Annotated Bibliography是在英文写作中经常会被要求写的一种文体。它在Google中的解释是:Annotated Bibliography是包含书籍、文章或其他资料的参考文献(引用)列表。每个引用后会用一段话(150字左右)对此资源进行简单的描述、总结和评价,用来告诉读者该引用的相关性、准确性和质量。本文中我们将从最常见的两种论文格式APA和MLA格式为大家分别举例说明这两种论文格式下Annotated Bibliography该怎么去完成。它在中文中貌似没有对应的特别贴切的名称,可以叫做“附说明的资料目录”(尽管说来有些拗口)。而在本文中我们仍然称它为Annotated Bibliography。
Annotated Bibliography怎么写?
除了写作课程中,老师会要求我们练习写作Annotated Bibliography。而在实际的研究工作中或者实际生活中,一般Annotated Bibliography并不会单独存在,它存在于开展研究工作或者撰写研究论文(Research Paper)的开始和准备阶段,目的在于帮助你更好的准备你的研究,在查找阅览相关资料时,对有益或者可能对你的研究有帮助的资料进行记录,以便于你在之后的工作中将这些资料用于你的研究中。
顾名思义,Annotated Bibliography里的每个条目由两部分组成:Bibliography和Annotation。
Bibliography包含文献信息。即:作者、书名(文章名)、出版商(杂志名)、出版日期、(线上资源网址)等信息。
Annotation包含对该文献的简单总结和评价。通常是一段大约100-150words的一段话。
总结和描述:简要说明该文献的主要论点、重点内容、主题是什么。
评价:阐述该文献对你的研究可能有什么作用。内容是否可靠、是否客观,它可能用于你的研究的哪个方面。
Annotated Bibliography的具体格式可能存在差别,在开始前你应该有一个明确的Guidelines。
annotated bibliography一共有两大部分,summary 和evaluation。
Summary包括
- fully bibliographic citation
- indicate the content or scope of the text
- outline the main arguement
- indicate the intended audience
- indentify the research methods
- indentify any conclusions made by the authors
其中前三点是必写,后三点可写可不写
evaluation包括:
- point out the relevance of the text for your research
- discuss the reliability of the text
- highlight any special features
- state the strengths and limitations of the text
- present your view or reaction to the text
只有第一点是必写,其他都是选写,但evaluation必须要写三点
summary 和evaluation 加起来一共要写满8点
Annotated Bibliography英文资料例文
Written by Deborah Knott, New College Writing CentreWhat is an annotated bibliography?An annotated bibliography gives an account of the research that has been done on a given topic. Like any bibliography, an annotated bibliography is an alphabetical list of research sources. In addition to bibliographic data, an annotated bibliography provides a concise summary of each source and some assessment of its value or relevance. Depending on your assignment, an annotated bibliography may be one stage in a larger research project, or it may be an independent project standing on its own.Selecting the sources:The quality and usefulness of your bibliography will depend on your selection of sources. Define the scope of your research carefully so that you can make good judgments about what to include and exclude. Your research should attempt to be reasonably comprehensive within well-defined boundaries.Consider these questions to help you find appropriate limits for your research:
What problem am I investigating? What question(s) am I trying to pursue? If your bibliography is part of a research project, this project will probably be governed by a research question. If your bibliography is an independent project on a general topic (e.g. aboriginal women and Canadian law), try formulating your topic as a question or a series of questions in order to define your search more precisely ( e.g. How has Canadian law affecting aboriginal women changed as a result of the Charter of Rights and Freedoms? How have these changes affected aboriginal women? How have aboriginal women influenced and responded to these legal developments?).
What kind of material am I looking for? (academic books and journal articles? government reports or policy statements? articles from the popular press? primary historical sources? etc.)
Am I finding essential studies on my topic? (Read footnotes in useful articles carefully to see what sources they use and why. Keep an eye out for studies that are referred to by several of your sources.)
Summarizing the argument of a source:
An annotation briefly restates the main argument of a source. An annotation of an academic source, for example, typically identifies its thesis (or research question, or hypothesis), its major methods of investigation, and its main conclusions. Keep in mind that identifying the argument of a source is a different task than describing or listing its contents. Rather than listing contents (see Example 1 below), an annotation should account for why the contents are there (see Example 2 below).
Example 1: Only lists contents:
McIvor, S. D. (1995). Aboriginal women’s rights as “existing rights.” Canadian Woman Studies/Les Cahiers de la Femme 2/3, 34-38.
