Social Work
Best bets to find social work scholarly journal articles
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Family Studies Abstracts
Covers the major journals in the field of family studies; topics include marriage, divorce, family therapy, children, parenthood, and more.
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PsycINFO
Expertly indexed abstracts and citations for global peer-reviewed research in psychology and related behavioral, social science, and mental health fields.
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Social Services AbstractsCoverage: 1980+
Maximum Concurrent Users: Unlimited
This database covers current research focused on social work, human services, and related areas, including, but not limited to, welfare services, social education & practice, community & mental health services, poverty, homelessness, social & health policy, and welfare services. Included are abstracts of journal articles, dissertations, and citations to book reviews. -
Social Work Abstracts
Indexes and abstracts scholarly and professional journals covering all aspects of social work, including theory, practice, social issues, and human services, with coverage dating back to 1965.
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SocIndex with Full Text
Covers a wide spectrum of disciplines like gender studies, justice studies, economics, psychology, and social work, with a strong focus on sociology and its sub-disciplines. Primarily consists of journal articles, along with books, working papers, dissertations, and conference proceedings. It also features profiles of prolific authors.
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Sociological AbstractsCoverage: 1963+
Maximum Concurrent Users: Unlimited
Covers journal articles, conference papers, books, dissertations, and conference papers, book reviews related theoretical & applied sociology, social science, & policy science. Topics include sociological aspects of anthropology, gender studies, gerontology, family studies, health, racial interactions, social psychology, social work, urban studies, etc.
Additional useful databases (journal articles, datasets, newspaper articles)
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Academic Search Ultimate
Access to popular press magazines and peer-reviewed scholarly journals across various academic disciplines, including open-access journals and historic Associated Press videos.
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Access World News
Full-text content from thousands of U.S. and international newspapers, newswires, broadcast transcripts, and business magazines, providing diverse viewpoints on local and global issues.
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APA PsycTherapy
900+ unscripted therapy session videos featuring diverse therapeutic approaches led by experienced clinicians, designed for training and education in clinical and counseling programs.
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Dissertations & Theses Global
A collection of full-text dissertations and theses featuring millions of searchable citations from 1861 to present. It includes over a million downloadable PDFs, full text for most entries since 1997, and comprehensive coverage of older works, including PQDT UK & Ireland content.
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Education Full Text (H.W. Wilson)
Full-text access to scholarly and professional publications covering teaching methods, literacy, classroom management, school administration, and adult and continuing education.
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Encyclopedia of Social Work
Find peer-reviewed articles on various social work topics, including policy, research, practice, and theory, continuously updated by leading scholars to reflect the latest developments.
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ERIC (ProQuest)
Find a wide range of education-related literature, including journal articles, conference proceedings, reports, and books, sponsored by the U.S. Department of Education.
Access Information: When using Get it @ ASU to retrieve ERIC Documents (those with an ED number), the feature may indicate full-text availability when the document is not available online. In many of these instances, users may get the document from the ERIC microfiche collection held in the Hayden Library. Users from campuses other than Tempe may request a digital copy of the microfiche document through ILLIAD.
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Ethnic NewsWatch
Ethnic NewsWatch offers articles from minority presses, including African American, Caribbean, Arab, Asian, European, Hispanic, Jewish, and Native American sources, with coverage starting from 1990.
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ICPSR: Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social ResearchICPSR is an international consortium of academic institutions and research organizations, which provides data access, curation, and methods of analysis for the social science research community. ICPSR web portal provides access to a data archive of thousands of files of research in the social sciences. Searchable content includes specialized collections of data in education, aging, criminal justice, substance abuse, terrorism, and other fields.
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Google Scholar (with Library Links)
Find scholarly literature, including peer-reviewed journal articles, books, theses and dissertations, conference papers, pre-prints, technical reports, and other publications for all research disciplines. The link enables ASU affiliates to include ASU Library’s full text and InterLibrary Loan Services in a search.
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Nexis Uni
Find full text of various newspapers, trade publications, legal periodicals, and journals. Includes company directories, financial reports, biographies, federal/state laws, regulations, court opinions, and news transcripts.
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Oxford Bibliographies: Social Work
An up-to-date and reliable starting point for research in social work, providing a curated filter to the vast and growing literature in the field.
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Policy Commons
Access to global grey literature, including reports, papers, and datasets from think tanks, NGOs, and policy groups, supports research in public policy and social sciences.
Policy Commons includes a cross-search for the following modules:
- Global Think Tanks
Search policy research and analysis from leading think tanks worldwide on international and domestic issues. - North American City Reports
Urban policy documents and reports from North American cities on climate change, public health, and social equity. - Public Health and Social Care
Find global research, policy, and reports on health systems, social care, and population well-being. - World Cities and Local Governments
Explore reports, plans, and data from city halls, councils, and regional governments around the globe. - World Governments
Access national government publications, data, and policy documents from countries across the world.
- Global Think Tanks
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PolicyMap
PolicyMap is a U.S. national data and mapping tool that combines a curated, comprehensive geographic data library with simple, robust mapping and analytics tools. University faculty, researchers, and students use it to create compelling maps of up to five layers, export trend charts with key benchmarks, download data for use in other tools, generate on-the-fly reports and upload your own data to view it with ours.
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Statista
A statistics portal that integrates data on markets, industries, media, business, finance, politics, population, opinion, lifestyles and a wide variety of other areas of interest. Provides ready-made charts, graphs, and tables. Includes AI assistant: ResearchAI
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United States CensusDemographic information