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MSW--Graduate Social Work Guide: Library Ebooks for Required MSW Course Readings

Library Ebooks for MSW Course Readings

MSW Required Texts - Library Ebooks
Below are titles and direct links to freely available George Fox Library ebooks for MSW courses.

- NOTE: The library purchases ebooks for required course texts whenever they are available from publishers for unlimited user access.


● All titles are available to read online in a browser 24/7.
● In most cases the chapters are available as PDF downloads that you can keep (10-40% of a book can be downloaded every 24 hours until the entire book is downloaded.)
● In a few cases the entire ebook can be freely downloaded (DRM free) at once to keep.
● The majority of ebooks listed below are from the library’s ProQuest Ebook Central vendor, this link further explains their printing, copying, downloading permissions:
https://support.proquest.com/s/article/Ebook-Central-Per-User-Per-Day-Copy-print-and-download-limits?language=en_US
Additional questions around using ProQuest Ebook Central ebooks are answered in this guide: https://libguides.georgefox.edu/EbookCentral
EBSCO ebook info can be found in this guide: https://libguides.georgefox.edu/EBSCOebooks

 

(Note: The MSRP prices shown below is the new book price from the GFU Follett bookstore. Rental and used options are also available.)


Questions? Contact MSW librarian Robin Ashford rashford@georgefox.edu
Ask me about ebooks or any library related questions, I’m glad to help!


Course: 520 A Diversity and Difference
Faculty: Yongqiang Zheng
Title: Multicultural Social Work Practice: A Competency-Based Approach to Diversity and Social
Justice - MSRP $130.25
Authors: Sue, Derald Wing, Rasheed, Mikal N., & Rasheed, Janice M.
Edition: 2nd
ISBN: 9781118536100
Direct Library Ebook Link:
https://ebookcentral-proquest-com.georgefox.idm.oclc.org/lib/georgefox/detail.action?docID=7103798

 

Course: 533 B Human Behavior in Social Environments
Faculty: Jeongah Kim
Title: Essentials of Human Behavior - MSRP $135.00
Authors: Hutchison, Elizabeth D.
Edition: 3rd
ISBN: 9781544371337
Library does not own ebook, title is not available for library purchase in ebook format.

 

Course: 570 B Values & Ethics; Spirituality & Religion
Faculty: Jeongah Kim
Title: Ethical Decisions for Social Work Practice - MSRP $197
Authors: Dolgoff, Ralph, Harrington, Donna, & Loewenberg, Frank M.
Edition: Ninth/ 2012
ISBN: 978-0840034106
Library does not own ebook, title is not available for library purchase in ebook format.
- AND
Title: Choosing the Good: Christian Ethics in a Complex World - MSRP $30
Authors: Hollinger, D. P.
Edition: 2002
ISBN: 9780801025631
Direct Library Ebook Link:
https://ebookcentral-proquest-com.georgefox.idm.oclc.org/lib/georgefox/detail.action?docID=793668


Course: 576 A, B, D, Foundation Internship I
Faculty: TBD
Title: The successful internship : personal, professional, and civic development in experiential
learning - MSRP $131.25
Authors: Sweitzer & King
Edition: 5th
ISBN: 9781305966826
Library does not own ebook, title is not available for library purchase in ebook format.
- AND
Title: 101 Careers in Social Work - MSRP $35
Author: Ritter, Jessica A ; Obermann, Ann ; Danhoff, Kristi
Edition: 3rd
ISBN: 9780826143259
Direct Library Ebook Link:

https://research-ebsco-com.georgefox.idm.oclc.org/c/xabaeb/search/details/mf4hsrdtqf?db=nlebk
(Note: This is a 3-user license, which means that up to three people can access the book at one time. A fourth person trying to access it at the same time would see a message to wait until one person leaves the online book. Highly Recommend: Download the 25 page
limit in PDF, then close out of title, return 24 hrs later and download 25 page PDF again, repeat until all chapters downloaded.)


Course: 591 A Social Work Practice I: Families, Individuals, Groups
Faculty: Steffanie Altenbern
Title: Empowerment Series: Direct Social Work Practice: Theory and Skills - MSRP $262.50
Authors: Hepworth, Rooney, Strom-Gottfried
Edition: 10th
ISBN: 9781305633803
Library does not own ebook, title is not available for library purchase in ebook format.


Course: 601 D, E Advanced Clinical Practice
Faculty: Daphne Vaughn, Steffanie Altenbern
Title: The Complete Adult Psychotherapy Treatment Planner - MSRP
Author: Jongsma
Edition:
ISBN: 9781119629931
Direct Library Ebook link:
https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/georgefox/detail.action?docID=6561822
- AND
Title: Diagnostic & Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders Text Revision (DSM-5-TR) - MSRP
$205
Author: American Psychiatric Association
Edition: 5th
ISBN: 9780890425763 (print book)
Direct Library Ebook link to online portal:
https://dsm-psychiatryonline-org.georgefox.idm.oclc.org/doi/book/10.1176/appi.books.9780890425787
(Note: online access only, copy/paste is allowed.)


Course: 605 D, E Micro Prac/Adv Prac Ind & Fam
Faculty: Daphne Vaughn
Title: Child and Family Practice: A Relational Perspective - MSRP $96.75
Authors: Cohen Konrad
Edition: 2nd, 2020
ISBN: 9780190059576
Direct Library Ebook link:
https://ebookcentral-proquest-com.georgefox.idm.oclc.org/lib/georgefox/detail.action?docID=6185283
- AND
Title: Therapy in the Real World - MSRP $47.25
Authors: Boyd-Franklin
Edition: 2014
ISBN: 9781462526055

Direct Library Ebook Link:
https://ebookcentral-proquest-com.georgefox.idm.oclc.org/lib/georgefox/detail.action?docID=1191577

 

Course: 647 D, E Research for Evidence Based Practice
Faculty: Jeongah Kim
Title: Successful Grant Writing: Strategies for Health and Human Service Professionals (online text)
Authors:.Gitlin, Kolanowski, Lyons
Edition: 2020
Direct library ebook link: https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/georgefox/detail.action?docID=6208788


Course: 676 A, B, C, D, E - Advanced Internship I
Faculty: TBD
Title: Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents - MSRP $20
Authors: Wilkerson
Edition: 2020
ISBN: 9780593230275
Library does not own ebook, title is not available for library purchase in ebook format.


Course: 685 A Elective: Children's Issues
Faculty: Rhonda Andrews
Title: Play Therapy - MSRP $105
Authors: Kottman
Edition: 2nd, 2011
ISBN: 9781556203053
Direct Library Ebook Link:
https://ebookcentral-proquest-com.georgefox.idm.oclc.org/lib/georgefox/detail.action?docID=1873194

 

Course: 685 B Elective: Gerontology
Faculty: Yong Zheng
No books for this course

Course: 685 C Elective: Substance Abuse
Faculty: Rebecca Rodriguez
Title: The Routledge Handbook of Social Work and Addictive Behaviors - MSRP $57
Author: Begun
Edition: 2020
ISBN: 9780429515132
Direct Library Ebook Link:
https://georgefox.idm.oclc.org/login?url=https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/9780429203121

 

Course: Many
Faculty: Various
Title: Publication manual of the American Psychological Association : the official guide
to APA style - MSRP $32
Authors: APA
Edition: 7th
ISBN: 9781433832161
Title is not available for the library to purchase in ebook format, some print copies are available to request online in the Newberg campus Murdock Library. (First Sign In to see request options, once requested the title will be mailed to your home address, or (if you live near Newberg) you can choose Murdock Library pickup.