IDST 114: Science Fiction, the Environment, and Vulnerable Communities: Annotated bibliography

A bibliography is a list of sources such as books, journals and websites that you use for researching a topic. These are also called 'references' or 'works cited.

Your bibliography only contains bibliographic information such as author, title, place and date of publication.

An annotation is a summary or evaluation. Therefore, an annotated bibliography contains a summary or evaluation of all your sources.

An annotated bibliography is a great way to start thinking about your Zine project and to learn more about your topic!

Questions to consider:

• What question does the author try to answer?
• What is the primary argument or thesis of the work?
• How is this source relevant to my topic?
• What are the main findings? Do you have any reason to doubt the results/methodology? What are some of the problems (clarity, out-of-date)?

Components of an annotated bibliograpy:

• Bibliographic information according to the appropriate citation style (APA, MLA, Chicago).
• Explanation of the main points of the author/work.
• Commentary on how the source is relevant to your own topic but also the topic in general.
• What makes the author an authority to speak on your topic?

From the UNC Writing Center