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Best Bets-Social Work Databases for Finding Articles

Social work encompasses many areas from working with children, adults, veterans, the homeless, the ill and many others. Below are 3 databases that are best bets for starting your search. However, you will also find articles in other databases that deal with specific populations, be sure to check out the Additional Resources as well listed below.

Social Work Abstracts This link opens in a new window
The database provides indexing and abstracts dealing with all aspects of the social work field, including theory and practice, areas of service and social issues and problems.
SocINDEX This link opens in a new window
Index, abstracts, and full text for articles and other publications in sociology.
PsycINFO This link opens in a new window
Research to the scholarly literature in the psychological, social, behavioral, and health sciences.
n the related disciplines of education, medicine, business, sociology, psychiatry and communications. Includes journals and dissertations from 1967 to the present in one database, and book chapters and books from 1987 to the present in a second database.The databases are in English and the journals covered are in 30 languages from over 45 countries. The databases provide citations, content summaries (for all but the dissertations), and indexing using terms from the Thesaurus of Psychological Index Terms. Book records also contain the book's table of contents.

Additional Article Databases that cover areas of Social Work

CINAHL Plus with Full Text This link opens in a new window
Index, abstracts, and full text of the literature of nursing and allied health.
Criminal Justice Abstracts with Full Text This link opens in a new window
Full text database covering criminology; criminal justice; criminal law and procedure; corrections and prisons; police and policing; criminal investigation; forensic sciences and investigation; history of crime; substance abuse and addiction; probation and parole.
Education Research Complete This link opens in a new window
Index and abstracts of articles and other publications in education research.
ERIC This link opens in a new window
Educational Resources Information Center. Index and abstracts of articles, books, and documents covering education research and practice.
Gender Studies Database This link opens in a new window
Index and abstracts for publications covering gender-engaged scholarship.
LGBTQ+ Source This link opens in a new window
Index, abstracts and full text of articles on LGBT issues.
MEDLINE with full text This link opens in a new window
A comprehensive index for medical journals and provides full text for more than 1,370 journals.
Psychology and Behavioral Sciences Collection This link opens in a new window
Index, abstracts, and full text covering topics such as emotional and behavioral characteristics, psychiatry and psychology, mental processes, anthropology, and observational and experimental methods.
Very Short Introductions This link opens in a new window
Very Short Introductions can change the way you think about the things that interest you, and are the perfect introduction to subjects you previously knew little about:
Women's Studies International This link opens in a new window
Index and abstracts for publications covering Women’s Studies.

APA Topic Guides

If you aren’t sure how to use these terms (called Subject Terms or Subject Headings), check with your Friendly Ursuline Librarian

APA PsycINFO Topic Guide for Social Work
This guide gives suggested search words to use in PsycINFO specifically related to issues around Social Work.
APA PsycInfo Topic Guide for Grief & Trauma Counseling
Researchers can use it to explore information related to counseling bereaved patients or those dealing with emotional trauma after an accident or disaster.
APA PsycInfo ® Topic Guide Sexuality & Gender Identity
Suggestions to help researchers can delve more deeply into the psychological and behavioral underpinnings of sexuality and gender.

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