Now that we have completed half of the semester and delved into various topics on management in Social Work agencies, you will complete an annotated bibliography reviewing five scholarly articles or book chapters from the literature on a specific area of social work management of interest to you. Each bibliographic entry will have 25 to 40 words describing the paper and another 25 to 40 words evaluating the contents given the student’s practice. The student will include a copy of one of the articles or chapters for the instructor’s review.
APA Guide:
The Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association(6th ed.) states the following formatting rules:
The text and the reference list should be double-spaced.
Numbering starts on the title page, at the top right of the page.
Reference list entries must have a hanging indent (to do this in Microsoft Word 2003, click Format, then Paragraph, then Special, and choose Hanging).
There should be 1 inch (2.54 cm) margins all around (top, bottom, left, and right) on each page.
Use Times Roman font or similar serif font.
Each paragraph should be indented.
Example:
Battle, K. (2007). Child poverty: The evolution and impact of child benefits. In Covell, K., & Howe, R. B. (Eds), A question of commitment: Children’s rights in Canada (pp. 21-44). Waterloo, ON Wilfrid Laurier University Press.
Ken Battle draws on his research as an extensively-published policy analyst and a close study of some government documents to explain child benefits in Canada. He outlines some fundamental assumptions supporting the belief that all society members should contribute to children’s upbringing. His comparison of Canadian child poverty rates to those in other countries provides a useful wake-up to anyone assuming Canadian society is doing a good job of protecting children from want. He pays particular attention to the National Child Benefit (NCB), arguing that it did not deserve the criticism it received from politicians and journalists. He outlines the NCB’s development, costs, and benefits, including its dollar contribution to a typical recipient’s income. He laments that the Conservative government scaled back the program in favor of the Universal Child Care Benefit (UCCB) and clearly explains why it is inferior. However, Battle relies too heavily on his own work; he is the sole or primary author of almost half the sources in his bibliography. He could make this work stronger by drawing from the perspectives of others’ analyses. However, Battle does offer a valuable source for this essay because the chapter provides a concise overview of government-funded assistance currently available to parents. This offers context for analyzing the scope and financial reality of child poverty in Canada.
