On compiling an annotated bibliography

Some Preliminaries

Is there a need for this bibliography?

Do I have the temperament and qualifications to do the work?

Do I have the necessary resources to complete (and, with an electronic bibliography, maintain) the project?

Am I willing to publish updates and corrections?

Organization of an Annotated Bibliography

Prefatory matter

The entries

The index

Planning Your Research

Compiling the Entries

Identifying the scholarly works

Obtaining works

Writing the entries

Using a Computer to Prepare Your Manuscript

Final Editing

Indexing

Writing the Prefatory Matter

Annotation Verbs, Compiled by Ken Bugajski.