Social Work Resources
Selected by Lisa Klopfer, Librarian

 
This page will help you find the best information for your research paper in the simplest manner.  If you need additional help in using the library or would like to make an appointment with a librarian to help you with your research, contact the Information Desk (734) 487-0020 ext. 2100, or try "ask a librarian"

Books: Information about all the books in the Halle Library (and other material such as videos, maps and Journals) is in the Library catalog, http://portal.emich.edu/. 

Once you have located the record for your book, be sure to note its location, because books are kept in a variety of places in the library. 

Examples of keywords for searching the catalog:
 

social service	AND	ethical aspects
social work administration	AND	policy
social case work	AND	interviewing
public welfare	AND	rural
human services	AND	mulitculturalism

Major journals in Social Work include: Child Welfare, Clinical Social Work Journal, Families in Society (Formerly Social Casework), Social Service Review, and Social Work.

Course Reserves: Material that is needed by a large number of students in a course is "put on reserve." This material is kept behind the Reception Desk on the First Level and may be checked out for a limited time.

To see what is on reserve for your class, go to the Halle Library Catalog, and click on the bar titled "Course Reserves." You can also search the Library catalog directly for your item. The location will be listed as Reserves.

Barker, Robert L. The social work dictionary.
Reference Collection - 1st Level North.  Call Number: HV12 .B37 2003

The Blackwell encyclopaedia of social work.
Reference Collection - 1st Level North.  Call Number: HV12 .B53 2000

The Encyclopedia of aging.(G.L. Maddox, editor)
Reference Collection - 1st Level North.  Call Number:  HQ1061 .E53 2001

The Encyclopedia of aging.(D. J. Ekerdt, editor)
Reference Collection - 1st Level North.  Call Number:  HQ1061 .E534 2002

The Encyclopedia of mental health.
Reference Collection - 1st Level North.  Call Number:  RA790 .E53x 1998

Encyclopedia of psychology.
Reference Collection - 1st Level North.  Call Number:  BF31 .E523x 2000

Encyclopedia of social work.
Reference Collection - 1st Level North.  Call Number:  HV35 .S6

Encyclopedia of sociology.
Reference Collection - 1st Level North.  Call Number:  HM425 .E5 2000

Ginsberg, Leon H. Social work almanac.
Reference Collection - 1st Level North. Call Number: HV90 .G53 1995

International encyclopedia of the social & behavioral sciences
Reference Collection - 1st Level North. Call Number: H41 .I58 2001

Mendelsohn, Henry N. Guide to information sources for social work and human services.
Reference Collection - 1st Level North.  Call Number:  HV91 .M43 1987
Browsing Collection - 3rd Level.  Call Number:  HV91 .M43 1987

Social work speaks: NASW policy statements.
Reserve - 1st Level Reception Desk.  Call Number:  HV88 .N118 1997

Social workers' Desk Reference.
Browsing Collection - 3rd Level.  Call Number:  HV40 .S6464 2002

Guides to Research Methods - The library has a rich collection of research guides and handbooks.  Browse the HV11 section of the library shelves (3rd level), or search the catalog using keywords (for example: social service and research; or: social case work and your particular topic or area of research, such as behavior modification).

Indexes and Databases of Journal Articles

(For a complete list of all Indexes, go to http://portal.emich.edu/remote.htm)

Abstracts in social gerontology.
Index Shelves - 2nd Level South.  Call Number: Z7164.O4 N37x
(from 1999 - 2001 indexed online in ECO)

Child Development Abstracts and Bibliography.
Index Shelves - 2nd Level South  Call Number: HQ750.A1 C47

Criminal Justice Abstracts (Abstracts Only)
Provides coverage of international journals, books, reports, dissertations and unpublished papers on criminology and related disciplines. Coverage started: 1968. Updated quarterly.

Criminology: SAGE Full-Text Collection
This source includes the full-text of 15 journals published by SAGE and participating societies. It covers such subjects as Criminal Justice, Juvenile Delinquency, Juvenile Justice, Corrections, Penology, Policing, Forensic Psychology, and Family and Domestic Violence.

Electronic Collections Online (ECO) (Some Full-Text)
Index to the contents of over 2700 journals in a variety of subject areas. EMU is paying for access to online full-text for 664 of the titles. Users can view bibliographic information for all journals and view full-text articles from journals to which their institution subscribes. Adobe's free Acrobat PDF viewer and CatchWord's free RealPage viewer are required to view the full-text articles. Updated daily. (via FirstSearch)

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Ethnic News - Use LexisNexis Academic (Full-Text)
Access to a wide range of news, business, legal, medical and government information sources.  For ethnic news, use the News search, select "general news" and in the news source box select "ethnic news."  The Reference section includes biographical information and Roper Poll reports. 

