Social Work : Welcome / Core Resources

This guide presents resources useful for students in social work classes.

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Social Work Library
Room 236
School of Social Work Building
1350 University Avenue
Madison, WI 53706

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Subjects: Anthropology / Archaeology, Religion, Social Work, Sociology / Social Sciences

A special acknowledgement to Zachary Cervenka of the Social Work Library for their exceptional dedication in drafting the Social Work Libguide.

Welcome to the Social Work LibGuide.

Please note that most of the resources listed here are also available from the Main Libraries Web Site.

If you have any questions, please contact Tom Durkin. (Additional contact information at left)

All of these databases can be found in the Database Library. If you are trying to find the e-journal for a specific journal title, please try Citation Search.

APA PsycInfo
Large database covering the field of psychology, behavioral science and mental health, including the psychological aspects of medicine, nursing, education, physiology, business, law, and more.
Oxford Bibliographies: Social Work
Reference tool of authoritative research guides designed to support the study of social work, combining aspects of an annotated bibliography and a high-level encyclopedia.
Social Services Abstracts
Index to articles, dissertations and book reviews of research on social work, human services and related areas, including social welfare, social policy and community development.
Social Work Abstracts
Focused on areas of the social work profession, including theory and practice, areas of service, social issues, and social problems.
SocINDEX with Full Text (EBSCO)
Covers all aspects of sociology, including abortion, criminal justice, ethnicity and race, gender studies, politics, religion, social work, substance abuse, urban studies, violence, welfare, and more.
Social Work Online
Multimedia resource, including documentaries and client demonstrations, to support social work students with concepts and realities they will employ as practitioners.
Encyclopedia of Social Work
Online encyclopedia covering all facets of social work policy and practice from the National Association of Social Workers (NASW Press) and Oxford University Press (OUP).

Academic Search
Large, multidisciplinary EBSCO database encompassing most topics.
Google Scholar
Scholarly literature, including peer-reviewed papers, theses, books, preprints, abstracts and technical reports from all broad areas of research from a wide variety of sources.
JSTOR
Archive of scholarly journals and ebooks in the humanities, social sciences, sciences and mathematics. Journal coverage is volume 1 of each title until 3-5 years ago (embargo period varies by title).
Scopus
Large, multidisciplinary database that covers science, technology, medicine, social sciences, and arts and humanities. Includes tools to track, analyze, and visualize research.
Web of Science
Collection of databases indexing scholarly literature in the sciences, social sciences, arts, and humanities, from journals, conference proceedings, symposia, and more. Includes citation network data.

Social work speaks : National Association of Social Workers policy statements, 2021-2023 by National Association of Social Workers
Publication Date: 2021
The 12th edition of Social Work Speaks contains the unabridged policies adopted and revised by the National Association of Social Workers , a key policy-making body, in 2020 and represents the collective thinking of thousands of experienced social work practitioners. Broken into 62 topic areas, this text contains both revised policies approved by the 2020 Delegate Assembly and those approved by previous assemblies.