• ABI/INFORM.  Indexes business magazines and journals covering the subjects of business and management, finance, trade, products, trends, companies and more.   Excellent database to research the management and administration of social work.

• Congressional Universe (1970 to present).  U.S. legislative information, hearing transcripts, committee reports, bill tracking, Congressional Record, Federal Register, Code of Federal Regulations, U.S. Code, Public Laws, the National Journal, Congress Daily, and member information. 

• CQ Researcher. Presents full-text articles on current social, political, economic, and international issues.

• CQ Weekly Report. Offers in-depth full-text articles on U.S. Congressional legislation, actions, and developments
   
• InfoTrac OneFile.   Indexes and abstracts general interest and scholarly periodicals, including a number of core titles in social work.  Full-text coverage is also provided for over half of the   periodicals.

• LEXIS-NEXIS Academic Universe.  Full-text articles from newspapers, magazines, and other sources, covering a wide range of subjects. 

• Criminal Justice Abstracts. This database contains comprehensive coverage of international journals, books, reports, dissertations and unpublished papers on criminology and related disciplines. Criminal Justice Abstracts covers crime trends, crime prevention and deterrence, juvenile delinquency, juvenile justice, police, courts, punishment and sentencing. The database contains indexes and summaries of international journal articles, books, and governmental and non-governmental reports on virtually any topic in criminal justice. This information is indispensable for academic institutions and government agencies and departments where researchers are studying criminal justice, sociology, social work, law, and education.

• GPO Monthly Catalog.  The catalog is a search and retrieval service that provides bibliographic records of U.S. Government information products.

• Social Work Abstracts. Social Work Abstracts Plus, from the National Association of Social Workers, is the definitive social work database. Social Work Abstracts contains information on the fields of social work and human services from 1977 to present. The database provides exceptional coverage of more than 450 journals in all areas of the profession, including theory and practice, areas of service, social issues, and social problems. Practitioners and researchers in areas such as social sciences, gerontology, welfare, public health, criminology, and education as well as all areas of human services, will benefit from using this database.
  

• Sociological Abstracts. CSA Sociological Abstracts abstracts and indexes the international literature in sociology and related disciplines in the social and behavioral sciences. The database provides abstracts of journal articles and citations to book reviews drawn from over 1,700 serials publications, and also provides abstracts of books, book chapters, dissertations, and conference papers. Records added after 1974 contain in-depth and non evaluative abstracts of journal articles.Many records from key journals in sociology, published since 2001, also include the references cited in the bibliography of the source article. Each individual reference may also have links to an abstract and/or to other papers that cite that reference; these links increase the possibility of finding more potentially relevant articles.

• Statistical Universe.   Full-text database to U.S. Statistical data and some international statistics. Features include searching the Power Tables for finding fast answers, searching summaries of statistical publications for comprehensive overview of documents or selecting links to other websites with useful information about statistics. 

  
  

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• Biographical Dictionary of Social Welfare.  by Walter I. Trattner. Greenwood Press, New York , New York, 1986.  This dictionary was compiled to provide a convenient source of information on some of the people who have been important in American social welfare from colonial times to the recent period.  Location: Reference Collection, First Floor, Call Number: REF HV27 B57 1986.

• Blackwell Encyclopedia of Social Work. by Martin Davies. Blackwell Publishers. Malden, Mass., 2000. The aim of this encyclopedia is to provide accurate, up-to-date and lively explications of key topics in social work and in fields that are closely related to social work theory or practice. Location: Reference Collection, First Floor, Call Number: REF REF HV12.B53.

• Encyclopedia of Social Work.  National Association of Social Workers.  New York, New York:  the Association.  This encyclopedia provides a comprehensive and exhaustive, yet objective, overview of the profession.  Location: Reference Collection, First Floor, Call Number: REF HV35 S6.

• International Foundation Directory.  Detroit, Michigan: Gale Research Co.  This directory provides up-to-date and comprehensive information on foundation activity on a world-wide scale.  Location: Reference Collection, First Floor, Call Number: REF HV7 I59.

• Public Human Services Directory.  American Public Human Services Association. Washington, DC: the Association.  This directory provides comprehensive, up-to-date information reflecting the people, organizations, and services at the state and local levels

• Social Work Almanac.  by Leon Ginsberg.  Washington, DC: NASW Press, 1995.  This book discusses major social issues and social programs.  It combines national and some international information on population, crime, education, health, and the social work profession itself.  Location: Reference Collection, First Floor, Call Number: REF HV90 G53.

