Last revised:June 2008
Social Work Resources
Scope: This guide provides a selected list of print and electronic resources in the field of Social Work. It is primarily intended as a general reference tool for UMBC and UMB Social Work Students at Universities @ Shady Grove, and others interested in the field.
The print resources listed here are available in the Shady Grove Library(SHADYG). These resources (SHADYG REF) are non-circulating items and cannot be borrowed from the library. Electronic resources include proprietary databases, E- Journals as well as Internet resources. In addition, current UMBC and UMB Social Work students, faculty, and staff also have access to their home library databases via Research Port.
If you find any link not working, or if you need assistance using these resources, please contact nppandya@umd.edu or call 301-738-6017.
Table of Contents
Finding Books
Use the Catalog to search for books, journal titles, goverment reports and other materials owned by the UM Libraries. You can use this search box to locate books in your subject. This box will open the catalog and launch your catalog search in a new window.
Guides and Reference
- Aby, Stephen H. Sociology: a guide to reference and information sources. Englewood, CO: Libraries Unlimited, Inc., 1997.
Location: SHADYG REF
Call No: HM51.A249 1997 - Fisher, David, ed.Information sources in the social sciences. Munich : Saur Verlag, 2002.
Location: SHADYG REF
Call No: H61.I56 2002 - Martinez, Rey C. & Clark, Carol Lea.The social worker's guide to the internet. MA: Pearson Education Company, 2001.
Location: SHADYG REF
Call No: HV29.2 .M37 2001 - Roberts, Albert R., ed.
Social workers' desk reference. New York : Oxford Univ Press, 2002.
Location: SHADYG REF
Call No: HV40.S6464 2002 - Alston, M. and Bowles, W. eds. Research for social workers : an introduction to methods. New York: Rutledge, 2003.
Location: SHADYG REF
Call No: HV11.A47 2003
Handbooks
- DuBois, D. and Karcher, M.eds. Handbook of youth mentoring. CA: Sage Publications, 2005.
Location: SHADYG REF
Call No: HV1431 .H3 2005 - Garvin, Charles, et.al. eds. Handbook of social work with groups.New York: Guilford Press, 2004.
Location: SHADYG REF
Call No: HV45 .H26 2004
Dictionaries and Encyclopedias
- Barker, R.L. The social work dictionary. Washington, DC: NASW Press, 2003.
Location: SHADYG REF
Call No: HV12 .B37 2003 - Johnson, Allan G.The Blackwell dictionary of sociology: a user's guide to sociological language. Cambridge, MA: Blackwell, 1995.
Location: e-book
Note: USMAI Faculty, staff and students have access to this title through NetLibrary. - Herrick, J. and Stuart, P., eds. Encyclopedia of social welfare history in north America. CA: Sage Publications, 2005.
Location: SHADYG REF
Call No: HV12 .E497 2005 - Edwards, R. L.Encyclopedia of social work. (19th ed, Vols.1-3). Washington, DC,: NASW Press, 1995.
Location: SHADYG REF
Call No: HV35.S6 1995
Databases
Note: The following is a selected list of electronic databases available through Shady Grove Library. Please consult Research Port for the full list of available Sociology subject databases.Please also note that registered patrons are required to Login for a remote access to the databases. Please contact a library staff if you need additional information.
- Academic Search Premier
Provides abstracts and indexing for over 7,000 multidisciplinary journals; covers full text of articles for over 4,000 scholarly publications,including more than 3,100 peer-reviewed publications. - Family and Society Studies Worldwide
Coverage includes anthropology, sociology, social work, family issues, psychology, education and related topics. - PsycINFO
Provides summaries of original research, articles, literature reviews, reports of surveys, case studies, theoretical discussions, and descriptions of tests and apparatus from 1887 to the present. Covers scholarly literature in all areas of psychology. - Social Work Abstracts
Provides access to more than 45,000 records in all social work related topics such as aging, child and family welfare, homelessness, and substance abuse. - SocIndex
A comprehensive sociology research database, SocINDEX contains informative abstracts for more than 620 "core" coverage journals dating back to 1895. Coverage includes abortion, criminology, criminal justice, cultural sociology, demography, economic development, ethnic & racial studies, gender studies, marriage & family, religion, rural sociology, social psychology, social structure, social work, sociological theory, sociology of education, substance abuse, urban studies, violence, welfare, and many others.
