Annotations in Your Book

Annotations in Your BookAn annotated bibliography is a book containing facts or quotations from the author but not necessarily to add to the depth of the main body of the article. An annotated bibliography is sometimes referred to as an 'annotated bibliography' by those authors who have not included these facts or quotations in their main text.An annotated bibliography is frequently a short list of quotations. In other cases, the annotated bibliography might include a series of essays that are well-written and informative, but that has no bearing on the discussion at hand. Some of the more common examples of annotated bibliographies are an examination of the author's early career, a brief biography, a review of a famous play, and an introduction to a new text. Because such a bibliography can contain quotations from primary sources, an annotated bibliography may be presented for reference purposes.Although many publishers' agents may recommend that you insert citations to secondary so urces and websites throughout your manuscript, it is important to remember that the annotations should only appear after the primary source material has been referenced. In other words, you do not use an annotated bibliography to stand alone in your manuscript. When using an annotated bibliography, make sure that the annotations appear in a logical order with no additional information that is not necessary. The entire annotation can be a quotation, an essay, or a list of facts or a list of quotations. There is usually a space for an author's name.An annotated bibliography should contain a complete bibliography of the information that it contains. If the text contains a link to another document, the bibliography must have an indication of this, in the form of a page or two after the link. An annotated bibliography should not contain a citation to a website that provides the information that is used within the bibliography. The bibliography should have a space for an author's name. By including this information, the bibliography enables readers to read the bibliography in its entirety and can enhance the impact of your text.It is critical to ensure that the annotations and the bibliography are properly formatted so that readers can easily navigate between the bibliography and the source material. Readers should be able to quickly identify the annotation and the source material. The annotations should be formatted with the same font style and size that are used throughout the text. The format of the annotations should also allow readers to quickly scan the annotations to locate the specific information they need.The bibliography may be filed as an appendix, a separate volume, or even listed as a footnote in the text of the manuscript. In the case of a research paper, an annotated bibliography should appear in the manuscript, along with the primary source material, as part of the body of the manuscript. As such, the annotations should be numbered within the text a nd should not be included within the index. The annotation should provide pertinent and accurate information about the primary source material. While an annotation can be a valuable aid to readers, do not write a bibliography that includes an overly complex annotation that is difficult to read.Do not forget that when compiling your bibliography for inclusion in your book, you are not required to add in an extensive number of entries unless your book is going to be published as a hardcover edition. However, an annotated bibliography should be able to provide readers with a sufficient amount of information for them to identify the source material.