Subject Guide : Social Work

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Social Work Abstracts (EBSCO)

Coverage of more than 450 social work and human services journals. Produced by the National Association of Social Workers (NASW), the database provides citations and abstracts dealing with all aspects of the social work field, including theory and practice, areas of service and social issues and problems. Dissertations and theses available. Coverage: 1965-

Encyclopedia of Social Work (Oxford)

Contains four hundred subject entries and two hundred brief biographies of key figures in the history of social work. 20th Edition.

PsycINFO (EBSCO)

Contains nearly 3 million citations and summaries of scholarly journal articles, book chapters, books, and dissertations, all in psychology and related disciplines, dating as far back as the 1800s. 98 percent of the covered material is peer-reviewed. Dissertations and theses available. Coverage: 1887 –

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Academic (LexisNexis)

Provides access to full-text news, business, and legal publications, using a variety of flexible search options and resources often not indexed elsewhere. 1980-Present

Academic OneFile (Gale)

A source for peer-reviewed full-text articles from world's leading journals and reference sources. Over 13,000 indexed journals, more than 6,500 full text. Full Text Coverage of the New York Times from 1995 – current. Total coverage 1980 – current

Academic Search Complete (EBSCO)

This multi-disciplinary database provides full text for more than 8,500 journals, including full text for more than 7,300 peer-reviewed titles. Coverage: 1887-

ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials (EBSCO)

Religious and theological literature for students and faculty. Supports religious and theological scholarship in graduate education and faculty research. Includes a full range of index citations to journal articles, essays in multi-author works, and book reviews from three ATLA print indexes: Religion Index One (RIO), Religion Index Two (RIT), and Index to Book Reviews in Religion (IBRR). Dissertations and theses available. Coverage back to 1818

CQ- Public Affairs Collection (CQ)

Features in-depth reporting on vital issues, statistical and historical analyses, historic documents and primary source materials, as well as a directory of key government, nonprofit, and private organizations in each of the major policy areas.

CQ Researcher (CQ)

Comprehensive reporting and analysis on issues in the news. CQ Researcher is noted for its in-depth, unbiased coverage of health, social trends, criminal justice, international affairs, education, the environment, technology, and the economy.

CQ Weekly (CQ)

Reports on the world's most powerful legislative body completely and accurately every week. In-depth reports on issues looming on the congressional horizon, plus a complete wrap up the previous week's news, including the status of bills in play, behind-the-scenes maneuvering, committee and floor activity, debates and all roll-call votes.

Criminal Justice Abstracts (EBSCO)

The criminology database from SAGE Publications, contains comprehensive coverage of international journals, books, reports, dissertations and unpublished papers on criminology and related disciplines. Dissertations and theses available.

Criminology (SAGE)

Covers such subjects as Criminal Justice, Juvenile Delinquency, Juvenile Justice, Corrections, Penology, Policing, Forensic Psychology, and Family and Domestic Violence.

Dissertations & Theses: The Humanities and Social Sciences Collection (ProQuest)

A comprehensive collection of scholarly research in the Humanities and Social Sciences, this database covers more than 1 million dissertations and theses from 1637 to present

ERIC (EBSCO)

Journal articles and reports in education of published and unpublished sources. Dissertations and theses available. *Same index also provided by U.S. Department of Education.

JSTOR (JSTOR)

The JSTOR Archive Collections provide complete digitized runs for hundreds of journals in more than 50 academic disciplines. For most journals in the JSTOR archive there is a “moving wall” embargo (typically five years, but sometimes longer or shorter) on current access.

ProQuest Congressional (ProQuest)

Retrieve congressional materials and legislative histories by searching abstracts, titles, indexing information and other bibliographic data. For any topic dealing with policy issues, this database is a must. Newspapers indexed are The Hill, Rollcall, and Washington Post

ProQuest Psychology Journals (ProQuest)

With complete full-text coverage from 540 top psychology and 800 journals indexed, this database meets the needs of both students and mental health professionals. Dissertations and theses available. Over 4,000 full text dissertations.

ProQuest Research Library (ProQuest)

Over 5000 titles and 3,500 Full Text titles. Search for coverage of a broad range of subjects including arts, business, children, education, general interest, health, humanities, international, law, military, multicultural, psychology, sciences, social sciences, and women's interests. Coverage: 1971 - present

ProQuest Social Science Journals (ProQuest)

Search full-text periodicals covering the social sciences. 570 journals, 370 Full Text. Coverage 1971 to Present

PsycARTICLES (EBSCO)

A definitive source of full-text, peer-reviewed scholarly and scientific articles in psychology. The database contains more than 153,000 articles from80 journals. It includes all journal articles, letters to the editor and errata from each journal. Coverage: 1894 -

PsycBOOKS (EBSCO)

A database of more than 38,000 chapters in PDF from over 2,500 books published by APA and other distinguished publishers. It also includes more than 1,600 classic books of landmark historical impact in psychology dating from 1806, and the exclusive electronic release of more than 1,500 authored entries from APA/Oxford University Press Encyclopedia of Psychology.

PsycEXTRA (EBSCO)

A bibliographic and full-text companion to the scholarly PsycINFO database. The document types included in PsycEXTRA consist of technical, annual and government reports, conference papers, newsletters, magazines, newspapers, consumer brochures and more. It contains more than 200,000 records with nearly a quarter million full-text pages.

SimplyMap (SimplyMap)

A demographic database designed to create thematic maps and statistics for research. Results can be arranged in charts or spreadsheets. Users may sign in at the Guest link located under the sign in information or they can create and use an account if they wish to store the information for future use.

WorldCat (FirstSearch)

Catalog of books and other materials in libraries worldwide. Funding for WorldCat is provided by the Rochester Regional Library Council through a grant from the New York State Education Department. Dissertations and theses available.

Where are the books located for Social Work Topics?

HN =Social History and Conditions. Social Problems. Social Reform

HQ = The Family. Marriage. Woman

HS = Societies: Secret, Benevolent, etc

HT = Communities, Classes, Race

HV = Social Pathology, Social and Public Welfare. Criminology

Where should I look for background topics with Social Work emphasis?

Encyclopedia of Social Work Ref. HV35.26

Blackwell Encyclopedia of Social Work Ref. HV12.B53 2000

The reference collection also contains many specialized dictionaries and encyclopedias on gender, race, children, and other topics pertinent to Social Work

Spotlight on Websites:

Information for Practice(IP) http://www.nyu.edu/socialwork/ip a site supported by New York University which focuses on news, guidelines, funding, etc for social work, social care, and social welfare.

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