AnnotatedBibliography

=Annotated bibliography= (see Phase B)

of reading completed or planned. The primary goal in annotating is for **you** to check the significance of the reading against your current project definition and priorities, and secondarily for readers to review the bibliography and help you identify holes and any mismatch between what you are reading and your Governing Question.

An annotated bibliography also allows you to > a) compose sentences that may find its way into your writing, and > b) have your citations already typed in (use the format/citation style you intend to use for your final report).

Relationship to your Focus is more important than quantity. Don't pack or pad this with zillions of references you've found in your searches, but instead use the compilation of a bibliography to stimulate your clarifying whether and in what ways an article is relevant to your project. Omit readings that no longer relate to the current direction of your project.

Because your topic might have changed or should be more concise by the time you submit this bibliography, take stock of that and begin with a revised single-paragraph statement of the current topic and Governing Question. Writing a tighter statement will also help to expose changes, gaps, and ambiguities. Comments by others on your initial statement also helps, provided you ignore those rendered irrelevant by changes in your direction.