Research Process: A Step-By-Step Guide

An annotated bibliography is a list of citations followed by a descriptive summary and/or evaluation.

Sometimes the annotation will reflect the applicability of the source to the needs of the researcher. 

The purpose of this type of bibliography is to inform the reader of the relevance, accuracy, and quality of the sources cited.

An annonation may include some or all of these parts: 

• a citation to the source 
• qualifications of the author(s)
• purpose or scope of the work
• topics covered
• summary of findings or conclusions
• audience or reading level
• bias or standpoint of author(s)
• relationship to works in the field
• format/special features
• relevance to your own research

Marans, S. (2013).  Phenomena of Childhood Trauma and Expanding Approaches to Early Intervention.  International Journal of Applied Psychoanalytic Studies, 10(3), 247-266. doi:10.1002/aps.1369

Marans, a professor of child psychiatry at Yale School of Medicine, writes about the benefit of using psychoanalytic training to develop new treatment approaches to benefit children and families impacted by trauma that results from their exposure to violence.  Since this article reflects the work he has done to partner with law enforcement, it provides both a theoretical model as well as practical implementation to early intervention with children impacted by trauma.  This research is important to my topic of exploring different options in community intervention and treatment of trauma in early childhood trauma.