Complete bibliographic information.
Some or all of the following:
ü Information to explain the authority and/or qualifications of the author. For example: Dr. William Smith, a history professor at XYZ University, based his book on twenty years of research.
ü Scope and main purpose of the work.
ü Any biases that you detect.
ü Intended audience and level of reading difficulty.
ü The relationship, if any, to other works in the area of study.
ü A summary comment, e.g., A popular account directed at educated adults.
The annotation should be about 100 to 200 words.
Sample Annotation
| (1) Trevor, C.O., Lansford, B. and Black, J.W. (2004). Employee turnover and job performance: monitoring the influences of salary growth and promotion. Journal of Armchair Psychology. Vol 113, no.1, pp. 56-64. (2) In this article Trevor et al. review the influences of pay and job opportunities in respect to job performance, turnover rates and employee motivation. (3) The authors use data gained through organisational surveys of blue-chip companies in Vancouver, Canada to try to identify the main causes of employee turnover and whether it is linked to salary growth. (4) Their research focuses on assessing a range of pay structures such as pay for performance and organisational reward schemes. (5) The article is useful to my research topic, as Trevor et al. suggest that there are numerous reasons for employee turnover and variances in employee motivation and performance. (6) The main limitation of the article is that the survey sample was restricted to mid-level management, (7) thus the authors indicate that further, more extensive, research needs to be undertaken to develop a more in-depth understanding of employee turnover and job performance. (8) This article will not form the basis of my research; however it will be useful supplementary information for my research on pay structures. | Key (1) Citation (2) Introduction (3) Aims & Research (4) Scope (5) Usefulness (to your research/ to a particular topic) (6) Limitations (7) Conclusions (8) Reflection (explain how this work illuminates your topic or how it will fit in with your research) |
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2. , : The author outlines (points out, reviews, analyses)
3. : The results obtained confirm (lead to, show)
4. , : The paper summarizes, in summing up to author, at the end of the article the author sums up...
The article deals with
As the title implies the article describes...
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It is known that
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The fact that is stressed.
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It is reported that
The text gives valuable information on
Much attention is given to
It is shown that
The following conclusions are drawn
The paper looks at recent research dealing with
The main idea of the article is
It gives a detailed analysis of
It draws our attention to
It is stressed that
The article is of great help to
The article is of interest to
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Rendering
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It is based on
This article/text/report is intended to
It draws to
This article/text/report looks at/describes
According to
In the words of
In general/ On the whole/ In he main
Interestingly/ Curiously/ Oddly/ Strangely/ Surprisingly/ Predictably/ It is interesting that
To sum up/ To summarize/ On balance/ In short/
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The text tells about
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The aim of the article/text is to tell the reader about
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Then Im going to add
I want to point out the following facts that were new for me
In conclusion Id like to say
I like because / I dislike because
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I think Id much prefer to
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Thats what I thought
And thats another thing
Theres much variety in
To be similar in
Theres a tremendous number of differences in
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I (dont) think we should
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