Building Your Annotated Bibliography
How to Create Your Bibliography - Wisconsin NHD YouTube video
Annotated Bibliography Specifics from NHD
You should build your bibliography as you conduct your research. Simply put, if you wait until the end of your project, this task will be messy, confusing, and complicated. It is easy to forget sources, mix up one source with another, and make simple mistakes. Let us start by citing a simple source together.
Example Annotated Bibliographies
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Use NoodleTools to create a polished, accurate annotated bibliography and also keep track in note cards of the quotes and paraphrases and where you found them in your sources. Since it is saved on a server, you do not have to worry about a water bottle exploding in your backpack and your notes getting soaked—the materials are always there when you log into the computer or via your tablet.
How to Create and Edit Source References
To cite a book, you need five key elements, OR I can import the information by using the ISBN number on the book:
Creating Annotations:
Now we need to create an annotation to support that citation. Essentially, we are giving the reader a hint about what he or she could find in this source. A good annotation contains three components:
You should use the annotation to explain why you categorized a particular source as primary or secondary, only if that is likely to be controversial. Historians do sometimes disagree, and there is not always one right answer, so justify your choice to the NHD judges.
o “This book included three letters between person X on the frontier and person Y in New England, which provided insight into the struggles and experiences of the settlers.”
o “This book provided four photos of settlers on the Great Plains and their homes, which were used on the exhibit.”
Credits for documentaries. You are supposed to give credit in a documentary for photos or other primary sources, but you can do this in a general way, such as by writing, “Photos from: National Archives, Ohio Historical Society, A Photographic History of the Civil War” in your credits. You then can use the annotation in the bibliography to provide more detailed information about the images that you found and HOW you used them in your documentary.
How to Create Your Bibliography - Wisconsin NHD YouTube video
Annotated Bibliography Specifics from NHD
You should build your bibliography as you conduct your research. Simply put, if you wait until the end of your project, this task will be messy, confusing, and complicated. It is easy to forget sources, mix up one source with another, and make simple mistakes. Let us start by citing a simple source together.
Example Annotated Bibliographies
One
Two
Use NoodleTools to create a polished, accurate annotated bibliography and also keep track in note cards of the quotes and paraphrases and where you found them in your sources. Since it is saved on a server, you do not have to worry about a water bottle exploding in your backpack and your notes getting soaked—the materials are always there when you log into the computer or via your tablet.
How to Create and Edit Source References
To cite a book, you need five key elements, OR I can import the information by using the ISBN number on the book:
- The name(s) of the author(s)
- The complete title of the book
- The city where it was published
- The name of the company or university that published the book
- The most recent copyright date of the book.
Creating Annotations:
Now we need to create an annotation to support that citation. Essentially, we are giving the reader a hint about what he or she could find in this source. A good annotation contains three components:
- It identifies what type of source this is (song, poem, book, website, journal article, diary entry, newspaper article, you get the drift….)
- How was the source used?
- How did the source help you understand your topic and create your project?
You should use the annotation to explain why you categorized a particular source as primary or secondary, only if that is likely to be controversial. Historians do sometimes disagree, and there is not always one right answer, so justify your choice to the NHD judges.
- Secondary source that included primary material. You may also use the annotation to explain that a book or other secondary source included several documents, photographs, or other primary materials used for the project. But please note, this book is still a secondary source, and should be included in the secondary source section of your bibliography.
o “This book included three letters between person X on the frontier and person Y in New England, which provided insight into the struggles and experiences of the settlers.”
o “This book provided four photos of settlers on the Great Plains and their homes, which were used on the exhibit.”
Credits for documentaries. You are supposed to give credit in a documentary for photos or other primary sources, but you can do this in a general way, such as by writing, “Photos from: National Archives, Ohio Historical Society, A Photographic History of the Civil War” in your credits. You then can use the annotation in the bibliography to provide more detailed information about the images that you found and HOW you used them in your documentary.
- Should I list each photograph or document individually? When you find a collection of photographs that you want to use, you only need to cite them once, as a group.