History of the Built Environment I (ID 108)

A bibliography is a list of books, articles, and other sources of information (also called References or Works Cited).

An annotation is a note about a book, article or other source, explaining what it’s about, why it’s relevant, or what point of view it demonstrates.

An annotated bibliography is a bibliography (list of sources) with annotations (notes about those sources).

The following prompts provide a template for writing an annotation. Remove the ellipses and turn each line into a sentence. Then, remove the numbering and turn the sentences into a paragraph.

1. This (book/article/essay) is about …
2. It is written by (or edited by) … for …
3. It relates to my topic because …
4. Unlike (other source), it…
5. Like (other source), it…

 Sentence 2: Identifying the author, editor and/or publisher

• Provide the title or qualifications of the author(s) or editor(s) along with where they work. For example:
  • It is written by an architectural history professor at Yale University.
• If it was published by a museum or university press, include that information as well. For example:
  • It is edited by an art historian and published by Yale University Press.
• If it was published in conjunction with a museum exhibition, include that information. For example:
  • It is written by the chief curator of the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth and published by Rizzoli in association with that museum.
  • It is edited by a curator of Ancient American Art at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the director of the J. Paul Getty Museum, and a senior research specialist at the Getty Research Institute. It was published by the J. Paul Getty Museum and the Getty Research Institute on the occasion of an exhibition held at the Getty Center in 2018.

Sentence 3: Ways a source might relate to a topic

• Info about your topic or theme
• Info about other buildings or interiors related to your topic or theme
• Info about an example
• Info about creator(s) of an example
• Images or plans of an example
• Something written by creator(s) of an example
• Other writings on architecture or design from the time of an example
• Info about style / time period of an example

Marks, Andreas. Japan Journeys: Famous Woodblock Prints of Cultural Sights in Japan. North Clarendon: Tuttle Publishing, 2015. ProQuest Ebook Central.

This book is about Japanese woodblock prints of famous places in Japan. It is written by the curator of Japanese and Korean art at the Minneapolis Institute of Art. It relates to my topic because it provides good quality illustrations of Japanese architecture amid nature. Unlike Japan: Architecture, Constructions, Ambiances, it does not provide a lot of information about the architecture.

• The citation and annotation are both double-spaced with no spaces between paragraphs.
• The citation is formatted with a hanging indent (first line is not indented but all later lines are).
• The annotation is not indented.

Hanging Indent

To set the hanging indent, highlight the citation, right-click, and click Paragraph Options. Under Indentation, click the drop-down menu labeled Special and select Hanging Indent.