Course: The Art of Effective Scientific Communication

Start with your Technical Topic

One important part of being an "expert" in any field is being well-read in your topic. Early in your research, it was important for you to read a number of background articles, so that you had a solid grasp of the current research understanding of that topic.

When you read each of those book chapters and journal publications, you likely made notes in your laboratory notebook on what you learned, so you could refer to it later. Now it is time to consolidate those notes in an annotated bibliography. Let's read about what these are, how they are formatted, look at some examples and then create one for your assignment.