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General Social Work Resources
- Oxford Bibliographies: Criminology & Social Work
This resource includes Oxford Bibliographies entries for Criminology & Social Work with exclusive, authoritative research guides across a variety of subject areas. Combining the best features of an annotated bibliography and a high-level encyclopedia, this resource directs researchers to the best available scholarship across a wide variety of subjects.
Search directly from the landing page or select "Browse by Subject" to review guides under either Criminology or Social Work. - Oxford Research Encyclopedias: Encyclopedia of Social Work
This encyclopedia is a continuously updated online collaboration between the National Association of Social Workers (NASW Press) and Oxford University Press (OUP). Over 800 overview articles, on key topics ranging from international issues to ethical standards, offer students, scholars, and practitioners a trusted foundation for a lifetime of work and research, with new articles and revisions to existing articles added regularly.
A Dictionary of Social Work and Social Care by Call Number: eBookISBN: 9780198796688Publication Date: 2018-03-18This dictionary provides A-Z definitions of terms from the broad field of social care. Accessible coverage of social work theories, methods, policies, organizations, and statutes, as well as key terms from interdisciplinary topics such as health and education, make this an ideal reference for students as well as qualified social workers.
Social Work Leaders Through History by Call Number: eBookISBN: 9780826146441Publication Date: 2018Vividly portraying the personal and professional lives of social work luminaries from the 19th to the present century, this text links their groundbreaking contributions in social work to current CSWE core competencies. The book focuses on leaders who shaped the field across modern American history -- the Progressive Era, the Great Society, the New Deal, the Postwar period, and others--and examines their lives in the context of the social and historical environment, their contributions to social work, and lessons from their experiences that are still relevant to social work today.
The Wiley Blackwell Encyclopedia of Family Studies by Call Number: eBookISBN: 9781119085621Publication Date: 2016-03-23The Wiley Blackwell Encyclopedia of Family Studies presents a comprehensive, interdisciplinary collection of the key concepts, trends, and processes relating to the study of families and family patterns throughout the world. Offers more than 550 entries arranged A-Z Includes contributions from hundreds of family scholars in various academic disciplines from around the world Covers issues ranging from changing birth rates, fertility, and an aging world population to human trafficking, homelessness, famine, and genocide Features entries that approach families, households, and kin networks from a macro-level and micro-level perspective Covers basic demographic concepts and long-term trends across various nations, the impact of globalization on families, global family problems, and many more Features in-depth examinations of families in numerous nations in several world regions 4 Volumes www.familystudiesencyclopedia.com
- Abstracts in Social Gerontology (EBSCOhost)
This index contains more than 150,000 bibliographic records covering essential areas related to social gerontology. Topics covered include the psychology of aging, elder abuse, society and the elderly, and other key areas of relevance to the discipline.
- Academic Search Complete (EBSCOhost)
This scholarly, multi-disciplinary, full-text database includes more than 7,300 peer-reviewed journals with coverage across nearly all areas of academic study. In addition to its 8,500 full-text periodicals, the database features more than 75,000 videos from the Associated Press from 1930 to the present.
- APA PsycArticles (EBSCOhost)
APA PsycArticles includes full-text, peer-reviewed scholarly and scientific articles in psychology with articles from journals published by the American Psychological Association (APA), its imprint - the Educational Publishing Foundation (EPF), and from allied organizations including the Canadian Psychological Association and the Hogrefe Publishing Group. It includes all journal articles, book reviews, letters to the editor, and errata from each journal. Coverage spans 1894 to the present and nearly all APA journals go back to Volume 1, Issue 1.
- APA PsycInfo (EBSCOhost)
APA PsycInfo includes abstracts of scholarly journal articles, book chapters, books, and dissertations from the fields of behavioral and social sciences. Journal coverage, which spans from the 1800s to the present, includes international material selected from periodicals in dozens of languages.
- Cyberpsychology, Behavior, and Social Networking
Peer-reviewed journal for authoritative research on understanding the social, behavioral, and psychological impact of today's social networking practices, including X (formerly Twitter), Facebook, and internet gaming, and commerce.
- Dissertations & Theses Global (ProQuest)
A comprehensive collection of dissertations and theses from around the world, offering millions of works from thousands of universities. Full-text coverage spans from 1743 to the present, with citation coverage dating back to 1637.
- ERIC (EBSCOhost)
The Education Resource Information Center (ERIC), provides access to education literature and research. It includes access to information from journals included in the Current Index of Journals in Education and Resources in Education Index. Content includes journal articles, research reports, curriculum and teaching guides, conference papers, dissertations and theses, and books dating back to 1966.
- Family Studies Abstracts (EBSCOhost)
Family Studies Abstracts includes bibliographic records covering essential areas related to family studies, including marriage, divorce, family therapy, and other areas of key relevance to the discipline. The index contains more than 53,500 records, which are carefully selected from the sources within the discipline.
