An annotation consists of three separate paragraphs that cover three respective components: summary, analysis, and application. These three components convey the relevance and value of the source. As such, an annotation demonstrates your critical thinking about, and authority on, the source topic. 

An annotated bibliography is a document containing selected sources accompanied by a respective annotation of each source. In preparation for your own future research, an annotated bibliography provides a background for understanding a portion of the existing literature on a particular topic. It is also a useful first step in gathering sources in preparation for writing a subsequent literature review as part of a dissertation.  

Annotate one qualitative research article from a peer-reviewed journal on a topic of your interest.

•Provide the reference list entry for this article in APA Style followed by a three-paragraph annotation that includes:

•A summary

•An analysis

•An application as illustrated in this example