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Annotated Bibliographies

Create an Annotated Bibliography Using Refworks and Word

  1. Create a bibliography in RefWorks using the APA 7th - No Case Changes (No Title Casing), DOI:https://doi.org/ style. 
     Screenshot of bibliography citation style drop down menu with APA 7th-No Case Changes (No Title Casing), DOI: https://do.. selected. A red arrow points towards the text of the style name.
  2. Click the "copy to clipboard" button. Screenshot of a RefWorks copy to clipboard button. The button is blue with a white clipboard icon before the white text. A red arrow points from the end of a citation to the copy to clipboard button.
  3. Open a Word document. The instructions below are based on the online version of Word, not the desktop application. 
  4. Paste the bibliography into the document, keeping the source formatting. 
  5. Change the title from "References" to "Annotated Bibliography" or "[Topic]: Annotated Bibliography." Make the title bold and centered on the page. Confirm title requirements with your instructor.
  6. Use the Citing Sources Guide to fix any errors in the citations.  A screenshot of an APA style references page with three citations. Black text on a white background with red boxes around each phrase indicate errors in the citations. Red arrows point from the boxes to the citations.
  7. Select all the text in the document by highlighting it or pressing the Ctrl+A keys. 
  8. While the text is highlighted, click on the three dots on the far right of the menu bar to access the paragraph settings. 
  9. Hover over the "line spacing" option from the drop down menu. Click on "2." Screenshot of an APA style annotated bibliography on a word document. There are no annotations written yet. A red arrow points to the line spacing pop out menu from the paragraph drop down box. The arrow points at the 2.
  10. Click to move your cursor to the end of your first citation.
  11. Again, click on the three dots on the far right of the menu bar. 
  12. Hover over the "line spacing" option from the drop down menu. Click on "Remove space after paragraph." Red arrows point to three dots that open paragraph
  13. Press the enter key.
  14. Again, click on the three dots on the far right of the menu bar. 
  15. Hover over the "special indent" option from the drop down menu. Click on "None." Red arrows point to three dots that open paragraph
  16. Write your annotation. When done, highlight the text of the annotation. 
  17. While the text is highlighted, click the increase indent button once to indent the annotation 0.5 inch from the margin. This button is located in the middle of the menu bar and looks like 5 horizontal lines with a blue arrow pushing them to the right. A screenshot of a word document with an annotated bibliography, including 3 citations, the top one with an annotation that is highlighted. The Increase indent button on the menu bar at the top of the image has a red arrow pointing at it from a red box with the black text "click 1 time while annotation is highlighted".
  18. Repeat steps 10-17 for each citation. An APA style annotated bibliography with three citations. The first citation has an annotation underneath about the Combahee River Collective Statement.