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Social workers enable individuals, couples, families, groups, organizations, and communities to function more effectively within their social, economic, and political environments. The University's academic programs provide students with exposure to foundation and advanced theory in social work and practical experiences in community agencies.

Jill Moriearty (Library Subject Specialist) | U of U  Graduate School of Social Work | Joanne Yaffe  joanne.yaffe@socwk.utah.edu (Department Representative)

Use these indexes to identify articles, conference papers etc. from scholarly sources.

• You will get a citation (author, title, source, date) and often an abstract--a short summary.
• Marriott won't own all items listed; search UNIS by the journal name to find if we do. If not, you may request a copy through UTAD () or Interlibrary Loans ().
• Access varies depending on your location and status.
• Personalized help available at the Library Reference Desks. See also: Searching Computerized Indexes and Indexes - FAQ.

PsycInfo
Coverage: 1887 - .PsycINFO contains citations and summaries from the world's serial and book literature in psychology and psychological aspects of related disciplines. Journal coverage includes international material selected from more than 1,300 periodicals written in over 30 languages. Monthly updates.

Social Work Abstracts
Social Work Abstracts is produced by the National Association of Social Workers and contains thousands of records, spanning 1977 to the present, from social work and other related journals on topics such as homelessness, AIDS, child and family welfare, aging, substance abuse, legislation, community organization, and more.

Chicano Database
-resources pertaining to Mexican-Americans

Child Abuse, Child Welfare and Adoption

Criminal Justice Abstracts

Digital Dissertations

-dissertations from the U.S. and some other countries, some M.A. theses

Ethnic Newswatch

Family and Society Studies Worldwide

Genderwatch

-information on women studies, gender studies, male studies

GPO Monthly Catalog

-for U.S. government publications

ICPSR

-data sets of statistical information

Left Index

-alternative viewpoints

Lexis Nexis
-full text newspapers and publications with emphasis on general legal, business and medical resources

Medline
-health related information.
The library has access to 3 versions: Medline (Cambridge) | Medline (Ebsco) | Medline (NLM PubMed)

Popline
-demographic

Use these catalogs to:

• Find books, government documents, audio-visual materials, manuscripts, maps, software and electronic media.
• Find the names of periodicals libraries subscribe to, but not individual articles within each magazine or journal.
• Search by author, title, subject, keywords, date, call number, or ISBN/ISSN.

UNIS (help)
Lists items owned by UofU Marriott, Math, and Quinney Law Libraries and periodicals they subscribe to. Tells where book is shelved and whether it is checked out. Search the Eccles Health Science Library catalog for medicine, nursing, pharmacy materials.

Worldcat (help)
A combined catalog of over 14,000 libraries from around the world. WorldCat lists over 40,000,000 items. You can place an interlibrary loan request for items found in other libraries while online. The book will be sent here.

Digital Dissertations
This is an excellent database for looking at mostly doctoral dissertations and also some master's theses by subject area. Some are available full text via email and others can be obtained through Interlibrary Loan.

Social Work Dictionary
HV12.B37 1995, Level 3 General Reference
Includes concepts,organizations, biographies, and historical events relevant to the profession.

Encyclopedia of Social Work HV35.S6, Level 2
Three volume work has extensive articles related to all aspects of social work. Also includes biographies and NASW Code of Ethics.

National Directory of Private Social Agencies HV89.N27 Level 3 General Reference
Loose-leaf directory of agencies arranged by state and alphabetically by agency name.

Tests in Print IV LB3051 .T47 1994 Level 3 General Reference
Descriptive listings and references for commercially published tests that are in print and available for purchase and use.

Biographical Dictionary of Social Welfare in America HV27.B57 Level 2
Includes substantial entries on important figures in social welfare from colonial period to recent times. Each entry also includes a reference list.

National Association of Social Workers
http://www.naswdc.org/
Provides information about NASW, the Code of Ethics, state NASW chapters, professional social work credentials, and publications. Gives views on many issues relevant to social work practice, including legislation.

World Wide Web Resources for Social Workers
http://www.nyu.edu/socialwork/wwwrsw
This site was created to facilitate social workers' access to information available on the WWW. It is arranged by sections such as government, indexes, journals, and search engines. Includes links to other sites of interest to social workers.

Social Work and Social Services Web Sites
http://gwbweb.wustl.edu
Extensive website with categories such as abuse, addiction, foster parenting and other issues of interest to social workers. It also includes links to assessment scales and measurements.

Suggest a Web Link

Before You Write a Research Paper
Tips for the beginning researcher.

Keyword Search Concepts
Overview of boolean concepts and a discussion on how to frame your search statement.