Social Work

Reference Books

General Social Work materials

• Encyclopedia of social work. 5 volumes. 1995. Reference 360.973 En19 
  Content areas include new technologies, research, global changes, U.S. policy developments, and evolving roles for social workers.

• Social work almanac. 1995. Reference 361 G43s

• Social workers' desk reference. 2002. Reference 361.32 So13
  Written by leading scholars and practitioners in the field, it covers the full spectrum of social work practice. Each chapter includes up-to-date information, practice guidelines, and treatment plans necessary for success in today's managed-care environment.

• Encyclopedia of social welfare history in North America. 2005. Reference 361.973 En19H
  Defines social welfare broadly to include education, informal mutual assistance, the development of the social work profession, and voluntary charitable activities as well as state supported public welfare activities. The coverage is therefore broad and interdisciplinary, including the fields of anthropology, health sciences, history, political science, social work, and sociology.

• Biographical dictionary of social welfare in America. 1986. Reference 361.92 B52

• International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences. 2008. 9 volumes. Reference 300.3 In82 
  "This 9-volume study of social sciences is a successor to the Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences (ESS, 1930-1935) and the initial set of the International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences (IESS, 1968) - two groundbreaking Macmillan works that "established standards for knowledge in social science research and practice" (CHOICE, 2001)...highlights the expanding influence of economics in social science research and features nearly 3,000 entirely new articles and important biographies contributed by thousands of scholars (including several Nobel prize winners) from around the world on a wide array of global topics."

Research & Directories

• Encyclopedia of quantitative risk analysis and assessment. 4 volumes. 2008. Reference 363.1 En18Q

• Social work with the first nations: A Comprehensive bibliography with annotations. 2001. Reference 362.8 W585s

• Kids count data books 2007: State profiles of child well-being. 2007. Reference 361.7 K54

• Public human services directory. 2009. Reference 360 Am6

• Real people working in the helping professions. 1998. Reference 361.0023 C14r

Juvenile care and intervention

• The early intervention dictionary: A Multidisciplinary guide to terminology. 2006. Reference 362.1968 C692e

• A Road map for juvenile justice reform. 2008. Reference 361.7 K54

• Encyclopedia of juvenile justice. 2003. Reference 364.36 E564e

• Youth violence and delinquency. 3 volumes. 2007. Reference 364.36 Y88M

• Encyclopedia of children and childhood: In history and society. 3 volumes. 2004. Ref 305.23 En19F

• Encyclopedia of adolescence. 2 volumes. 1991. Ref 306.23 E56e

Elder Care

• The Encyclopedia of elder care. 2004. Reference 362.19897 En19M 
  Multidisciplinary by nature, the coverage includes acute and chronic disease, home care including family-based care provisions, nursing home care, rehabilitation, health promotion, disease prevention, education, case management, social services, assisted living, advance directives, palliative care, and others.

• Aging. 2 volumes. 2000. Ref 305.26 A267a

• The encyclopedia of aging: A Comprehensive resource in gerontology and geriatrics. 2 volumes. 2001. Ref 305.26 E56e3

Health

• Health issues. 2 volumes. 2001. Reference 362.1 H434h

• International encyclopedia of public health. 6 volumes. 2008. Reference 362.103 In82P

Special Issues related to Social Work

• AIDS Sourcebook. 2008. Reference 362.1969792 Ai25

• Encyclopedia of drugs and alcohol. 4 volumes. 1995. Reference 362.2 En19

• The Encyclopedia of suicide. 2003. Reference 362.28 E926e

• Encyclopedia of drugs, alcohol and addictive behavior. 4 volumes. 2001. Reference 362.29 E56e

• Encyclopedia of homelessness. 2 volumes. 2004. Reference 362.5 En19L 
  This set is the first systematic effort to organize and summarize what we know about this complex topic that impacts not only the homeless but all of society. Includes themes such as causes of homelessness, lifestyle issues, history, legal issues, public perceptions, and world issues.

• Encyclopedia of world poverty. 3 volumes. 2006. Reference 362.5 En19O

• The Encyclopedia of child abuse. 1989. Reference 362.7 C55e

• Encyclopedia of gun control and gun rights. 2000. Reference 363.33 U93e

• Crime and the justice system in America: An Encyclopedia. 1997. Reference 364 C92cr

• Encyclopedia of crime and punishment. 4 volumes. 2002. Reference 364.03 E564e

• Encyclopedia of criminology and deviant behavior. 4 volumes. 2001. Reference 364.03 E45e

• Encyclopedia of women and crime. 2000. Reference 364.082 E56e

• Handbook of restorative justice: A Global perspective. 2006. Reference 364.68 H19R

• Autism Spectrum Disorders: A Handbook for parents and professionals. 2 volumes. 2007. Ref 618.9285882 Au81

Finding Books

• Online Catalog
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• WorldCat
  • Listed under Essential Tools.
  • Find books, among other things, to request via Interlibrary Loan (ILL).

Finding Articles

• Academic Search Premier
  Covers a wide range of academic areas including business, social sciences, humanities, general science, education. Provides abstracts and indexing for over 3,200 scholarly journals, plus the Wall Street Journal, New York Times and Christian Science Monitor. Full-text available online for 1,000+ journals, with 380+ titles from 1990-present.