Journals-Print, Microfiche and Web Journals
The following print journals are available at Shady Grove Library. Please check the Catalog for subscription years and issues available.- Child Welfare. New York: Child Welfare League of America.
Frequency:Bimonthly
Location: SHADYG REF
Call No: HV701 .C52 - Families in Society: the journal of contemporary human services. Milwaukee, WI: Family Service America.
Frequency:Bimonthly
Location:SHADYG REF
Call No: HV1 .J561 - Health and Social Work.Washington, DC.: National Association of Social Workers.
Frequency: Quarterly
Location: SHADYG REF
Call No: HV687.5 .U5 H4 - Social Service Review. Chicago, University of Chicago Press.
Frequency:Quarterly
Location:SHADYG REF
Call No: HV1.S6 - Social Work. Washington, DC.: National Association of Social Workers.
Frequency:Bimonthly
Location: SHADYG REF
Call No:HV1 .S644
- American Journal of Orthopsychiatry
- Families in Society: the Journal of Contemporary Human Services
- Journal of Community Practice
- Journal of Health and Social Behavior
- Social Service Review
- Social Work
The following free journals are accessible via the Internet and do not have access restrictions. The topics pertain to social work advocacy and practitioner issues to articles reflecting the diversity of interests, ideas, and concerns of social work students and graduates.
- The New Social Worker Online
Location: http://www.socialworker.com - The Advocate's Forum
Location: http://www.ssa.uchicago.edu/publications/advoforum.shtml
Internet Resources
Location:http://www.cswe.org/
The Council on Social Work Education (CSWE) is a non-profit national association representing over 3,000 individual members as well as 158 graduate and 453 undergraduate programs of professional social work education. Founded in 1952, this partnership of educational and professional institutions, social welfare agencies, and private citizens is recognized by the Council for Higher Education Accreditation as the sole accrediting agency for social work education in this country.
Location: http://www.ifsw.org
IFSW is currently affiliated with over 50 national organizations around the world. Its mission is to support Social Work Organizations in promoting the participation of social workers in social planning and the formulation of social policies, nationally and internationally, and the enhancement of social work training and the values and professional standards of social work.
Location:http://www.naswdc.org/
The National Association of Social Workers (NASW) is the largest membership organization of professional social workers in the world. NASW works to enhance the professional growth and development of its members, to create and maintain professional standards, and to advance sound social policies.
Location: http://www.apwa.org
The APWA web site is a good place to look for news concerning welfare, child welfare, health care reform and other issues involving families and the elderly. It provides state-by-state listings of relevant news items, and provides a browsable list of abstracts from many of its journals.
Location:http://www.columbia.edu/cu/lweb/indiv/socwk/
Columbia University's Social Work Library provides a comprehensive coverage of the various areas of social work including child welfare, gerontology, health and health care, international social welfare, marriage and the family, and social policy. The collection includes the Brookdale Memorial collection on Gerontology and the unique Social Work Agency Collection.
Location: http://www.lib.umich.edu/socwork/
The Social Work Library located within University of Michigan's Social Work School provides information on social work practice and administration, social work education, social casework, social welfare services and policy, child welfare, and gerontology.
Location: http://gwbweb.wustl.edu/Pages/Home.aspx
This site is a service of Georege Warren Brown School of Social Work. It offers a wide variety of online resources related to to social work and socail services fields.
Location: http://www.vlib.org/SocialSciences.html
Social Sciences Virtual Library provides links to relevant educational and non-profit sites with information on psychology, sociology, and other related fields.
Location: http://www.nyu.edu/socialwork/ip/
IP is a free resources for social service professionals sponsored by New York University School of Social Work. Its focus is on professionally relevant topics, scholarly articles and new resources appearing in the grey literature.
Location: http://www.icpsr.umich.edu/access/index.html
The Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR)at University of Michigan provides access to the world's largest archive of computer-readable social science data.
Location: http://www.fedstats.gov
The site provides statistical information from over 100 Federal Agencies and Statistical profiles of States, counties, cities, Congressional Districts, and Federal judicial districts. It also provides access to selected online agency databases and Federal Statistical policies.
