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Social Work Journals

Children & Schools

The titles listed below are published by the National Association of Social Workers. You can search by journal title in GFU Primo to find out which database includes both indexing and full text for the journal. Click the View It link to find which databases have the journal.The journal Children & Schools is indexed in the Education Research Complete database on the EBSCOhost platform.

Health & Social Work
Discusses the latest advances in areas such as aging, clinical work, long-term care, oncology, substance abuse, depression, and maternal health. Articles also cover research, policy, specialized services, quality assurance, in-service training, and other topics that affect the delivery of health care services. [NASW website]
Social Work
Dedicated to improving practice and advancing knowledge in social work and social welfare. Its articles yield new insights into established practices, evaluate new techniques and research, examine current social problems, and bring serious critical analysis to bear on problems in the profession. Major emphasis is placed on social policy and the solutions to serious human problems. [NASW website]
Social Work Research
Includes analytic reviews of research, theoretical articles pertaining to social work research, evaluation studies, and diverse research studies that contribute to knowledge about social work issues and problems. [NASW website]

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Research Databases

SocINDEX
Covers the broad spectrum of sociological study.
ProQuest Social Sciences Premium Collection‎
Covers politics, sociology, social services, anthropology, criminology and education.
Scopus
Largest abstract and citation database of peer-reviewed literature. Multidisciplinary.
Academic Search Premier
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.
Education Source
Covers a variety of topics ranging from early childhood to higher education, including specialities such as multilingual education and testing. Provides access to research journal articles, trade and professional publications, monographs, conference papers, and more. Popular database.

Sample Database Searches

Child Maltreatment and Social Work
This keyword search was conducted in the following databases: Academic Search Premier and SocIndex. The search terms and structure included: "child maltreatment" AND "social work." The search resulted in 560 articles that were published between 2008 and 2012. This search may be narrowed further by selecting the type of publication and geographical location.

The searches below represent sample searches that were conducted on two different topics.

Homeless Youth and Social Workers
This keyword search was conducted in the following databases: Academic Search Premier and SocIndex with Full Text. The search terms and structure included: "homeless youth" AND "social workers." The search resulted in 5 articles that were published between 2008 and 2012.
Latino Immigration
This keyword search was conducted in the U.S. Legal platform of the LexisNexis Academic database. Under the U.S. Legal category, the sub-category of Federal and State Cases was selected. The search structure included the following terms: immigration AND latinos OR hispanics. The search was conducted using the EVERYWHERE option. The search was limited to locate cases between 2011 and 2012. The search resulted in 224 cases.

SWRK 391 & 392 - Social Work Practice: Find Articles

Social Work Journals

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Research Databases

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