Annotated Bibliographies

Prevent plagiarism

•Allows instructor to assess whether or not students have used or understood cited references

–Remedy problem prior to final paper

–Require certain source material

•Few papers require them, making it more difficult to purchase the paper (Harris, 2004)

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	If you require certain source information, you can see if students accurately understood the material based on annotations. In addition, if you are concerned about a student’s work based on annotated bibliographies, you can recommend specific works to add.