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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
AIDSearch
Subject index to HIV and AIDS research. Free Registration required to search database.
Cares Database
[Free]
A compilation of detailed information on over 2,469 agencies, 15,050
programs and 7,042 location sites. Search for agencies using
categories such as Program Type, Target Group, Borough, Zip Code, and
Language.
Child Abuse and Neglect Index
Subject index. Free Registration required to search database.
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.
Social
Work Abstracts [Ovid]
The Social Work Abstracts database, produced by the National Association of Social Workers, Inc.,
contains more than 45,000 records, spanning 1977 to the present, from social work and other related journals on topics such as homelessness, AIDS, child and
family welfare, aging, substance abuse, legislation, community organization, and more.
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
Lehman College –
Department of Sociology and Social Work
www.lehman.edu/deannss/sociologysocwk/
NASW press journals
www.naswpress.org
Social Work and Social Service jobs
www.socialservice.com
Official New York City website
(click on “city agencies” to access agency websites)
www.nyc.gov
Graduate school directories: Social Work
www.gradschools.com/programs/social_work_msw.html