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Getting Started: Databases

SocINDEX with Full Text This link opens in a new window Platform: EBSCOhost SocINDEX with Full Text is the world's most comprehensive and highest quality sociology research database. The database features more than 2.1 million records with subject headings from a 20,000+ term sociological thesaurus designed by subject experts and expert lexicographers. SocINDEX with Full Text contains full text for more than 860 journals dating back to 1908. This database also includes full text for more than 830 books and monographs, and full text for over 16,800 conference papers.
ProQuest Central This link opens in a new window Platform: ProQuest  User Guide Covering more than 160 subject areas, ProQuest Central is the largest aggregated database of periodical content. This award-winning resource features a highly-respected, diversified mix of content including scholarly journals, trade publications, magazines, books, newspapers, reports and videos.
Journal of Social Work This link opens in a new window Platform: SAGE Journals The Journal of Social Work is a forum for sharing key ideas and research in social work, and aims to advance understanding, shape policy, and inform practice. In addition to longer research articles, the Journal of Social Work publishes occasional shorter 'think pieces': reports of research in progress, comments on previously published articles, and analyses of current and topical practice, policy and theory. Full Text Available: Current year + last year

Ebsco Ebooks: Social Work

Academic Search Complete This link opens in a new window Platform: EBSCOhost | Partially provided by the NJ State Library Academic Search Complete is a scholarly, multi-disciplinary full-text database, with more than 8,500 full-text periodicals, including more than 7,300 peer-reviewed journals. In addition to full text, this database offers indexing and abstracts for more than 12,500 journals and a total of more than 13,200 publications including monographs, reports, conference proceedings, etc.
CINAHL Plus with Full Text This link opens in a new window Alternate Name(s): Cumulative Index of Nursing and Allied Health Literature Platform: EBSCOhost CINAHL is the go-to database for nursing and allied health literature, including peer-reviewed journal articles, book chapters, dissertations, research instruments, and more. Includes the full text of over 300 journals. CINAHL also covers bioethics, complementary & alternative medicine, diseases & conditions, life sciences, medical laboratory science, nutrition, psychology, public health, rehabilitation therapy, social work, speech language pathology, substance abuse & addiction.
Education Source This link opens in a new window Platform: EBSCOhost Education Source is designed to meet the needs of education students, professionals and policy makers. The collection provides indexing and abstracts for more than 2,850 academic periodicals and includes full text for more than 1,800 journals, 550 books and monographs, education-related conference papers, citations for over 4 million articles including book reviews and over 100,000 controlled and cross-referenced names of educational tests. Coverage in Education Source spans all levels of education from early childhood to higher education and also includes educational specialties such as multilingual education, health education and testing.
Encyclopedia of Social Work This link opens in a new window Platform: Oxford Reference Co-published by the National Association of Social Workers and Oxford University Press, the 20th edition of the Encyclopedia of Social Work is widely considered the cornerstone of reference in its field. This new edition includes coverage of areas that have come to the fore since the 1995 publication of the 19th edition, including demographic changes from immigration, technology, the implications of managed care, faith-based assistance, evidence-based practice, gerontology, and trauma and disaster.
ERIC.ED.GOV This link opens in a new window Alternate Name(s): Education Resources Information Center Platform: eric.ed.gov ERIC, the Education Resource Information Center, contains more than 1.7 million records and links to more than 400,000 full-text articles and documents dating from 1966 to the present. Provided by the Institute of Education Sciences, this version of ERIC is freely available to everyone.
Google Scholar This link opens in a new window Platform: Google Scholar Google Scholar is Google's attempt to index the scholarly literature that can be found on the web. It links to freely available articles on publisher websites, author websites, institutional repositories, and pre-print servers, as well as reports, online books, and other scholarly material online. In some ways it can be easier to search than subscription databases, in that it is better able to process a natural language search. Because it searches so much, and because there are very few filters included, it can also be more difficult to sort through the results. *Be sure to set up the Library Links to Centenary's full text subscriptions.
