Annotated Bibliographies
Create an Annotated Bibliography Using Refworks and Word
- Create a bibliography in RefWorks using the ASA - American Sociological Association, 7th Edition style.
- Click the "copy to clipboard" button.
- Open a Word document. The instructions below are based on the online version of Word, not the desktop application.
- Paste the bibliography into the document, keeping the source formatting.
- Use the Citing Sources Guide to fix any errors in the citations.
- Select all the text in the document by highlighting it or pressing the Ctrl+A keys.
- While the text is highlighted, click on the three dots on the far right of the menu bar to access the paragraph settings.
- Hover over the "line spacing" option from the drop down menu. Click on "2."
- Click to move your cursor to the end of your first citation (after the final period).
- Again, click on the three dots on the far right of the menu bar.
- Hover over the "line spacing" option from the drop down menu. Click on "Remove space after paragraph."
- Press the enter key.
- Again, click on the three dots on the far right of the menu bar.
- Hover over the "special indent" option from the drop down menu. Click on "None."
- Write your annotation. When done, click to move your cursor to the start of your annotation and press the tab button to indent the first line of the annotation 0.5 inch from the margin.
- Repeat steps 9-15 for each citation.
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