Library Liaison
Heather Perez
she/her
Contact:
Heather Perez
Special Collections Librarian
C-012
Special Collections Librarian
C-012
609-652-4532 (Reading Room)
609-652-4555 (Office)
609-652-4555 (Office)
Journals (US journals in Social Work ranked Q1 by Scimago, 2023)
American Journal of Community Psychology
(Several databases offer issues of this journal, but the dates available vary - click the link to see the list)
Social Work Databases
Searching these databases will focus results on social work journals and resources directly related to the field.
- Academic Search Complete This link opens in a new window
- CQ Researcher This link opens in a new window Research report every week examining a topic of national interest. Each single-themed report is written by a seasoned journalist, footnoted and fact checked.
- Mental Measurements Yearbook with Tests in Print This link opens in a new window
- Oxford Reference: Premium This link opens in a new window Oxford Reference offers full text access to numerous dictionaries and encyclopedias by Oxford University Press as well as selected titles from the Oxford Companion series.
- PsycINFO 1640's--Current This link opens in a new window PsycINFO, from the American Psychological Association (APA), contains more than 5 million citations and summaries of scholarly journal articles, book chapters, books, and dissertations, all in psychology and related disciplines. 97 percent of the covered material is peer-reviewed.
- Social Science Premium Collection This link opens in a new window This collection provides access to databases covering international literature in social sciences. Featured databases include IBSS, Sociological Abstracts and Worldwide Political Science Abstracts.
- Social Services Abstracts This link opens in a new window This database provides bibliographic coverage of current research focused on social work, human services and related areas, including social welfare, social policy and community development. The database abstracts and indexes thousands of serials publications and includes abstracts of journal articles and dissertations and citations to book reviews.
- Social Work Abstracts (Ovid) This link opens in a new window Contains information on the fields of social work and human services from 1977 to present and provides coverage of all areas of the profession, including theory and practice, areas of service, social issues and social problems. Practitioners and researchers in areas such as social sciences, gerontology, welfare, public health, criminology and education as well as all areas of human services, may benefit from using this database.
- Statistical Abstract of the United States This link opens in a new window Provides more than 1,400 individually indexed tables (with attached spreadsheets) on the social, political and economic organization of the United States. Use the Abstract for statistical reference and as a guide to sources of more information in print and on the Web.
Reference Resources
- Dictionary of Social Work & Social Care Covering social work theories, methods, policies, organizations, and statutes, as well as key terms from interdisciplinary topics such as health and education....
- NASW Register of Clinical Social Workers, 14th ed. This link opens in a new window Provides a listing of clinical social workers who have met national standards for education and experience established by the NASW Competence Certification Commission on recommendation of the Committee on Clinical Social Work. It contains information such as name, address, telephone number, employer, education and employment history as well as type of practice and licensing information.