Health Source: Nursing / Academic Edition This link opens in a new window Platform: EBSCOhost | Provided by the NJ State Library Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition is a trusted full-text database covering nursing and allied health topics, including pediatric nursing, critical care, mental health, nursing management, medical law and more.
HeinOnline Academic This link opens in a new window Platform: HeinOnline  User Guide HeinOnline is a premier online database containing more than 178 million pages and 270,000 titles of historical and government documents in a fully searchable, image-based format. HeinOnline bridges an important research gap by providing comprehensive coverage from inception of more than 2,700 law-related periodicals. In addition to its vast collection of academic journals, HeinOnline contains the entire Congressional Record, Federal Register, and Code of Federal Regulations, complete coverage of the U.S. Reports back to 1754, and entire databases dedicated to treaties, constitutions, case law, world trials, classic treatises, international trade, foreign relations, U.S. Presidents, and much more.
JSTOR This link opens in a new window Platform: JSTOR JSTOR is a digital library of academic journals, books, and primary sources related to Arts, Humanities, and Sciences. JSTOR helps people discover, use, and build upon a wide range of content through a powerful research and teaching platform. The JSTOR Understanding Series: Linking Original Works to ScholarshipJSTOR Text Analyzer: Use a Document to Search for Similar DocumentsOrganize your Research with JSTOR WorkspaceInterview Archive: King in the Wilderness - Oral history of the last years of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.JSTOR Daily
ProQuest Dissertations & Theses Global This link opens in a new window Platform: ProQuest The ProQuest Dissertations & Theses Global (PQDT) ™ database is the world's most comprehensive curated collection of multi-disciplinary dissertations and theses from around the world, offering over 5 million citations and 3 million full-text works from thousands of universities.
PsycARTICLES This link opens in a new window Alternate Name(s): APA PsycARTICLES Platform: ProQuest PsycARTICLES®, from the American Psychological Association (APA), is a definitive source of full text, peer-reviewed scholarly and scientific articles in psychology. It contains more than 153,000 articles from nearly 80 journals published by the American Psychological Association (APA), its imprint the Educational Publishing Foundation (EPF), and from allied organizations including the Canadian Psychological Association and the Hogrefe Publishing Group. It includes all journal articles, book reviews, letters to the editor, and errata from each journal. Coverage spans 1894 to the present and nearly all APA journals go back to Volume 1, Issue 1.
PsycINFO This link opens in a new window Alternate Name(s): APA PsycINFO Platform: ProQuest The PsycINFO®, database, American Psychological Association’s (APA) renowned resource for abstracts of scholarly journal articles, book chapters, books, and dissertations, is the largest resource devoted to peer-reviewed literature in behavioral science and mental health. It contains over 3 million records and summaries dating as far back as the 1600s with one of the highest DOI matching rates in the publishing industry. Journal coverage, which spans from the 1800s to the present, includes international material selected from around 2,500 periodicals in dozens of languages.
PTSDpubs This link opens in a new window Platform: ProQuest PTSDpubs database (formerly PILOTS) is a freely available, online database providing access to the worldwide literature on PTSD and other mental health consequences of exposure to traumatic events. It is produced by the National Center for PTSD. Public access version is available at https://www.ptsd.va.gov/PTSD/ptsdpubs/index.asp.
PubMed This link opens in a new window Alternate Name(s): MEDLINE Platform: New PubMed  User Guide PubMed comprises more than 34 million citations for biomedical literature from MEDLINE, life science journals, and online books. Citations may include links to full-text content from PubMed Central and publisher web sites.

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Social Work Literature Review Guidelines
From Purdue's Online Writing Lab (OWL), this page offers general guidelines for writing literature reviews in Social Work.

Library of Congress Classification

When searching for a resource in the library, you can use a Library of Congress Classification Number to search the catalog, to find the exact location of an item and to find more items that have similar content.

Counseling   BF637
Social Work   Subclass HN, HV
Social Welfare   Subclass HV
Social Services   HV40-69
General Social Problems
   Subclass HN
Social Welfare Problems
   Subclass HN
Criminology   HV6001-7220
Criminal Justice Issues
   HV6001-9960
Penal & Related Institutions
   HV8301-9920

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EBOOKS

Professional Writing for Social Work Practice

This invaluable guide helps social workers develop the writing skills necessary for a successful career. Actual examples drawn from all arenas of social work demonstrate strong and problematic writing.

