Nápověda:Anotace

An annotation is a summary and/or evaluation of the resource - description with comments on its value or relevance. It could include:

• content of the resource
• usefulness and/or scope of the resource
• limitations of the resource
• usefulness and aoudience
• evaluation of the methods (research) used
• evaluation of the reliability of and/or the author’s background
• discussion of the conclusions
• significant or special features of the work
• personal reaction to the resource

Type of annotation

Indicative

• Defines the source scope, lists significant topics, and tells what the source is about; shorter than an informative annotation because it gives no actual information from the source (hypotheses, proofs)

Informative

• Summarizes the source: beginning with the thesis, including the main arguements and proofs, ending with the conclusion

Evaluative

• Assesses the value of the source, outlining its strengths and weaknesses

Combined

• The most commonly used annotation form. One or two sentences summarizing the content and one or two sentences evaluating the source.

How to write an annotation

The following links are about how to write an annotated bibliography, and they include also some examples:

http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/614/01/

http://library.umcrookston.edu/annotate.htm

http://www.library.mun.ca/guides/howto/annotated_bibl.php

http://www.library.cornell.edu/newhelp/res_strategy/citing/annotated.html

http://core.ecu.edu/engl/snyderh/1200/how2annbib.html

http://www.lib.umich.edu/ugl/guides/assist/assignments/annotatedbib.html