Library Spaces: Information about places in the library for individuals or groups to study or prepare for presentations
The
University Libraries Online Catalog
Use the Online Catalog to locate books and government documents held
by the Library
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
Databases are subject guides to magazines, journals, newspapers, and other materials.
For more choices than those listed below, go to the The University Libraries home page, click on Databases, then click on the starting letter or a department name.
Tips:
-When searching your topic remember to try a variety of subject headings for the same concept.
-Click here for tips on using the search connectors AND, OR, and NOT in your search strategy.
-If AND and OR are used in the same search, the terms connected by OR must be in parentheses( )
REMEMBER: To get to the full text of the journal articles you must go through the Library's web pages. We have paid for access to the journals. Do not go to the publisher's page to get an article.
Social
Work Abstracts (EBSCOhost)
Social
Services Abstracts (CSA)
Academic OneFile (InfoTrac)
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
Child Development and Adolescent Studies (EBSCO)
PsycINFO (EBSCO)
ERIC (EBSCO)
SocIndex with Full Text (SIFT (EBSCO)
Humanities and Social Science Retrospective (Wilson)
Greensboro News and Record Index
Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition (EBSCO)
APA, MLA, Turabian Style Information
Government Information--The University Libraries' Guide to Documents
Children
and Family Services Websites
American
Public Human Services Association
This association's mission is "to develop, promote and implement
public human service policies that improve the health and well-being of families,
children, and adults." Try some of the topics under Issues and Policy.
Child
Welfare League of America
CWLA is the "oldest and largest national nonprofit organization
developing and promoting policies and programs to protect children and strengthen
families." Check out the links under Advocacy and Programs
for position papers, Congressional reports, and fact sheets on topics from
adoption to youth development.
Kids
Count Databook
A national and state-by-state effort to track the status of children in the
U.S. It provides policymakers and citizens with benchmarks of child well-being.
Urban
Institute
This nonpartisan organization's mission is "to sharpen thinking about
society's problems and efforts to solve them, improve government decisions
and their implementation, and increase citizen's awareness about important
public choices."
National Institute for Research Advancement's World Directory of Think Tanks
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.
Almanac
of Policy Issues
Background information and links on major U.S. public policy issues such
as children's health insurance, Medicare, child care, welfare, and education.
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
on virtually any topic related to social work. Just enter your topic in the
search box.
The Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) Formerly tknown as the State
Children's Health Insurance Program.
A state and federal partnership that targets uninsured children and pregnant women in families with incomes too high to qualify for most state Medicaid programs, but often too low to afford private coverage. The website is part of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
Interlibrary
Loan
Borrowing Materials
from UNCG or other libraries
Photocopying
Finding Individual Journal Articles Using "Journal Finder"
Page Author: Nancy Ryckman
Social Work Librarian
