The purpose of an annotation is to provide the potential reader with enough information for them to determine whether the materials should be obtained. An annotation is more than a summary or abstract.
Annotations contain information about most of the areas described below.
Use this list as a guide as you write annotations for your Project Better Findings. This guide is accompanied by a photocopied page from Choice with sample annotations. A class exercise has the students and instructors read an article and write annotations which are shared in class. Most students revise their annotations several times before they are accepted with the Project Better Finding. This annotation guide is based on one written by Eugene Engeldinger.