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Thursday's lecture has given me a better insight on how to work on the annotated bibliography. They can be viewed as a collection of the notes taken from the reading that summarizes the paper.
The main objective is that our annotated bibliographies will be the main source of content to write about in our topics. So we will not be looking at the paper's we have read by that point. From my experience, it’s not the 'writing part' of the annotated bibliography that is quite difficult but rather the ability to effectively dissect and pinpoint what you need from the paper.
So this week I decided to spend more time taking down what I need from the paper. If the paper seemed of interest, I made sure to highlight the questions that it aimed to answer, after which I followed the method Shaun showed us by reading through the abstract/ introduction and conclusion. Then I moved to the body of the text, and rather than trying to read the entire paper, I selectively looked for areas where paper answers the question set out in the introduction or abstract and tried to include some examples to back up the points mentioned.
It’s still a exhausting process, especially when you’re not used reading an academic article like you would with the morning newspaper or your favorite novel. It’s a skill that comes with time and persistence.
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