Social Work Research Guide

[Printed volumes in the Castleton State College Library are in brown type.
Blue entries are links to electronic resources.]

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Dictionaries, Encyclopedias and Handbooks

Blackwell Encyclopedia of Sociology (REF 301.03 B568)
Encyclopedia of Social Work  (REF 360.3 En19)
The Social Work Dictionary  (REF 361.303 B244s 2003)
Social Workers’ Desk Reference  (REF 361.32 So134)
Social Work Career Development  (REF 361.3202373 D672s 2004)
Encyclopedia of Social Welfare History in North America  (REF 361.9703 En197)
The School Services Sourcebook  (REF 372.46 Sch65)

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*Research Databases and Indexes for Finding Journal Articles

Academic OneFile
Academic Search Premier
ERIC
Expanded Academic ASAP
Encyclopedia of Population
Gale Encyclopedia of Multicultural America
Health & Wellness Resource Center
JSTOR Arts&Sciences I
NCJRS Abstracts Database
PsycINFO
Psychology & Behavioral Sciences Collection
SocINDEX with Full Text
Sociological Abstracts 1953-  (REF 301.016 So13)
Social Work Abstracts  (REF 361.0016 So13)

*Note: Links to full text of some articles will be available immediately. If there is NO link to full text, check Castleton's Journal Holdings List for availability.

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Directories

Guide to Multicultural Resources  (REF 305.8 G941 1995-1996)
Public Human Services Directory (REF 361.002 P96 2005)
National Directory of Private Social Agencies  (REF 362.05873 N213)

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Professional Organizations

American Public Human Services Association (APHSA) (http://www.aphsa.org/)
Council on Social Work Education (CSWE) (http://www.cswe.org/)
National Association of Social Workers  (http://www.naswdc.org/)

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Statistics

CQ Researcher
CQ Researcher  (REF 320.9 Ed48)                                                                                            
An Atlas of Poverty in America  (REF 339.46097309045 G463a)
Statistical Handbook on the Social Safety Net  (REF 361.6  P136s)
Social Work Almanac (REF 361.973 G435s 1995)