- JSTOR
A multidisciplinary digital library that includes all 2,800+ academic journals on JSTOR; spanning more than 60 disciplines across the humanities, social sciences, and natural sciences. Access also includes more than two million primary source documents.
And, with the incorporation of Artstor's collections, JSTOR is now home to more than two million images.
- MasterFILE Premier (EBSCOhost)
This multidisciplinary database provides full-text for nearly 1,700 periodicals with full-text information dating as far back as 1975. Covering virtually every subject area of general interest, MasterFILE Premier also contains full-text for nearly 500 reference books and over 164,400 primary source documents, as well as an Image Collection of over 592,000 photos, maps & flags.
- ProQuest Platform (ProQuest)
Users can search, find and preview more than 900 million documents and retrieve scholarly full-text open access sources directly curated by ProQuest.
- Psychology and Behavioral Sciences Collection (EBSCOhost)
Psychology and Behavioral Sciences Collection is a comprehensive database covering information concerning topics in emotional and behavioral characteristics, psychiatry and psychology, mental processes, anthropology, and observational and experimental methods. It offers full-text coverage for nearly 400 journals.
- Sage Journals
Sage Journals provides access to nearly 1,200 journals across a wide variety of subjects.
- Social Work Abstracts (EBSCOhost)
Social Work Abstracts offers coverage of more than 450 social work and human services journals dating back to 1965. 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.
- SocINDEX with Full Text (EBSCOhost)
This sociology research database features more than 2.1 million records with subject headings from a 20,000+ term sociological thesaurus. Contains full-text for more than 860 journals dating back to 1908. This database also includes full-text for more than 830 books and monographs, and full-text for over 16,800 conference papers.
- Taylor & Francis Online
This resource includes millions of peer-reviewed journal articles published under the Taylor & Francis, Routledge and Dove Medical Press imprints across many academic disciplines.
- eBook Academic Collection (EBSCOhost)
This collection contains over 246,000 eBooks on a wide variety of academic subject matter.
- eBook Central (ProQuest)
eBook Central is a collection of nearly 250,000 academic e-books on a wide variety of subjects.
- Open Textbook Library
Textbooks in the Open Textbook Library are considered open because they are free to use and distribute, and are licensed to be freely adapted or changed with proper attribution. Currently offers more than 1280 open textbooks.
- Springer Nature Link
This is an integrated collection of books, journals, and other materials from across the Springer Nature platform including Nature Portfolio, Springer, BMC, Palgrave, Discover, and Apress. Disciplines represented include the sciences, business, law, history, literature, philosophy, political science, social sciences, and statistics.
- Taylor & Francis eBooks
Taylor & Francis eBooks offers approximately 100,000 full-text resources including content published within the past year.
- Wiley Online Library
Wiley Online Library provides access to multidisciplinary content across more than 1,600 journals and 22,000 ebooks.
Communication skills for your social work degree by Call Number: eBookISBN: 9781912508723Publication Date: 2019For those undertaking a social work degree within higher education, this book provides study support and skills development for both oral and written communication in the context of social work.
Handbook for Social Work Writing by Call Number: eBookISBN: 9781003168713Publication Date: 2024"This concise, accessible, and engaging handbook offers a companion for social work students to acquire professional and competency-based writing skills"-- Provided by publisher.
Handbook of Human Behavior and the Social Environment by Call Number: eBookISBN: 9781351516372Publication Date: 2017-07-05Handbook of Human Behaviour and the Social Environment is a compendium of new theories for all aspects of social work practice. The authors describe the current social work curriculum developed by the Council on Social Work Education Commission on Educational Policy and Accreditation Standards, demonstrating how client and constituency engagement, assessment, intervention, and evaluation are guided by knowledge of human behaviour and the social environment (HBSE) theory.
Incorporating Diversity and Inclusion into Trauma-Informed Social Work by Call Number: eBookISBN: 9780429284403Publication Date: 2020-12-28Incorporating Diversity and Inclusion into Trauma-Informed Social Work incorporates discussions of leadership, racism and oppression into a new understanding of how trauma and traumatic experience play out in leadership and organizational cultures.
The Philosophical Foundations of Social Work by Call Number: eBookISBN: 9780231203968Publication Date: 2022-09-06This second edition of The Philosophical Foundations of Social Work focuses especially on newer thinking about the role of non-Western philosophical perspectives and the relevance of philosophy to social workers' commitments to multiculturalism, feminism, and antiracism.
