LibGuides: SCWK 201: Introduction to Social Work and Social Welfare: Find Articles

Databases for Social Work Research

Social Services Abstracts This link opens in a new window
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The primary database for Social Work research. Focuses on social work, human services, social welfare, social policy, and community development. Includes articles from over 1,300 journals as well as dissertations and book reviews. Coverage: 1979-present. Terms of Use
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The largest resource devoted to peer-reviewed literature in behavioral science and mental health. Included is information on the psychological aspects of related fields such as medicine, psychiatry, nursing, sociology, education, pharmacology, technology, linguistics, anthropology, business, law and others. Contains citations and summaries dating as far back as the 1600s as well as book chapters, books, and dissertations. It is produced by the American Psychological Association (APA).
Social Sciences Full Text This link opens in a new window
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Article citations and abstracts from over 600 periodicals and scholarly journals in all areas of the social sciences. Includes full-text access to some journals. Coverage of indexing: 1983-present; full-text: 1995-present. 99 simultaneous users.
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ERIC (EBSCO) This link opens in a new window
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Core database in education with citations and abstracts of journal articles, books, research reports, conference papers, technical reports, policy papers, and other education-related materials. Coverage: 1966-present.
Criminal Justice Abstracts with Full Text This link opens in a new window
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This resource includes bibliographic records and full text covering essential areas related to criminal justice and criminology. The increasing globalization of criminology is reflected with coverage of hundreds of journals from around the world.
CINAHL Complete This link opens in a new window
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Provides indexing for more than 5,300 journals from the fields of nursing and allied health and contains records dating back to 1937. It covers the areas of nursing, biomedicine, health sciences librarianship, alternative/complementary medicine, consumer health and 17 allied health disciplines. In addition, this database offers access to health care books, nursing dissertations, selected conference proceedings, standards of practice, educational software, audiovisuals and book chapters. 30 simultaneous users