annotations use the present tense.
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Writing about Reading
Most common length of annotations is 150
words. However, do not exceed the limit in 200
words.
Ask your instructor about preferred citations that
are specified before annotated bibliography.
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Writing about Reading
The most used citations styles are the American
Psychological Association (APA) and Modern
Language Association (MLA).
You may get this information from your instructor
or your handbook.
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