ABSTRACT
Many writers, especially novice writers, find it difficult to write good notes as they compose an annotated bibliography. Chapter 6 introduces student writers and other researchers to reading and note-taking strategies for getting information from sources into annotations. The first section discusses writing a good descriptive annotation by finding basic information about sources in three places: the source itself, the library (catalog, databases, etc.), and the Internet. The next section explains strategies for writing summative annotation by using a source’s purpose, organization, and source type as guides. The final section explains how to write evaluative and reflective annotations by using notes and the source itself.
