Kazdin, Chapter 13. Annotated Bibliographies Information from professional journals provide a strong foundation for research papers and projects. In the process of studying the literature in your area, you and other scholars frequently keep careful notes on your references. In essence you are annotating the bibliographic source. When actually writing the paper these notes are invaluable aids to remembering author's arguments, research methods, number of participants in research groups, conclusions, etc.
Annotated bibliographies are clear, concise summaries of authors' material.
Generally, material found in journals and professional books are primarily either theoretical or empirical. The second type of material reports on studies that verify prior ideas or theories, i.e. documenting what really happened. An annotated bibliography of an author's writings on theories and constructs should include a clear description of the theory, underlying concepts, potential hypotheses, and applications. A bibliographic reference of a research article or project, however, should include a description of the problem and research participants, a summary of the procedures and methods, a summary of the major results, and the most important conclusions. Bibliographic references should be on an IBM-compatible 3 computer disk or be printed on separate sheets of paper and conform to the writing style specified in Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association .