LibGuides: URBS 3308: Introduction to Urban Ethnographies: Citing and Writing

Annotated bibliographies & literature reviews

Annotated Bibliographies - UNC Writing Center
This explains why annotated bibliographies are useful for researchers, provides an explanation of what constitutes an annotation, describes various types of annotations and styles for writing them, and offers multiple examples of annotated bibliographies in the MLA, APA, and CBE/CSE styles of citation.
Literature reviews - UNC Writing Center
Explains what they are and why we make them

Oxford Bibliographies Online
Offers peer-reviewed annotated bibliographies on specific topics in a growing range of subject areas. There are at least 50 specific topical bibliographies in each subject area. Each of these features an introduction to the topic. Bibliographies are browseable by subject area and keyword searchable.
Annual Reviews
Literature reviews of topics in biomedical, physical and social sciences published as annual journals.

Many urban studies journals use the Chicago Manual of Style author-date style.

Here are some other citation resources:

Citation Management Software
This is a Barnard Library guide to tools that help manage citations and build bibliographies, including Zotero, EndNote, and Mendeley.
Excelsior Online Writing Lab (OWL)
OWL has lots of general and subject-specific writing tips and techniques, along with research advice and detailed citation and formatting standards for the APA, MLA, and Chicago styles.
Purdue Online Research Lab (OWL)
Purdue OWL offers detailed information about making citations in APA, Chicago, and MLA, and also provides guidelines for writing in art history, engineering and related disciplines.
Zotero
Zotero allows you to save and organize citations for books, articles, and other materials to your own personal library. Zotero can automatically save citations from catalogs and databases, or you can manually add information for special items.