SWK 412 - The University Libraries

SWK 412 - Social Work Methods

Library Spaces: Information about places in the library for individuals or groups to study or prepare for presentations

Dictionaries and Encyclopedias

These specialized books provide background information on your topic or help you define unfamiliar words

Bibliographies at the end of each article refer you to other useful sources

The Social Work Dictionary
Robert L. Barker, ed., 2003
Location: ref HV12 .B37

Human Services Dictionary
Howard Rosenthal, 2003
Location: ref HV12.R67

Encyclopedia of Social Work
National Assn. of Social Workers, 2008
Also available in print: ref HV35 .S6

Blackwell Encyclopaedia of Social Work
Martin Davies, ed., 2000
Location: ref HV12 .B53

1997 volume available online

Finding Journals and Magazines Using the Databases

Databases are subject guides to magazines, journals, newspapers, and other materials. For more choices than those listed below, go to The University Libraries home page, click on Databases, then on the starting letter of the database or department name.

Tips:
-When searching for your topic try a variety of subject headings for the same concept e.g. teenagers, adolescents, juveniles, youth
-Click here for tips on using the search connectors AND, OR, and NOT in your search strategy

-What Are Scholarly Journals?

REMEMBER: To get to the full text of the journal article you must go through the Library's web pages. We have paid for access to the journals. You cannot go to the publisher's page to get an article.

Social Work Abstracts (EBSCO)

Indexes a few hundred journals as well as dissertations on social work, child and family welfare, sociology, crime and delinquency, community health, etc.

Sample topics: homelessness, AIDS, child and family welfare, aging, substance abuse, legislation, community organization, etc.

No online thesaurus to help identify possible search terms

Much larger database than Social Work Abstracts but a little more complicated to use

Indexes articles in social work, human services, and related areas including social welfare, social policy and community development

Covers journals as well as dissertations

Includes an online thesaurus of terms

Dates of coverage: 1979 +

Some full text for several thousand academic, peer-reviewed journals in the social sciences (sociology, social work, and family studies), humanities, general sciences, and education

Most titles full text from January 1990; selected titles in full text from 1910

Large, interdisciplinary database for thousands of journals and magazines

Covers a wide range of current events, news, and scholarly materials

Half of the titles include the full text of articles

Similar to Academic Search Premier

Dates of coverage: 1980 +

PsycINFO (EBSCO)

Some full text for over a thousand journals, book chapters, books, technical reports, and dissertations

Subject coverage: psychology, sociology, social work, medicine, nursing, gerontology, and psychiatry

Sample topics: behavioral assessment, community mental health. casework with special populations

Full text articles from several thousand journals, magazines, transcripts, newspapers, editorials, newsletters, and other sources

Covers news, business, law, medicine, government, and other types of information

Especially good for short articles on current issues and for newspaper articles on issues and programs relevant to North Carolina

Dates of coverage: varies by publication.

To find articles on North Carolina:
      --Click on Sources (beige tab)
      --In the list of Publication Types click on News
      --Over 200 sources are listed. The link to North Carolina News Sources is on the next screen. Find it and check the box.

--Scroll to the bottom of the screen and click the red box OK-Continue

      --You should be back at the search screen. Enter your search terms
      --In the box by Specify Date select a time period from the pull-down menu
      --Click on the red Search box

The "Legal Research" section includes legal news, law review articles, state and federal case law, state and federal statutory law (e.g. North Carolina General Statutes), and federal regulations (from government agencies).

Browse the North Carolina General Statutes

Greensboro City Ordinances and Guilford County Code

Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition (EBSCO)

Some full text for over 1,000 nursing, allied health, and nutrition periodicals

Dates of coverage: 1984+

Consumer oriented, full text information from consumer health journals, newspapers and pamphlets

Includes thousands of essays on a wide variety of health topics

Subject coverage: medicine, food sciences and nutrition, childcare, sports medicine, wellness, etc.

Dates of coverage: 1984 +

Comprehensive coverage of sociology and itsl sub-disciplines including criminology & criminal justice, demography, ethnic & racial studies, gender studies, marriage & family, religion, rural & urban sociology, social structure, social work, socio-cultural anthropology, substance abuse & other addictions, violence, etc.

Articles from a few thousand journals plus the full text of selected books and conference papers

Abstracts of some of the core journals date from 1895

How to Use Journal Finder

Click here to get to Journal Finder

Enter the journal name (not the article title) such as Social Work in the box and press the Enter key or click Search
If the title appears, click on the icon for the method of access you want
- Click on the computer icon to find full text online access to some articles
  - The database(s) and dates for full text are displayed
  - Choose a database and follow any instructions for finding specific journal titles
- Click on the book icon to locate print issues of the journal in the Library
  - The record shown will provide the holdings and location of the journal
  - Older years of journals are either bound and shelved by call number with the book collection in the stacks or are on microfilm
  - Current issues are available in the Reading Room on 1st Floor Main
- Click on the mailbox icon for mail delivery of the article (some restrictions apply)
- Click on the car icon to check whether other libraries own this title

Useful Web Sites

Directory of North Carolina State and County Officials
State information similar to that above but also names, addresses, and telephone numbers for the government officials in the 100 counties.

State and Local Government on the Net
Guide to government sponsored Internet sites for the entire United States for city, county, state, and federal agencies. Clicking on words such as "bureaus," "divisions," and "agencies" on the home for the main agency frequently will yield a list of personnel.

Healthfinder
Healthfinder is a four-part free guide to reliable consumer health and human services information, developed by the US Department of Health and Human Services. Healthfinder can lead you to selected online publications, clearinghouses, databases, Web sites, and support and self-help groups, as well as government agencies and not-for-profit organizations that produce reliable information for the public. An excellent starting point for locating information.

Health library--hand-picked health information from A to Z - prevention and wellness, diseases and conditions, and alternative medicine, plus medical dictionaries, an encyclopedia, journals, and more
Just for you-- special health topics organized by age from kids to seniors, by race and ethnicity, for men and women, and for parents, caregivers, health professionals, and others
Health care-- information about/directories of doctors, dentists, public clinics, hospitals, long term care, nursing homes, health insurance, prescriptions, health fraud, Medicare, Medicaid, and medical privacy
Directory of healthfinder organizations-this directory lists carefully selected health information Web sites from government agencies, clearinghouses, nonprofits, and universities.

State Child Welfare Agency Websites
Links to state government agencies dealing with welfare issues.

Primary vs. Secondary Sources (Univ. of California at Berkeley website with definitions, examples)

APA Style

Examples

Text of an electronic journal article retrieved via a DOI number:

Smith, W.C. (1993). Role of early supervisory experience in supervisor performance. Journal of Applied Psychology, 78(4), 443-449.

doi:10.1037/002-9432.76.4.482

Electronic article without a DOI number, use the URL:

VandenBos, G., Knapp, S., & Doe, J. (2001). Role of reference elements in the selection

of resources by psychology undergraduates. Journal of Bibliographic

Research, 5, 117-123. Retrieved from http://www.envplan.com/epa/fulltext/a40/a38255.pdf

Article from a print or microfilm journal:

VandenBos, G., Knapp, S., & Doe, J. (2001). Role of reference elements in the selection of resources by psychology

undergraduates. Journal of Bibliographic Research, 5(2), 117-123.

Link to other examples for APA, MLA, and Turabian

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