Reinert-Alumni Library: Social Work Research Guide

Mary Nash
Subject Librarian
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Social Work Research Guide

Library Catalog (CLIC): The "Creighton Libraries Information Catalog" of books and other materials. Includes more than 35,000 e-books from the ebrary Academic Collection.
http://clic.creighton.edu/
WorldCat: Search for books and other materials in thousands of libraries worldwide.

Academic Search Premier: Articles from thousands of magazines and journals in many different subjects, including social work (1970s-present).
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CINAHL Plus *: The Current Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature (CINHL) includes articles from several thousand journals (1982-present).
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PsycINFO *: Articles from several thousand journals in psychology and related fields, plus books, book chapters, and dissertations (1887-present).
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Social Services Abstracts *: Articles from hundreds of journals in human services, social welfare, social policy, social work, and community development (1980-present).
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Sociological Abstracts *: Articles from hundreds of journals in sociology and related fields, plus books, dissertations, and conference papers (1952-present).
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CQ Researcher: Summary reports of current political, economic, social, cultural, and health issues in the news (1991-present).
Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders: DSM-IV-TR: Standard manual of the American Psychiatric Association.
Reference RC 455.2 C4D54 2000
Encyclopedia of Social Work: Includes entries on practice and interventions, social environments and conditions, social policy, and the history of social work. Also in print.
Gale Encyclopedia of Mental Disorders: Edited by Gale, with contributions from physicians, pharmacists, and psychologists. Compare DSM-IV above.
Oxford Reference Online: Politics & Social Sciences: Dictionaries for psychology, sociology, the social sciences, statistics, the U.S. government, and related fields. Part of Oxford Reference Online.
SAGE Reference Online: Encyclopedias on a range of social issues including aging, counseling, criminal justice, disability, family studies, homelessness, and poverty.
Social Workers' Desk Reference: Handbook for practitioners covering guidelines, protocols, and best practices.
Reference HV 40 S6464 2002
Statistical Abstract of the U.S.: National data book of demographic, economic, education, and health statistics. Also in print.
http://www.census.gov/compendia/statab/

American FactFinder: U.S. Census Bureau data on population and housing, including aging, disability, education, employment, poverty, language, race, and ethnicity.
http://factfinder.census.gov/
Social Work Search: "Largest online database of links and other services devoted solely to the Social Work profession."
http://www.socialworksearch.com/
Social Work Access Network (SWAN): Links to social work schools, conferences, organizations, and publications compiled by the College of Social Work, University of South Carolina.
http://cosw.sc.edu/swan/

American Association of State Social Work Boards: http://www.aswb.org/
Council on Social Work Education: http://www.cswe.org/CSWE/
National Association of Social Workers: http://www.naswdc.org/
School Social Work Home Page: http://www.doe.state.in.us/sservices/socwork.htm
School Social Work Association of America: http://www.sswaa.org/