Critiquing Personality Disorder

In order to work effectively with people with personality disorders it is important that Mental Health Social Workers (MHSWs) have a clear understanding of trauma and its impact on the person. This book explores personality disorder from a social work perspective.

Trauma : Contemporary Directions in Trauma Theory, Research, and Practice

"This comprehensive anthology incorporates the latest research in trauma theory and clinical applications, with a focus on the experiences of historically disenfranchised, marginalized, oppressed, and vulnerable groups."

School Consultation for Student Success

Featuring an evidence-based, cognitive-behavioral framework for delivering collaborative consultation in K-12 schools, this new book promotes the idea of equitable educational opportunities for all students.

Demystifying Criminal Justice Social Work in India

This compilation explores the scope of responsibilities undertaken by social workers in the field of criminal law in India when dealing with clients who are either offenders or victims of crime.

Narrative in Social Work Practice: The power and possibility of story

"Contributors describe innovative and effective narrative interventions with a wide range of individuals, families, and groups facing a variety of life challenges.

Immigrant and Refugee Children and Families: Culturally Responsive Practice

"This textbook summarizes the unique circumstances of different immigrant and refugee populations and the challenges faced by the social service systems, including child welfare, juvenile justice, education, health, and mental health care, that attempt to serve them."

The Costs of Courage: Combat Stress, Warriors, and Family Survival

"The authors introduce social workers and other helping professionals to the dynamic warrior culture of the US military and their families and provides practitioners with the cultural competence necessary to successfully interact with members of this culture."

Critical Multicultural Social Work

" In addition to presenting the history of diversity as well as a basic framework for evaluating the issue, the authors guide practitioners through enlightened self-reflection to encourage awareness and sensitivity as they work with clients."

Solution-Focused Case Management

"Replete with strategies and tools for practicing solution-focused case management, the text describes such essential skills as identifying goals, monitoring progress, working with other agencies, and transitioning out of treatment."

Home- and Community-Based Services for Older Adults

"Examines the existing and emerging models of home- and community-based services (HCBS) for older adults, including the history, theory, research, policy, and practices across care settings.

The Future of Social Work: Seven pillars of practice

"Discusses seven new algorithms of social practice that challenge the existing model of social work education and offers a new perspective for radical transformation of the entire system."

BOOKS IN PRINT

Techniques and Guidelines for Social Work Practice

"This book offers insight into the social worker’s professional roles, guiding principles, and the importance of evidence-based practice."

Handbook of Military Social Work

"Handbook of Military Social Work is edited by renowned leaders in the field, with contributions from social work professionals drawing from their wealth of experience working with veterans, active duty military, and their families."

Social Work Matters

"This compilation explores the transition from micro-level service—working directly to improve the lives of individuals—to the macro-level work of altering our social systems and institutions through broad social action and advocacy."

Social Work Documentation: a guide to strengthening your case recording

"Social Work Documentation is a how-to guide for social work students and practitioners interested in good record keeping and improving their documentation skills."

Culture, Values and Ethics in Social Work: Embracing Diversity

"This groundbreaking book examines the ways in which questions of culture and diversity impact on the values and ethics of social work. Featuring detailed case studies to illustrate key points for practice."

Social Work Practice Research for the Twenty-First Century

"This collection reviews the task-centered model and other contemporary Evidence-Based Practice models for working with individuals, families, groups, communities, and organizations."

The Not Good Enough Mother

"In the best interests of the child, psychologist Sharon Lamb, determines whether children should remain with their parents or be freed for adoption, and in so doing, comes to question what we know about addiction, attachment, and good enough mothering."

Social Work in Rural Communities

"Rural social workers face special problems related to their work locations, such as professional isolation, lack of supervision, the almost inevitable existence of dual relationships, and the different scale and emphases of life in small communities."

Social Work and Family Violence

"This innovative textbook comprehensively discusses three types of family violence: child abuse and maltreatment, intimate partner violence, and elder abuse."

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