Research Guides: Social Work: Start Your Research Here

Recommended Subject-Focused Encyclopedias

Critical Thinking Skills for your Social Work Degree

Electronic Resource 2019

Relationship-Based Social Work, Second Edition

Electronic Resource 2018

Participatory social work : research, practice, education

Electronic Resource 2019

Politics of Policy Change: Welfare, Medicare, and Social Security Reform in the United States

Electronic Resource 2012

Professional Writing for Social Work Practice

Electronic Resource 2017

Queer social work : cases for LGBTQ+ affirmative practice

Electronic Resource 2019

SAGE Handbook of Social Work Research

Electronic Resource 2010

School Services Sourcebook, Second Edition

Reference Collection (Second Floor) 2013

Social Work ASWB Clinical Exam Prep Guide

Electronic Resource 2015

Social Work ASWB Masters Exam Guide

Electronic Resource 2015

Social Work ASWB Masters Exam Guide, Second Edition

Electronic Resource 2017

Welfare words : critical social work & social policy

Electronic Resource 2017

Recommended Multimedia Databases

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Counseling and Therapy in Video (Alexander Street Press) Provides access to a collection of online videos that enable students to observe the practice of social work, psychotherapy, psychology, and psychiatric counseling.
Films on Demand (Infobase Learning) Films on Demand provides access to "video and multimedia for academic, vocational and life-skills content." Click "Collections" to access videos in various subject areas, such as Art & Architecture, Allied Health, Biology, Business & Economics, Criminal Justice & Law, Drama & Theatre, Education, English, Gender & Sexuality, Guidance & Counseling, Health & Medicine, History, Psychology, and more. The platform also offers Archival Films & Newsreels.

Recommended Online Reference Databases

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CQ Almanac (CQ Press/Congressional Quarterly) "The CQ Almanac Online Edition brings together over sixty-three years of authoritative Congressional reporting in one, easy-to-use resource. The CQ Almanac offers original analysis and data on major legislation and political dates during each Congressional session back to 1945."
DSM-V Online (Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 5th edition; American Psychiatric Association) "This is the fifth edition of the American Psychiatric Association's Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, or DSM-V."
LexisNexis -- Nexis Uni (formerly LexisNexis Academic) (VALE) Offers business, news, and legal information from sources such as newspapers, magazines, journals, newsletters, wire services, and transcripts. Also features company profiles, detailed financials, SWOT analyses, industry reports, and SEC filings, as well as federal and state cases and statutes, federal regulations, and state administrative codes. This database replaces LexisNexis Academic.
NASW Clinical Register (OvidSP) (VALE) Produced by the National Association of Social Workers (NASW), offers a directory of clinical social workers who have fulfilled national professional criteria regarding education and experience.
Oxford Bibliographies Online Kean University's subscription to Oxford Bibliographies provides subject modules focusing on Criminology, Education, Psychology, and Social Work. For these modules, "leading scholars have produced a literary guide to the most important and significant sources in an area of study they know best. The guides feature a selective list of bibliographic citations supported by direct recommendations about which sources to consult."
SAGE Knowledge Provides reference resources such as subject-focused dictionaries, encyclopedias, and other reference materials published by SAGE.
Social Work Abstracts (Ovid) (VALE) Features indexing and abstracting of journals produced by the National Association of Social Workers, Inc., and covers literature of the social work field, including theory and practice, areas of service, social issues, and social problems from 1968 to the present.
Scopus (Elsevier) Features citations and abstracts from peer-reviewed literature (including open access journals), trade journals, books, patent records, and conference proceedings. Scopus offers many tools for analysis, assessment, and comparison of authors, citations, and periodicals. Subject coverage includes science, technology, medicine, social science, and humanities.

Grant Funding and Proposal Writing Research Resources

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Recommended Subject-Focused Encyclopedias

Critical Thinking Skills for your Social Work Degree

Relationship-Based Social Work, Second Edition

Participatory social work : research, practice, education

Politics of Policy Change: Welfare, Medicare, and Social Security Reform in the United States

Professional Writing for Social Work Practice

Queer social work : cases for LGBTQ+ affirmative practice

SAGE Handbook of Social Work Research

School Services Sourcebook, Second Edition

Social Work ASWB Clinical Exam Prep Guide

Social Work ASWB Masters Exam Guide

Social Work ASWB Masters Exam Guide, Second Edition

Welfare words : critical social work & social policy

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Grant Funding and Proposal Writing Research Resources

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