American University Library
 
  site search system status  
search
  
how to ...
research / ALADIN
online services
classes and tutorials
about the library
What a Literature Review is not…

1. An Annotated Bibliography

WHAT IS AN ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY?
An annotated bibliography is a list of citations to books, articles, and documents. Each citation is followed by a brief (usually about 150 words) descriptive and evaluative paragraph, the annotation. The purpose of the annotation is to inform the reader of the relevance, accuracy, and quality of the sources cited.

2. Literary Review

What is A LITERARY REVIEW?
A literary review is a brief critical discussion about the merits and weaknesses of a literary work such as a play, novel or a book of poems

3. A Book Review

What is a Book Review?
A brief critical discussion about the merits and weaknesses of a particular book. Book reviews of creative works are sometimes called literary reviews. Scholarly books are also reviewed by other scholars. Scholarly book reviews are often published in scholarly journals.

Next

Back to Top  
Return to Homepage  

© 2007 American University. All rights reserved.  

myALADIN friends of AU library online suggestion box virtual tour ask a librarian site index