Research Moves Toward Electronic Annotated Bibliography

Comparing electronic annotated bibliography to the traditional style is like comparing an electric typewriter to a word processor—once one uses a word processor, there’s no going back to an electric typewriter. Similarly, once a person has used electronic annotated bibliography, no looking back to the old ways.

An example of an electronic annotated bibliography is called Zotero, a free service. While researching Poe, I use it to collect, manage, and cite my research sources.

With clicks from my mouse and by installing Zotero in my web browser, I save time. As an English researcher, my Works Cited page is formatted easily.

Another example is Diigo, which is my favorite and preferred method to store my notes and sources for research. Why would someone use an old-fashioned method of index cards or copy/pasting with a word processor articles and type notes, when all this can be done through Diigo. It’s also free, and I highly recommend it.