Annotated bibliography. You might wish to annotate your working bibliography to include your own description and comments as well as publishing information (whether or not annotations are required), because annotating can help you understand and remember what the source says. If your instructor requires an annotated bibliography, be sure to ask for the specific guidelines you are to follow in creating the bibliography.
Annotations can sometimes be very detailed and may include summaries of the main points in a source and evaluations of the source’s usefulness. However, most annotations students do on their own include fairly brief descriptions and comments.
annotated bibliography entry
Gere, Anne Ruggles. “Kitchen Tables and Rented Rooms: The Extracurriculum of Composition.” Literacy: A Critical Sourcebook. Ed. Ellen Cushman, Eugene R. Kintgen, Barry M. Kroll, and Mike Rose. Boston: Bedford, 2001. 275—89. Print. This history of writing instruction argues that people teach writing and learn to write—and always have—more often in informal places like kitchens than in traditional writing classrooms. Gere presents numerous examples and comments on their importance to the study of writing today.