Preparing an annotated bibliography to begin

An annotated bibliography includes article citations with paragraphs of varying length that summarize or evaluate the article’s content.  Crafting the annotated bibliography will help you learn more about the subject you want to investigate.  it will also “encourage” you to read more critically.  When you’re finished with your annotated bibliography, you can determine each article’s contribution to the development of your ressearch question.

Purdue’s Online Writing Lab has a great section on writing annotated bibliographies with an example in APA style.  The section on quoting, paraphrasing and summarizing as well as the section on evaluating sources might be useful to you.