• Social Work Dictionary.  by Robert L. Barker. Silver Spring, Maryland: National Association of Social Workers, 1987.  The aim  of this work is to give the social worker an abbreviated interpretation of the words, concepts, organizations, historical events, and values that are relevant to the procession.  It is designed to provide a concise overview of social work's terminology, not encyclopedic detail.  Location: Reference Collection, First Floor, Call Number: REF HV12 B37. 

• American Public Human Welfare Association. The APWA Web site is a good place for news concerning welfare, child welfare, health care reform, and other issues involving families and the elderly.  Some sources on this site include in-depth information on welfare reform, resources on this site includes in-depth information on welfare reform, state-by-state listings of relevant news items and a browsable list of abstracts from the association's journal.

• Code of Federal Regulations. (CFR) is a codification of the general and permanent rules published in the Federal Register by the Executive departments and agencies of the Federal Government. The CFR online is a joint project authorized by the publisher, the National Archives and Records Administration's Office of the Federal Register, and the Government Printing Office (GPO) to provide the public with enhanced access to Government information. The CFR is divided into 50 titles which represent broad areas subject to Federal regulation. Each title is divided into chapters which usually bear the name of the issuing agency. Each chapter is further subdivided into parts covering specific regulatory areas. Large parts may be subdivided into subparts. All parts are organized in sections, and most citations to the CFR will be provided at the section level. Sections that are of vital importance to social workers are: Title 42, Public Health and Title 45, Public Welfare.

• Federal Register. The Federal Register is the official daily publication for Rules, Proposed Rules, and Notices of Federal agencies and organizations, as well as Executive Orders and other Presidential Documents. Helpful Hints provide instructions for searching the database. Documents may be retrieved in ASCII "TEXT" format (full text, graphics omitted), Adobe Portable Document Format, "PDF" (full text with graphics), and "SUMMARY" format

• Grassroots: Social Science Search.  This Web resource is maintained by the School of Social Work at Andrews University.  It is essentially a searchable database of over 1,500 reviewed websites of interest to social work students and practitioners.  A subject arrangement of the sites is also included with topics such as field, research, practice, values/ethics, cultural and ethnic diversity, social welfare policy, and more.

• National Association of Social Workers.  National Association for Social Workers. Founded in 1955, the NASW is currently the largest association of professional social workers in the world. Their Web site includes a catalog of publications, the NASW Code of Ethics, accreditation information, and links to resources. This site is also a useful current awareness tool.

• New Social Worker Online.  THE NEW SOCIAL WORKER ONLINE is an electronic companion to the print magazine devoted to social work students and recent graduates. Includes full-text articles, an online career center, social work links, and more. 

• Praxis: Resources for Social and Economic Development. A resource developed by Richard Estes, a professor in the School of Social Work at the University of Pennsylvania. This guide will be especially useful for social work researchers with an international focus. 

• Public and Private Laws. The Public and Private Laws database is a collection of laws enacted during the 107th Congress (2001-2002), 106th Congress (1999-2000), 105th Congress (1997-1998) and 104th Congress (1995-1996) and is prepared and published by the Office of the Federal Register (OFR), National Archives and Records Administration.

• Social Services InfoNet.  Link to Internet resources, selected and indexed by Cambridge Scientific Abstracts editors, includes reviewed books in social work, new Web sites, topical bibliographies, and social policy.  Some material requires paid subscription.

• Social Work Access Network (SWAN).  SWAN has become the site of choice for professionals, educators, and students searching the web for resources related to social work.  Access to lists of schools of social work in the US, listservs, conferences, chats, etc.  Find members in their Virtual Community.

• Social Work Cafe.  Tobi Ann Shane's Social Work Cafe has become the online meeting place of choice for social work students. Access to community bulletin boards, student message board, reading room, career advice, chat etc.
  

• Social Work History Station.  This site is another instructional resource that is designed to support classroom instruction in the areas of welfare and social work history.  Professor Dan Huff from the School of Social Work at Boise State University is the creator, and he hopes the site will prove useful to other educators.

• Social Work Search. Directory of social work links
  

• Social Work Student.  The purpose of this site is to give all students of social work, access to relevant links and information to help them with their course work.

• Society for Social Work and Research. A non-profit association committed to improving the support for research among social workers.

• WWW Resources for Social Workers.  This is the largest social work meta-index in the world.  It allows browsing of hierarchical categories as well as key word searches.

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