LibGuides: SWRK 440 Social Work Research Methods: Find Articles

Key Databases

SocINDEX This link opens in a new window
SocINDEX is the authoritative bibliographic database for sociology research. Indexing covers leading social work journals.
ProQuest Social Sciences Premium Collection This link opens in a new window
Covers politics, sociology, social services, anthropology, criminology and education.
Google Scholar This link opens in a new window
Google Scholar provides a simple way to broadly search for scholarly literature. Features include: Search all scholarly literature from one convenient place; Explore related works, citations, authors, and publications; Locate the complete document through your library or on the web; Keep up with recent developments in any area of research; Check who's citing your publications, create a public author profile.
Encyclopedia of Social Work This link opens in a new window
The Encyclopedia of Social Work is an online, trusted reference work for social workers published by the NASW and OUP. Articles cover all aspects of social work practice.

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Searching Strategically (Print Copy)
A printable worksheet to help with keywording and tracking as you search various tools.

Social Work Reference Center This link opens in a new window Encyclopedic-type resource for social workers and mental health professionals. Covers a wide array of topics, such as adolescent health, aging, end-of-life care, clinical social work, and diversity.
Academic Search Premier This link opens in a new window The world's largest scholarly, multidiscipline, full-text database designed specifically for academic institutions. Contains full text for more than 4,600 peer-reviewed publications, in nearly all academic areas of study.

CINAHL with Full Text Indexing for almost 3,000 journals in the fields of nursing and allied health, with full text for more than 600.

Education Source This link opens in a new window Covers all areas of education. Indexes more than 2,400 journals, with more than 1,400 full text and also contains full text for numerous education-related conference papers. From EBSCO.

Mental Measurements Yearbook with Tests in Print Provides users with a comprehensive guide to over 2,700 contemporary testing instruments. Designed for an audience ranging from novice test consumers to experienced professionals, the MMY series contains information essential for a complete evaluation of test products within such diverse areas as psychology, education, business, and leadership.
PsycInfo Covers the professional and academic literature in psychology and related disciplines, including medicine, psychiatry, nursing, sociology, education, pharmacology, physiology, and linguistics. This is a bibliographic database with abstracts covering 1806 to the present.