Social Work
Databases & Journals | Catalogs | eBooks | Websites | Writing the Paper
Databases & Journals
Databases listed below will help you locate journal articles on your topic.
How to Find a Specific Journal Article
Is It a Scholarly Journal or Isn't It?
Full Text Journals
ILLiad: Interlibrary Loan
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| ProQuest Central ProQuest Central is a multidisciplinary database with over 11,000 titles, with over 8,000 titles in full-text. It serves as the central resource for researchers at all levels in all markets. Over 160 subjects areas are covered extensively in this product including business and economics, health and medical, news and world affairs, technology, social sciences and more. ProQuest Central Searching Tips. |
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| PsycInfo This database contains more than 3 million records devoted to peer-reviewed literature in the behavioral sciences and mental health. Journal articles, chapters, books, dissertations, and reports on psychology and related fields from 1887 on are included, some in full-text. articles. |
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| Social Work Abstracts The Social Work Abstracts database, produced by the National Association of Social Workers, Inc., contains bibliographic records since 1977 from social work and other related journals on topics such as homelessness, AIDS, child and family welfare, aging, substance abuse, legislation, community organization, and more. Social Work Abstracts Searching Tips. |
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Mobile Website
MSL & UMS Funded
Catalogs
The following is a listing of selected subject headings relating to Social Work. Each is a live link directly into the UNE Libraries catalog.
Board Review: Social Work
Child Welfare
Community Health Services
Community Organization
Counseling
Family Psychotherapy
Family Therapy
Family Violence
Homelessness
Public Policy
Social Case Work
Social Group Work
Social Movements
Social Policy
Social Service
Social Welfare
Social Work
Social Work Methods
Social Work with Children
Social Work with Minorities
Social Work with the Aged
Social Work, Psychiatric
Social Work, United States
Social Workers
Social Work Organization & Administration
Substance Abuse
If you need a book that is not available through the UNE Libraries catalog, you can request it through MaineCat or ILLiad: Interlibrary Loan.
Reference Sources
Subject specific dictionaries, encyclopedias and handbooks are a good place to begin your research. They are written by scholars in the field and usually provide definitions, background information, and bibliographies on your topic/s. The following is a general list.
Assessment of Partner Violence
Dictionary of Counseling
DSM (Diagnostic & Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders)
Encyclopedia of Adolescence
Encyclopedia of Aging
Encyclopedia of Human Behavior
Encyclopedia of Psychology
Encyclopedia of Psychotherapy
Encyclopedia of Social Work
Encyclopedia of Sociology
Gale Encyclopedia of Multicultural America
Gay Histories and Culture
Handbook of Empirical Social Work Practice
Handbook of Marriage and the Family
Handbook of Social Work Direct Practice
Kaplan & Sadock's Comprehensive Textbook of Psychiatry
Legal Environment of Social Work
Social Work Almanac
Social Work Dictionary
STAT!
Statistical Abstract of the United States
Substance Abuse: A Comprehensive Textbook
Survey of Social Science
Websites
Web Site Evaluation criteria.
American Public Human Services Assn
Bureau of Justice Statistics
Buros Test Reviews
Child Welfare Library
ETS Testlink
Internet Mental Health
Kids Count
NASW Code of Ethics
National Association for Social Workers
National Criminal Justice Reference Service
National Database of Nonprofit Organizations
Poverty Related Links
Writing the Paper
Writing the Paper & Style Manuals
For assistance with Social Work research, please contact Bobby Gray at the Portland Campus library, rgray@une.edu, 207-221-4323 or Ask a Librarian.