This article discusses recent constitutional legislation as it affects the human rights of aboriginal women in Canada: the Constitution Act (1982), its amendment in 1983, and amendments to the Indian Act (1985). It also discusses the implications for aboriginal women of the Supreme Court of Canada’s interpretation of the Constitution Act in R. v. Sparrow (1991).
Example 2: Identifies the argument:
McIvor, S. D. (1995). Aboriginal women’s rights as “existing rights.” Canadian Woman Studies/Les Cahiers de la Femme 2/3, 34-38.
This article seeks to define the extent of the civil and political rights returned to aboriginal women in the Constitution Act (1982), in its amendment in 1983, and in amendments to the Indian Act (1985).* This legislation reverses prior laws that denied Indian status to aboriginal women who married non-aboriginal men. On the basis of the Supreme Court of Canada’s interpretation of the Constitution Act in R. v. Sparrow (1991), McIvor argues that the Act recognizes fundamental human rights and existing aboriginal rights, granting to aboriginal women full participation in the aboriginal right to self-government.**
*research question
**method & main conclusions
The following reading strategies can help you identify the argument of your source:
Identify the author’s thesis (central claim or purpose) or research question. Both the introduction and the conclusion can help you with this task.
Look for repetition of key terms or ideas. Follow them through the text and see what the author does with them. Note especially the key terms that occur in the thesis or research question that governs the text.
Notice how the text is laid out and organized. What are the main divisions or sections? What is emphasized? Why? Accounting for why will help you to move beyond listing contents and toward giving an account of the argument.
Notice whether and how a theory is used to interpret evidence or data. Identify the method used to investigate the problem/s addressed in the text.
Pay attention to the opening sentence(s) of each paragraph, where authors often state concisely their main point in the paragraph.
Look for paragraphs that summarize the argument. A section may sometimes begin or conclude with such a paragraph.
Assessing the relevance and value of sources:
Your annotation should now go on to briefly assess the value of the source to an investigation of your research question or problem. If your bibliography is part of a research project, briefly identify how you intend to use the source and why. If your bibliography is an independent project, try to assess the source’s contribution to the research on your topic.
Are you interested in the way the source frames its research question or in the way it goes about answering it (its method)? Does it make new connections or open up new ways of seeing a problem? (e.g. bringing the Sparrow decision concerning aboriginal fishing rights to bear on the scope of women’s rights)
Are you interested in the way the source uses a theoretical framework or a key concept? (e.g. analysis of existing, extinguished, and other kinds of rights)
Does the source gather and analyze a particular body of evidence that you want to use? (e.g. the historical development of a body of legislation)
How do the source’s conclusions bear on your own investigation?
In order to determine how you will use the source or define its contribution, you will need to assess the quality of the argument: why is it of value? what are its limitations? how well defined is its research problem? how effective is its method of investigation? how good is the evidence? would you draw the same conclusions from the evidence?
Keep the context of your project in mind. How is material assessed in your course or discipline? What models for assessing arguments are available in course materials?
Various kinds of annotated bibliographies:
Annotated bibliographies do come in many variations. Pay close attention to the requirements of your assignment. Here are some possible variations:
Some assignments may require you to summarize only and not to evaluate.
Some assignments may want you to notice and comment on patterns of similarity and dissimilarity between sources; other assignments may want you to treat each source independently.
If the bibliography is long, consider organizing it in sections. Your categories of organization should help clarify your research question.
Some assignments may require or allow you to preface the bibliography (or its sections) with a paragraph explaining the scope of your investigation and providing a rationale for your selection of sources.
Some language for talking about texts and arguments:
It is sometimes challenging to find the vocabulary in which to summarize and discuss a text. Here is a list of some verbs for referring to texts and ideas that you might find useful:
account for clarify describe exemplify indicate question
analyze compare depict exhibit investigate recognize
argue conclude determine explain judge reflect
assess criticize distinguish frame justify refer to
assert defend evaluate identify narrate report
assume define emphasize illustrate persuade review
claim demonstrate examine imply propose suggest
The evidence indicates that . . . The article assesses the effect of . . .
The author identifies three reasons for . . . The article questions the view that . . .
To learn more on referring to texts and ideas, visit our file on reporting verbs.
This handout and many others are available in Writing in the Health Sciences: a comprehensive guide.
Based on materials originally developed for the Equity Studies Program, New College.
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