Course Guides
Databases
Scholarly, peer-reviewed journals are available from our subscription databases. Listed below are suggestions for starting your research. A complete list of our Digital Resources are available from the Databases link.
- Academic Search Premier [INFO]
- Health Source: Nursing/Academic (many full-text) [INFO]
- ERIC (links to full-text) [INFO]
- PsycINFO (huge index; links to full-text) [INFO]
- Contemporary Women’s Issues [INFO]
- LexisNexis Academic (business/law/reference; all full-text) [INFO]
- Clinical Pharmacology [INFO]
Books and More
The Library catalog is a collection of books and other print materials, such as videos/DVDs, music CDs, and scores. The catalog offers a variety of searches - Keyword, Subject, Author, Title, and Call Number. Examples of searches are below:
- Subject search for Child welfare
- Subject search for Group counseling
- Subject search for Mental health
- Subject search for Older people
- Subject search for Police social work
- Subject search for Public welfare
- Subject search for Social service
- Subject search for Social work
Reference Material
Reference sources may provide a good starting point for research and include encyclopedias, dictionaries, handbooks, and statistical sources. Some key resources are listed below. Additional titles may be located by seaching the Library catalog
- The encyclopedia of mental health
- An A-Z of counselling theory and practice
- The encyclopedia of aging : a comprehensive resource in gerontology and geriatrics
- Encyclopedia of social work
- Social work almanac
- Encyclopedia of social welfare history in North America
Web Sites
- National Association of Social Workers
- Social Work Access Network (SWAN)
- National Institute of Mental Health
- Child Welfare Information Gateway
- Gerontological Society of America
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