• MasterFile Premier
  Provides abstracts and indexing for more than 3,200 periodicals on a variety of subjects, including education. Full-text available online for 1,500 titles, with some dating back to 1990.


• Newspaper Source
  Provides full-text news and/or business articles from over 100 regional US newspapers, cover-to-cover full-text of 10 international newspapers, and the full text of The Christian Science Monitor. Abstracts and indexing for the New York Times (also NYT Magazine and NYT Book Review), Wall Street Journal, Christian Science Monitor, USA Today. Includes the Fort Wayne News-Sentinel.


• PsycINFO
  Includes citations, most with abstracts, for more than 1,300 journals published in 50 countries and 28 languages. Full text to more than 50 periodicals.


• JSTOR
  JSTOR (Journal STORage) presents the searchable full text of the complete back files for over 100 important scholarly journals. Coverage generally includes the first volume through issues published prior to the most recent 3-5 years (current issues are not available in JSTOR). Includes journals for the following disciplines: African-American studies, anthropology, Asian studies, ecology, economics, education, finance, history, literature, mathematics, philosophy, political science, population studies, sociology, and statistics. Also search JSTOR via Google Scholar by including "+JSTOR" in the search.

Finding Journals

• List of Journals, Magazines and Newspapers
  Search by journal title keyword for online full-text journals, and to see what we have in print in the library.


• Click here for a Social Sciences subject search in the Periodical List to find out what journals (and how many) we have available both in print and online. Click on the blue links to enter the actual list of titles. The numbers in parentheses beside the subject indicate how many journal titles are included in that subject area. Browse under the "Soc..." for interesting topics related to Social Work. It offers several subdisciplines in the social sciences, so browse through to find more specific journals for your topic.

Internet Resources

• Social Welfare History Archives University of Minnesota's Andersen Library
  As stated by their web site, this archive "collects, preserves, and makes available for use the archives of voluntary-sector social service and social reform organizations and the personal papers of individual leaders in the field. These materials serve as sources for original research on the history of social service and social reform, focused on, but not limited to, late nineteenth and twentieth century America. Among the range of social services and concerns represented in the archives are social casework and related counseling services, community organization, recreation, settlement houses, child welfare, aging, race relations, community planning, services to migrants and immigrants, public health and volunteerism."


• Social work and social services web sites Washington University in St. Louis
  A portal to relevant web sites to social services, divided up by topic, but also searchable by using the browser's Find or Search function.


• Web sites of interest to social workers (Univ. of Wisconsin-Madison)
  A topical list of links to pages of relevant sites related to field of social work. Entries are not annotated, but many of the titles are self-explanatory. Also check out another group of interesting web sites from UW-Stout.


• Social work search
  Offers the largest online database of links and other services devoted solely to the Social Work profession.


• Selected websites in social work (Univ. of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign)
  Links chosen by librarians that are "useful in our everyday work in the Library", as well as other selected items of interest for those in the social work field.


• Social work web sites (New Mexico Highlands Univ.)
  Annotated links to web sites, divided up by subject including Children & Family, General Social Work, Gerontology, Health & Mental Health, and Immigration & Poverty.


• Fedstats.gov
  FedStats provides easy access to statistics and information produced by more than 100 US Federal Government agencies. You can even find statistical information about Grant County.

Other Research Tools

• Credo Reference
  A conglomeration of specialized dictionaries and encyclopedias that allows you to search for definitions and encyclopedia articles, as well as develop ideas for expanding or refining a research strategy.

• Oxford Reference Premium Online  
  Oxford University Press produces a number of extremely useful reference materials, many of which they have made available here. You can search by keyword, but you can also choose particular subjects and from there, particular books within which to search. This willl provide you with all sorts of background and broad spectrum information on a particular topic.

• Biography Resource Center  
  Find background information about people, authors, famous personalities, and others. Search by first or last name.

Citation Help

One of the least favorite aspects of research papers are the citations, documenting the sources where you gleaned your information. To make that a little easier, the Library offers a few resources.

• Concise rules of APA style. 2005.
  Ref 808.06615 C748 (also in Main collection, same call number)


• Publication manual of the American Psychological Association. 2009.
  Ref 808.06615 Am35 (also in Main Collection)

• The Citation Style Guide is a place where you can find call numbers for print Style Manuals and Handbooks, as well as online help from several different universities around the States. Check it out and see if it helps!

• RefWorks
  is a Citation Management program. Fully available online, and linked from the Library's home page, it allows you to keep it all ELECTRONIC. Download your citations from the various databases you're using into RefWorks. This program will create the Works Cited page for you with little effort. In a database, look for the option to EXPORT - that is where you'll find this gem of a program.

• Automatically Generated Citations can be found in our Library Catalog (to the right of the item on the Results page), as well as in most EBSCO databases (like Academic Search Premier, PsycINFO, Communications and Mass Media Complete, etc.). Most databases either provide an instant citation in a couple of different styles, or they allow Exporting to RefWorks (see above). Ask a Librarian for more help in managing your citations and creating your bibliographies and works cited pages faster.

• WorldCat.org
  "Cite this item" within individual item record lists the citation in APA, MLA, Chicago and more.

• The Writing Center is also a solid resource. Available in the Library, this is run by the English department. If you'd like face-to-face help individually with citing or any aspect of writing and editing your paper, the Writing Center is the place to go. For more information, see their page on the Portal, or you can contact them at writingctr@taylor.edu.

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