The databases below are recommended by the Research Librarian for Social Work.
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This link opens in a new windowSocial Services Abstracts 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 serials publications and includes abstracts of journal articles and dissertations, and citations to book reviews.
APA PsycInfo provides access to abstracts of scholarly journal articles, book chapters, books, and dissertations. It is provides peer-reviewed literature in behavioral science and mental health, and contains citations and summaries dating as far back as the 1600s.
Annual Reviews provides researchers, professors, and scientific professionals with a definitive academic resource in more than 45 scientific disciplines.
Search for articles, books, media, and more available in the University Library.
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Search all research databases available via the library's EBSCOHost service, indexing journal articles and other research publications in all fields.
This link opens in a new windowAccess to citations for dissertations and theses written for humanities and social sciences degrees, including full-text (PDF) of most since 1997.
The PILOTS bibliographic database includes citations to all literature on post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and other mental health sequelae of traumatic events, without disciplinary, linguistic, or geographical limitations, and offers both current and retrospective coverage.
This link opens in a new windowOnline legal research database that provides access to case law, state and federal statutes, administrative codes, newspaper and magazine articles, public records, law journals, law reviews, treatises, legal forms and other information resources.
Multi-disciplinary, full-text database offering full-text articles, including peer-reviewed titles; also includes indexing and abstracts. This scholarly collection offers information in nearly every area of academic study.
This link opens in a new window This link opens in a new windowSearch for articles from a very large but selective list of high-impact research journals. Provides complete reference list for covered journals, robust citation tracing tools and research metrics. Includes selected book chapters and conference proceedings.
This link opens in a new windowHigh quality content selected to support dialogue on key issues surrounding systemic racism for students and faculty. The database includes full-text of articles from books, government documents, magazines and academic journals.
University Library subscriptions usually include most but not all of the content available from these sites. The number of social work titles available to Stanislaus users are listed below.
Searching a database will provide citations to scholarly journal articles and other scientific research.
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If there are no full-text links, use Find It! to see if article is available in another library subscription.