Human resources abstracts.
Index Shelves - 2nd Level South.  Call Number:  Z7165 .U5 P2
(from 1999 - 2002 indexed online in ECO)

Health & Wellness Resource Center (Some Full-Text)
Indexes over 400 health/medical journals; nearly 2,200 general interest publications (magazines and pamphlets) covering health care topics; a broad collection of reference titles including The Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine, The Gale Enclyclopedia of Childhood &  Adolescence, PDR Family Guide to Nutrition and Health, Medical and Health Information Directory.Coverage: current year + four previous years.  Updated monthly. (via Gale Group)

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JSTOR (Full-Text)
Complete text of the backfiles of about 150 core scholarly journals including african american studies, anthropology, sociology, social psychology, population studies and statistics. List of full text periodicals by title and discipline.

PsycINFO (Some Full-Text)
Index to the contents of about 1900 journals, chapters, books, dissertations and reports on psychology and related fields.  List of periodical titles. Coverage started: 1887. Updated monthly. (via FirstSearch)

Sage public administration abstracts (Abstracts Only)
Browsing Collection - 3rd Level.  Call Number: JA1 .S27 (1978-1990)
Index Shelves - 2nd Level South.  Call Number: JA1 .S27  (1990- )
(from 1998 indexed online in ECO)

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Social Sciences Abstracts (Some Full-Text)
Index to the contents of about 400 English language periodicals in sociology, anthropology, geography, economics, political science, and law. Coverage started: 1983. Updated monthly. (via FirstSearch)

Social Services Abstracts
CSA Social Services Abstracts provides bibliographic coverage of current research focused on social work, human services, and related areas, including social welfare, social policy, and community development. The database abstracts and indexes over 1,406 serials publications and includes abstracts of journal articles and dissertations, and citations to book reviews. Updated monthly.

Social Work Abstracts
Index of articles from social work journals. Also available: NASW Register of Clinical Social Workers. (click on "change" in the lower right corner of your search panel). Coverage started: 1977. Updated quarterly. (via SilverPlatter)

Sociological Abstracts
CSA Sociological Abstracts abstracts and indexes the international literature in sociology and related disciplines in the social and behavioral sciences. The database provides abstracts of journal articles and citations to book reviews drawn from over 1,809 serials publications, and also provides abstracts of books, book chapters, dissertations, and conference papers. Updated monthly.

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Finding Information about Tests - Frequently asked Questions
From the American Psychological Association (APA).

Buros Institute
Information on resources in education and psychological testing, including help pages such as How to Use the Mental Measurements Yearbook and How to Use Tests in Print.

ERIC/AE Test Locator
Includes the ETS/ERIC Test File, Test Review Locator, Buros/ERIC Test Publisher Locator, CEEE/ERIC Test Database, Code of Fair Testing Practices, and Test Selection Tips.

Mental Measurements Yearbook.
Published every other year (with a supplement in intervening years).  Contains descriptive information and critical reviews of more than 2,000 commercially available standardized English language educational, personality, aptitude, neuropsychological, achievement and intelligence tests.  After the main section, there are book reviews and directories of test publishers (Make sure your browser allows pop-up windows).
NOTE: The volumes are not cumulative, so for comprehensive coverage of a test, you must consult all the volumes.
Reference Collection - 1st Level North.  Call Number:  Z5814.P8 B932

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Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance.
Reference Collection - 1st Level North. 
Call Number: HC110 .P63 C357
Government Information - Library Use Only, 2nd Level North 
Call Number: PREX 2.20:
Online - http://www.cfda.gov/

Code of Federal Regulations (CFR)
(See especially Title 45 - Public Welfare)
Law Reference Collection - 1st Level South. 
Call Number:  KF70 .A3
Online - http://purl.access.gpo.gov/GPO/LPS494

Congress and the Nation.
Reference Collection - 1st Level North. 
Call Number: JK1 .C663

Congressional Quarterly (CQ) Almanac.
Reference Collection - 1st Level North. 
Call Number: JK1 .C66

The Gallup poll: public opinion.
(1993-1997)  Browsing Collection - 3rd Level. 
Call Number:  HN90 .P8 G35
(1998-2002)  Reference Collection - 1st Level North. 
Call Number: HN90 .P8 G35
(1978-1992)  Storage.  Call Number:  HN90 .P8 G35
Online - http://gallup.com/

Lexis-Nexis Academic Universe (Full-Text)
Access to a wide range of FULL-TEXT news, business, legal and government information sources, including case law, and federal and state legal codes. Updated daily.

Lexis-Nexis Congressional Universe (Full-Text)
In addition to the indexing and abstracting of the CIS's Index to the Publications of the United States Congress, it provides the FULL-TEXT of Congressional hearings, committee reports, bills, selected committee prints, public laws, Congressional Record, Federal Register, U.S. Code., and background information on legislation.