The Routledge Handbook of Social Work Practice Research by Call Number: eBookISBN: 9780429581144Publication Date: 2020The Routledge Handbook of Social Work Practice Research is the first international handbook to focus on practice research for social work. Bringing together leading scholars in the field from Europe, the USA and the Asia Pacific region, it provides an up-to-the minute overview of the latest thinking in practice research whilst also providing practical advice on how to undertake practice research in the field.
The Routledge International Handbook of Social Work Teaching by Call Number: eBookISBN: 9781003422402Publication Date: 2024This handbook is a comprehensive text on social work education based on the narratives of social work educators, practitioners and researchers from Asia and the Pacific, North and South America, Australia and Oceania, and Europe. It discusses innovations, challenges, pedagogy, and tested methods of social work teaching at various levels of educational programmes.
Social Work Values and Ethics : An Overview by Call Number: eBookISBN: 9780231547758Publication Date: 2018A case-driven, concise, and comprehensive textbook for undergraduate and graduate social work programs, this book surveys the most critical issues for social work practitioners.
Statistics in social work: an introduction to practical applications by Call Number: eBookISBN: 9780231550222Publication Date: 2020Statistics in Social Work guides students through concepts and procedures from descriptive statistics and correlation to hypothesis testing and inferential statistics. Besides presenting key concepts, it focuses on real-world examples that students will encounter in a social work practice.
Writing Analytical Assessments in Social Work by Call Number: eBookISBN: 9781912508358Publication Date: 2019You write something in order that it can be read, not in order that it can be written - write reports that achieve and illuminate.
- Caribbean Journal of Social Work (CJSW)Peer-reviewed scholarly social work publication in the Caribbean. The CJSW is produced annually.
- Clinical Social Work JournalArticles for teachers and those in clinical social work on historical, theoretical or practice-oriented clinical practice, interdisciplinary in authorship, scope and content.
- Health & Social WorkPresents articles dealing with all aspects of health of professional concern to social workers, improving social work practice and extending knowledge in the field of health.
- International Journal of Social Work Values and Ethics (IJSWVE)The International Journal of Social Work Values and Ethics examines the ethical and values issues that affect and are interwoven with social work practice, research, and theory development. The IJSWVE addresses ethical and values issues that encompass the full range of social problems and issues that social workers encounter. The journal provides necessary historical perspectives on the development of social work values and ethics and presents articles examining values and ethical dilemmas stemming from state-of-the-art developments.
- Journal of the Society for Social Work & ResearchFocuses on research on social problems, programs, and policies.
- Social WorkFrom the National Association of Social Workers. Social Work is dedicated to improving practice and advancing knowledge in social work and social welfare. Its articles yield new insights into established practices, evaluate new techniques and research, examine current social problems, and bring serious critical analysis to bear on problems in the profession. Major emphasis is placed on social policy and the solutions to serious human problems.
- Social Work and ChristianityJournal of the National Association of Christians in Social Work. Publishes articles, shorter contributions, book reviews & letters that deal with issues related to the integration of faith & professional social work practice & other professional concerns which have relevance to the Christian faith.
- Social Work ResearchSocial Work Research publishes exemplary research to advance the development of knowledge and inform social work practice. Widely regarded as the outstanding journal in the field, it includes analytic reviews of research, theoretical articles pertaining to social work research, evaluation studies, and diverse research studies that contribute to knowledge about social work issues and problems.
- Academic Video Online (AVON)
This multidisciplinary video database supports researchers in many different fields, from anthropology to zoology. The collection's wide range of academic material includes documentaries, interviews, feature films, performances, news programs and newsreels, and demonstrations.
- Behavioral and Mental Health Online (BMHO)
BMHO provides a comprehensive, rich, and diverse collection of video and text for anyone studying or teaching in the area of mental health such as counseling, social work, nursing, psychology and behavioral health. This collection includes clinical mental health demonstrations, actual therapy sessions, compelling documentaries on the human condition, psychotherapy transcripts, as well client narratives and reference works.
- Kanopy
Kanopy is a video streaming collection with over 26,000 films ranging from documentaries, indie, foreign, classic and blockbuster movies in several subjects and sub-subject areas. PBS, New Day Films, Kino Lorber, and California NewsReel are just a few of the content providers.
- Psychotherapy.netPsychotherapy.net provides unlimited access to hundreds of videos designed to improve the clinical skills of mental health professionals. Psychotherapy.net videos feature Yalom, Linehan, Kernberg and other experts in session with real clients, and step-by-step explanations of their interventions.
Specialized Resources
- Child Development & Adolescent Studies (EBSCOhost)
This bibliographic database is a source for references to the current and historical literature related to growth and development of children through the age of 21. More than 342,000 records are included with over 10,000 new records added each year.
Care in social work with children and families : theory, everyday practices and possibilities for social change by Call Number: eBookISBN: 9781003307914Publication Date: 2023Offering a new framework for understanding and exploring theories and practices of care in social work with families, this book is structured into a comprehensive introduction to care theory and its relevance for social work.
