Chicago Manual of Style
The Chicago Manual of Style contains information on how to format a citation and ways to format your annotation in section 13.68
Annotated Bibliographies are made up of two parts:
- A formatted Chicago bibliography entry
- An annotation, which will often summarize the source and include information on how this source relates to your chosen topic
Some helpful tips:
- While a generated citation is a fine place to start, always double check these against the Chicago Manual of Style, as they will often make mistakes
- Do not just copy the abstract of an article as an annotation! You are responsible for writing your own.
- Ensure your citation uses a hanging indent of 0.5in/1.27cm. Your word processor should be able to do this for you!
- Include a line space between your citation and the annotation, and ensure the entire annotation is indented 0.5in/1.27cm from the left margin
