Social work

These resources are intended for students and researchers in social work. Keep in mind that the librarian selected these as curated resources. You are encouraged to explore other interesting subject guides.

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301 Sociology & anthropology
304 Factors affecting social behaviour
people
305 Social groups
306 Culture & institutions
307 Communities
307.1 Community planning and development
307.2 Population
307.3 Community structure
361 General social problems & welfare
361.1 Social problems
361.2 Social action
361.3 Social work
361.4 Group work

361.6 Governmental action
362 Social welfare problems & welfare
362.1 Physical illness
362.2 Mental and emotional illnesses and disturbances
362.3 Mental retardation
362.5 Problems of and services to the poor; poverty
363 Other social problems & services
363.1 Public safety programs
363.5 Housing
363.8 Food supply
363.9 Population problems

Selected Journals

Biodiversity Heritage Library

The Biodiversity Heritage Library (BHL) is the world’s largest open access digital library for biodiversity literature and archives. BHL is revolutionizing global research by providing free, worldwide access to knowledge about life on Earth. To document Earth’s species and understand the complexitie
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SAGE Journals

The SAGE Humanities and Social Science (HSS) Package provides access to 554 journals in the humanities and social sciences fields, including leading international peer-reviewed titles many of which are ranked in the 2013 Journal Citation Reports® (Thomson Reuters 2014).Now there are more choices — a
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萬方學術期刊 | China Online Journals

該期刊在中國提供了 7,400 多種中文學術期刊全文全文,涵蓋從藝術、金融到醫學和技術的所有學科。 它被中國數百家研究所、公共圖書館和大學圖書館廣泛使用,作為其圖書館服務不可或缺的一部分。COJ provides a collection of over 7,400 Chinese academic journals in full text in China, covering all subjects from arts, finance to medical and technology. It is widely used by hundreds of research institu
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SARC – Serviço de Alojamento de Revistas Científicas

SARC – Serviço de Alojamento de Revistas Científicas was setup to host online Journal from Portuguese institutions. This service is build with the Open Source tools OJS – Open Journals. SARC – Scientific Journal Hosting Service was created to develop the online publication of scientific journals in
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Selected Databases

Medline

Created by the United States National Library of Medicine, MEDLINE is an authoritative bibliographic database containing citations and abstracts for biomedical and health journals used by health care professionals, nurses, clinicians, and researchers. MEDLINE contains journal citations and abstracts
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BioMed Central

BioMed Central is an STM (Science, Technology and Medicine) publisher of 291 peer-reviewed open access journals.Subject: Psychology & ScienceSearchable in Discovery System: NoProvider: BMC SEARCH
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Consumer Health Database

This database includes journals and magazines covering an enormous range of health subjects, from sports injuries to women’s health, from food and nutrition to midwifery, from eye care to dentistrySubject: Public HealthSearchable in Discovery System: Yes (Via Proquest Central)Provider: Proquest
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Criminal Justice Database

Criminal Justice Database is a comprehensive database supporting research on crime, its causes and impacts, legal and social implications, as well as litigation and crime trends. As well as U.S. and international scholarly journals, it includes correctional and law enforcement trade publications, di
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Social Science Database

A wide range of social science disciplines include anthropology, communication, criminology, economics, education, political science, psychology, social work, and sociology. Subject: MultidisciplinarySearchable in Discovery System: Yes (Via Proquest Central)Provider: Proquest SEARCH
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Sociology Database

The international literature of sociology and social work, includes relevant titles from related fields such as social policy, social care, social services, social anthropology, gender studies, gerontology, social psychology and population studies. Subject: MultidisciplinarySearchable in Discovery S
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Coronavirus Research Database

Including coverage of the COVID-19 outbreak, this database curates openly available content related to coronaviruses.Subject: MultidisciplinarySearchable in Discovery System: Yes (Via Proquest Central)Provider: Proquest
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Social Work Reference Center

Social Work Reference Center is a point-of-care reference tool designed to provide relevant clinical resources to social workers. This database offers evidence-based disease & condition information written specifically for social workers, drug & reference information from AHFS and continuing educati
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