The Green Book (Also called Overview of Entitlement Programs or "Background material and data on major programs within the jurisdiction of the Committee on Ways and Means").
Online - http://fms.treas.gov/greenbook/

THOMAS - U.S. Congress on the Internet
Created by the U.S. Library of Congress, this site contains a vast array of information about the work of the U.S. House and Senate. Included, among other things, are: Bill Summary & Status [93rd through 107th Congresses (1973 - present)]; Bill Text [101st - 107th Congresses (1989 - present)]; Public Laws by Number [93rd through 107th Congresses (1973 - present)]; full text of Congressional Record [(1989 - present)]; full text of Committe Reports [104th - 107th Congresses ]; House and Senate directories; US Congressional Documents and Debates 1774-1873. Updated daily.

United States Code Annotated (USCA).
(See especially the Index to Title 42 - Public Health and Welfare)
Law Reference Collection - 1st Level South. 
Call Number:  KF62 1927 .T4x

United States Code Congressional and Administrative News
Law Reference Collection - 1st Level South. 
Call Number:  KF62 1927 .U5x
(Look up by PL number for the text of the law and its legislative history)

West's Encyclopedia of American law.
Law Reference Collection - 1st Level South. 
Call Number:  KF154 .W47 1998

Government Information at the Halle Library
Online - http://www.emunix.emich.edu/~hmercado/govinfo.html

Statistical Abstract of the United States.
Reference Collection - 1st Level North.  Call Number:  HA 202
Government Information - (Library Use Only)
2nd Level North.  Call Number:  C 3.134/7:
Online - http://purl.access.gpo.gov/GPO/LPS2878

Statistical handbooks - The library has a large number of statistical handbooks on topics such as adolescents, family, wealth, etc. To browse the handbooks, use the library catalog to search for "statistical handbook."

BUBL LINK: Social Welfare problems and services
Established in 1990 as the Bulletin Board for Libraries, BUBL uses the Dewey Decimal Classification and LC subject headings to organize Internet resources of interest in higher education. This is a British site, but it comprehensively indexes American resources.  All items are selected, evaluated, catalogued and described. Links are checked and fixed each month.  http://link.bubl.ac.uk/socialwork

Diversity Rx
"A clearinghouse of information on how to meet the language and cultural needs of minorities, immigrants, refugees and other diverse populations seeking health care."  http://www.DiversityRx.org/

Grassroots: Social Science Search
Maintained by the School of Social Work at Andrews University this is a database of  reviewed Web sites of interest to social work students and practitioners.  A subject index covers topics such as values and ethics, cultural and ethnic diversity, and social welfare policy.  http://www.andrews.edu/SOWK/grassroots.htm

Michigan Electronic Library (MEL) - Social Sciences, Social Issues and Social Services
Links reviewed and selected by librarian specialists "to provide educational, informational and networking resources which are useful to Michigan citizens and organizations in their daily life and work."  http://mel.org/

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National Association of Social Workers (NASW)
The National Association for Social Workers web page.  Links to NASW chapters and articles on current issues. 

National Clearinghouse on Child Abuse and Neglect
Established by the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act of 1974, the Clearinghouse databases offer information related to child abuse and neglect and related child welfare issues.  Search for research, statistics, State laws, and printable fact sheets.  Also see the Children's Bureau Express, an online magazine from HHS. 

PRAXIS
Maintained by Prof. Richard J. Estes of the University of Pennsylvania, PRAXIS provides access to archival resources on international and comparative social development.  http://www.ssw.upenn.edu/~restes/praxis.html

PREVLINE Prevention Online: National Clearinghouse for Alcohol and Drug Information.  Offers data, articles and publications as well as links to numerous databases for research about substance abuse.  http://www.health.org

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Social Science Information Gateway - Social Welfare
A database of selected, high quality Internet information for researchers and practitioners in the social sciences. It is part of the UK Resource Discovery Network, but covers American topics as well.  Browse topics, resource type (bibliographies, databases),  or search by keyword.  The site includes the Internet Social Worker tutorial.  http://sosig.esrc.bris.ac.uk/roads/subject-listing/World-cat/socwel.html

Social Work and Social Services Web Sites
Compiled by George Warren Brown School of Social Work, this is a list of hundreds of sites organized into ninety nine different subject categories.  http://128.252.132.4/websites.html

World Wide Web Resources for Social Workers
Compiled by Gary Holden at NYU.  Search by keyword or browse by subject.  http://www.nyu.edu/socialwork/wwwrsw/

Social Work Access (SWAN)
SWAN was created in 1993 by Peter Thomas and is now owned and administered by the College of Social Work at the University of South Carolina. SWAN's mission is to promote technology as an instructional enhancement tool across the social work curriculum.  Join the Social Work Cafe, search newsgroups or browse topics lists.  http://www.sc.edu/swan/

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