Attachment VI
GUIDELINES
FOR FIELD BIBLIOGRAPHIES
The
field bibliography is an extensive bibliography reflecting your knowledge
of the literature of the field. Students will prepare a comprehensive
bibliography in preparation for the qualifying exams for each of the
three fields of study: (1) a social welfare problem area and related
policies and institutions: (2) a field of social science theory and
research containing theories, concepts, empirical data, and methodology
and (3) a field of social welfare intervention.
Scope
of Field Bibliography. The scope of the field bibliography will
be negotiated in independent study with your faculty adviser. Each field
covers a very large area of knowledge, and while there is no recommended
length, students and their advisers sometimes think of it as if they
were preparing the bibliography for a complete course in that area.
For instance, if the problem field is "The Family, Family Functioning,"
one might consider all the topics that they might cover in a one semester
course and develop the bibliography accordingly.
It
is recommended, but not required, that the student use some form of
data base management system with an annotation function, like ENDNOTE,
to keep track of the readings for easy retrieval in the future.
Role
of the Faculty Supervisor. The role of the faculty supervisor, normally
a School of Social Welfare senate faculty member, is threefold: the
faculty member must work with the student to develop the scope of the
bibliography; to discuss the items as they are read; and to serve as
an examiner on the student’s qualifying exam. Normally faculty members
who supervise the preparation of the field bibliographies are the “major
examiners” at the qualifying examinations.
Relation
of the Field Bibliography and the Research Papers Submitted for the
Qualifying Examination. While the bibliography represents a comprehensive
view of a large field, the research paper should focus in depth on a
narrow topic within that field. See Attachment
V). The research paper is developed in independent study with
a faculty member. That faculty member may or may not be the same person
who supervises the field bibliography in that field. Keep in mind that
it is the supervisor of the field bibliography, not the research paper,
who serves as an examiner at the qualifying examinations.
Relation
of the Field Bibliography and the Qualifying Examination. The
student is expected to have read all the items on the field bibliography
and to have discussed them with his/her adviser. At the examination
the student is expected to demonstrate a wide knowledge of each of the
fields in the responses he/she gives to the examiners, even when the
question deals with the research paper. While not all items on the bibliographies
will be subject to questions, students should expect that they may be
questioned on any of them.
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