Subject Guides
Key Databases
Social Services Abstracts
Database providing bibliographic coverage of current research focused on social work,
human services, and related areas, including social welfare, social policy, and community
development from thousands of serial publications with links to full text.
ProQuest Social Sciences
Includes Research Library for social sciences as well as the premium collection.
Sociological Collection
This database covers a broad range of subjects including social behavior, human tendencies,
interaction, relationships, community development, social and cultural structure and
more.
Websites
Other Resources
The Journal of Social Work Values and Ethics
Examines the ethical and values issues that impact and are interwoven with social
work practice, research, and theory development. This journal addresses ethical and
value issues that encompass the full range of social problems and issues that social
workers encounter.
GPO (Government Printing Office)
Covers all types of U.S. government documents, including Congressional reports, hearings,
debates, and documents issued by executive departments, many pertaining to sociological
issues.
Science Direct
Our largest database for the sciences and social sciences, including sociology, providing
full text access to scholarly journals often unavailable on other databases.
ERIC
Although ERIC is an education database, it will also have topics related to social
work
PsycINFO
Focuses on behavioral and social sciences
Criminal Justice Database
Search criminal justice journals from across the world covering law enforcement, corrections
administration, drug enforcement, rehabilitation, family law, and industrial security.
Online Encyclopedias
Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Social Work
Continuously updated resource containing hundreds of articles and biographies that
offer overviews of key elements in social work study. Monthly additions.
Streaming Video
Films on Demand: Social Work Video Collection
Over 400 videos covering all aspects of social work.
Citing Sources
APA Style Guide
American Sociological Association (ASA) Style Guide
Zotero
A citation generator and management tool, Zotero can help you keep all of your citation
information together and generate a bibliography for you.