The SAGE Encyclopedia of Children and Childhood Studies by Call Number: eBookISBN: 9781473942929Publication Date: 2020-07-27The SAGE Encyclopedia of Children and Childhood Studies navigates our understanding of the historical, political, social and cultural dimensions of childhood. Transdisciplinary and transnational in content and scope, the Encyclopedia both reflects and enables the wide range of approaches, fields and understandings that have been brought to bear on the ever-transforming problem of the "child" over the last four decades.
The Art of Becoming Indispensable by Call Number: eBookISBN: 9780197585160Publication Date: 2021-10-19The Art of Being Indispensable: What School Social Workers Need to Know in Their First Three Years of Practice focuses specifically on the needs of new school social workers as they transition to this complex role. Each of the book’s 20 chapters features an academic scholar and at least one school social work practitioner; overall, there are 18 academics and 42 practitioners from 28 different states. The diversity of the authors’ experiences, representing all variations of schools and districts, ensures that the content is applicable to a variety of practice contexts.
Creating trauma-informed schools : a guide for school social workers and educators by Call Number: eBookISBN: 9780190873813Publication Date: 2019This book provides school social workers, who provide services to children and adolescents with high rates of traumatic experiences, with concrete skills and current knowledge about trauma-informed services in school settings. Children in all educational levels, from Early Head Start settings through high school, are vulnerable to abuse, neglect, bullying, violence in their homes and neighborhoods, and other traumatic life events.
Critical Service Learning Toolkit by Call Number: eBookISBN: 9780190858728Publication Date: 2018-01-25Critical Service Learning Toolkit offers a strengths-based, interdisciplinary approach to promoting social competence while enhancing emotional and academic skill development. Designed as a user-friendly guide to carrying out successful CSL projects, this Toolkit provides practitioners withstep-by-step assistance in planning, implementing, and evaluating Critical Service Learning (CSL) projects in elementary and high schools. CSL trains youth to become active and conscientious citizens through engagement and leadership experiences that meet real needs in the community. This approachis unique in that it places the youth/student at the center of the process. Prioritizing social and emotional learning (SEL) and school engagement, CSL changes the role of the school-based, counseling professional into that of a facilitator who encourages skill-building, reflection, and civicengagement.Cultivating self-awareness, social-consciousness, and critical-thinking skills, brainstorming and community web mapping activities serve as the cornerstone of CSL and allow youth to become comfortable articulating concerns about their communities. By extending learning beyond the classroom and intothe community, CSL enhances what is taught throughout the school curriculum, at all levels, and fosters a sense of civic responsibility and social agency.
- PTSD: National Center for PTDA research and educational center on PTSD and traumatic stress run by the United States Department of Veterans Affairs.
- PTSDpubs (ProQuest)
PTSDpubs: Published International Literature On Traumatic Stress (1871 - current), formerly known as PILOTS, is a freely available, bibliographic database providing access to the worldwide literature on PTSD and other mental health consequences of traumatic events.
Combat Social Work: applying the lessons of war to the realities of human services by Call Number: eBookISBN: 9780190059446Publication Date: 2020This book shares lessons from military service through the lens of social work practitioners by exploring the experiences of 13 American combat social workers (CSWs) whose role is, among other things, providing military mental health services to members in their unit. The text covers strategies learned about social work practice in a war zone that are highly applicable to other highly stressful contexts (e.g., crisis intervention, stress reduction procedures, suicide prevention, brief psychotherapy, and consultation on family issues).Social Work Practice with Veterans by
Call Number: eBookISBN: 9780871014535Publication Date: 2014-08-01Service members who return from deployment often face a multitude of physical and mental health issues as they reintegrate back into family life. Social workers serving military service members and veterans need to be competent and knowledgeable about the military culture and informed about the best practices. Social Work Practice with Veterans incorporates all of the 10 Council on Social Work Education Core Competencies and is divided into three major sections. The book integrates research, practice experience, case studies, theory, and social work values into a single text that covers the entire cycle of deployment and the complicated adjustments associated with posttraumatic stress disorder, suicide, traumatic brain injury, and substance abuse, with special chapters devoted to military fathers, gays in the military, military children, and more.
Military Social Work Around the Globe by Call Number: eBookISBN: 9783031144820Publication Date: 2023This is the first book to focus on the scope of social work practice within military settings from an international perspective, and therefore addresses what has been a significant gap in the literature. Given the critical support needs of military personnel and their families worldwide, and the expanding role of social work in responding to these needs, this book offers a comprehensive global understanding of the common military social work (MilSW) practices with active duty military service members and their families, as well as the forms of practice and approaches that are unique, or potentially transferable across nations.
