Annotated Bibliography How-to: What good is it?

An Annotated Bibliography is excellent because it: 

• Forces you to start your research early
• Helps organize your sources
• Helps you retrieve sources when you need to refer to them later in your research
• Helps determine if a source is relevant to your specific topic
• Helps ensure completion of the assignment on-time
• Most importantly: exposes you to the process of quality, scholarly research, and the ability to critically evaluate a source and its quality.