Week 4
Annotate means to ‘make a note’, and biblio refers to ‘book’. Simply stated, an annotated bibliography is a list of sources or citations with a brief evaluative summary about each source. Its purpose is to describe and evaluate a full text in a way that provides sufficient information for the reader to make an informed decision about whether they are likely to benefit from reading the full text.
How to write an annotated bibliography
Survey the literature available to find texts which best address your topic or question. Read abstracts or academic book reviews to help you select appropriately. You should aim to cover a range of different approaches to your topic. Note down complete bibliographic details for your chosen texts, in the referencing style preferred by your department. Read and take notes on your selected texts, with attention to the author’s theoretical approach, the scope of their paper within the topic, main points or findings on the topic, and the author’s stance. Evaluate as you read and reflect this in your notes; this way your bibliography will not merely be a catalogue, but present your own informed stance on the texts and the topic as a whole.
There are two main sections to each annotated bibliography entry:
- the bibliographical information (the reference).
- the explanatory paragraphs (the annotation).
Parts of the annotation
The annotation must provide
- a summary of the main arguments or ideas presented by the author and depending on your assessment requirements.
- an evaluation of how useful we found the source. Assess its objectivity, reliability and bias, and compare it with other sources we have used.
- a reflection on how we used the source in your research.
List of articles:
1. A review of connectivity challenges in IoT-smart home
2. A review of smart home applications based on Internet of Things
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IoT based smart home: Security challenges, security requirements and solutions
| Name: | Abhishek Chauhan |
| Project Title: | IOT, smart homes technologies and their impacts |
| Week No: | 4 | Date:24/03/2020 |
| Planning |
| MILESTONE | PLANNED: | ACTUAL: | COMMENT: |
| 1.Study for specific methodologies and project initiation |
Researching past methodologies to find out the outcome of the problem. |
· Indicate the correct methodology and begin work on it step by step | Getting information about how the preceding researchers solve the problem. |
| ISSUES | |||
| DESCRIPTION | DATE: | ACTION/RESULTS: | FINESHED (Y/N) |
| N/A | 30/03/2020 | note down the main important points. | N |