SW 245 - Global Child Advocacy: Home
Welcome to the SW245 Library Guide
This guide was put together for students in SW245. Please use it to get acquainted with your research project where you will do research on a topic and create an Annotated Bibliography.
- The home page discusses that ins and outs of your assignment and provides some helpful links where you can begin your research. There is also a video that demonstrates how to find scholarly articles within the UB Libraries OneSearch function.
- The second page describes what an Annotated Bibliography is and how to successfully create one. There are also links to APA citation style guides.
- The third page details how to contact your liaison librarian.
Your Research Project
Part 1: Select a country to research - - - - 5 points
Pick a country you are interested in exploring.
Part 2: Complete an annotated bibliography and an outline - - - -10 points
After selecting a country, you will research key child advocacy issues in that nation. You must provide a list of at least eight (8) academic sources and provide a summary of the key points of that reference in the annotated bibliography. You will also submit an outline of for your final paper, covering all of the points listed in Part 3.
(Note: an academic source means information that comes from a book or a peer-reviewed/scholarly article.)
Part 3: Final Paper - - - -30 points
The final paper will use the references you listed in the annotated bibliography to address the following:
- Identify key issues related to child well-being in the chosen country
- Describe views and perspectives on child development and family in the chosen country
- Identify the position of this country on the United National Declaration of Children's Rights
- Describe the advocacy efforts related to child well-being issues in the chosen country
- Other relevant health and welfare issues in the country, including considerations of social identities (including but not limited to factors like gender, race, religion, socio-economic status, sexual orientation, and political environment)
Helpful Resources from the Web
United Nations Declaration of Children's RIghts:
- Declaration of the Rights of the Child (1959) - The United Nations website provides the verbiage from the Declaration of the Rights of Children from 1959.
- United Nations - Global Issues: Children - Another United Nations page, this website provides helpful information to get a stronger understanding of the protection of the welfare of children, where it started, and where it is now.
UNICEF:
Pertinent Scholarly Databases for the Assignment
- Academic Search Complete This link opens in a new windowAcademic Search Complete is a great database to get started with any research. It is multi-disciplinary, meaning it has all different types of information.
- APA PsycINFO This link opens in a new windowAPA PsycInfo is the #1 suggested database to do any type of social work or psychologically driven research. It looks similar to Academic Search Complete but is more geared to the humanities.
- JSTOR This link opens in a new windowJSTOR is another humanites style database that looks a bit different from the top two in this column. Exploring it is just as easy, but it might take a little while to get a handle on it.