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The Social Work Dictionary. Barker, R. DC:NASW Press, 1999.
Ready Ref HV 12.B37 1999

Social workers’ desk reference. Roberts,A. and Green, G. New York: Oxford University Press, 2002.
Ref HV 40.S 6464 2002

Evidence-based practices for social workers: an interdisciplinary approach. O’Hare, T. Chicago:Lyceum Books, 2005.
Ref HV 689.043 2005

I’m a people person: a guide to human service professions. Richard,M. and Emener, W. Springfield: C.C.Thomas, 2003.
Ref HV 10.5. I4 2003

Real-resumes for social work & counseling jobs: including real resumes used to change careers and transfer skills to other industries. McKinney, A. Fayetteville, NC: PREP Pub., 2002.
Ref HF 5383. R3962

Social work practice with the elderly. Holosko, M. and Feit, M. Toronto: Canadian Scholars’ Press, 1996.
HV 1451.S65 1996

Social work almanac. Ginsberg, L. DC: NASW Press, 1995.
Ready Ref HV 90.G53 1995

The handbook of social welfare management. Patti, R. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications Inc., 2000.
Stacks HV 41.H325 2000.

Handbook of social work in health and aging. Berkman,B. New York: Oxford University Press, 2006.
Stacks HV 1451.H34 2006

Handbook of social work practice with vulnerable and resilient populations. Gitterman, A. New York: Columbia University Press. 2001.
Ready Ref HV 91.H265 2001

The philosophical foundations of social work. Reamer,F. New York: Columbia University Press, 1993.
Ref HV 40.R35 1993

Social work research and evaluation. Grinnell, R. Itasca, Ill: Peacock Publishers, 1993.
Ref HV 11.S589 1993

International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences. Smelser, N. J. and Baltes, P. B., eds. New York, Elsevier, 2001. 26 vols.
Reference H 41 .I58

This most useful work is equally important for information on concepts and biographies. The Encyclopedia is the first attempt in a generation to map the social and behavioral sciences on a grand scale. It is the largest reference work ever published for the social and behavioral sciences and the first to appear in both print and electronic formats.
Available online in the database "Science Direct" from the Library Home Page, under "Electronic Resources." Click on "Reference Works" from top Tool Bar.

American Men and Women of Science. The Social and Behavioral Sciences.
Ed. by The Jacques Cattel Press. 12th ed./13th ed. New York, R.R. Bowker, 1973/1976.
An excellent source for information on sociologists and political scientists of note.
Ready Reference H 50 .A47 1973/76

International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences. Biographical Supplement.
Ed. by David L. Sills. New York, The Free Press, c.1979
Specialized work listing most famous sociologists. Good for summaries of person's theories. Or look in Index Volume for mention of person's name in any of the 18 volumes.
Reference H 40 .A215 v.18

Child Welfare Information Gateway 
A service of the Children's Bureau, Administration for Children and Families, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, which provides access to print and electronic publications, websites, and online databases covering a wide range of topics.

CINAHL - Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature  [EBSCOhost]
CINAHL contains citations and abstracts to nursing and allied health journals, books, and book chapters from 1983 to the present. Beginning in 1994, it also indexes audiovisual, full-text pamphlets and nursing dissertations. Subjects covered include nursing, health education, social service in health care, occupational therapy, and related fields. 

International Encyclopedia of the Social and Behavioral Sciences
The Encyclopedia is the first attempt in a generation to map the social and behavioral sciences on a grand scale. It is the largest reference work ever published for the social and behavioral sciences and the first to appear in both print and electronic formats.

SocINDEX with Full Text [EBSCO]
Features more than 1,600,000 records with subject headings from a 15,600 term sociological thesaurus designed by subject experts and expert lexicographers. This product also contains informative abstracts for more than 720 "core" coverage journals dating as far back as 1895.

Social Explorer [Free]
Provids demographic information in an easily understood format: data maps

Electronic Journals available via Lehman College library Web Site

Internet Resources

Lehman College – Department of Sociology and Social Work

NASW press journals

Social Work and Social Service jobs

Official New York City website
(click on “city agencies” to access agency websites)

Graduate school directories: Social Work