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Department
of Social Work
Departmental Research Guide
This research guide relays some basic information on library
and information resources pertaining to the concerns of this
department, as provided by University Libraries and/or sites
on the World Wide Web.
1.
LC Call Nos. - - - 2.
Finding Articles - - - 3.
Reference Collection - - - 4.
Social Work Faculty - - - 5.
Professional Societies - - - 6.
Web Sites
1.
To Shelf-Browse for Books (using main Library
of Congress Subject Divisions)
Books
on subjects associated with this field are shelved under
the call number ranges listed below. Use TOPCAT
to search for specific items in the collection, or more
narrowly-defined subjects.
NOTE:
The main Library of Congress Subject Heading for social work
is NOT "Social work." It is "Social service."
See: Social
work, HV1-HV696 ------- Social work education, HV11
------- Social work with Afro-American children, HV3181-HV3185
------- Social work with Afro-Americans, HV3181-HV3185
------- Social work with criminals, HV7428 -------
Social work with gay youth, HV1426 ------- Social work
with gays, HV1449 ------- Social work with juvenile
delinquents, HV9051-HV9230.7 ------- Social work with
lesbian youth, HV1426 ------- Social work with men,
HV1441.4-HV1441.8 ------- Social work with teenagers,
HV1421-HV1441 ------- Social work with the terminally
ill, HV3000-HV3003 ------- Social work with widows,
HQ1058 ------- Social work with youth, HV1421-HV1441
------- Social
service libraries, Z675.S673 ------- various
bibliographic subjects (Z)
See also these
additional Library of Congress Subject Headings:
Public welfare HV1-HV9960; Charities HV1-HV4959.
2. To Find Journal and Magazine Articles (using
indexing/abstracting/full-text services)
The following services
are recommended for courses for first-year students and nonmajors:
- Health
Source: Consumer Edition: This
database provides health information for the health care
consumer (layman). A full-text database available via EBSCOhost.
- Highwire
(includes MEDLINE): Provides indexing and abstracting for
342 journals in a variety of disciplines.
- MEDLINEplus:
Consumer health information provided by the U.S. National
Library of Medicine and the National Institutes of Health.
Also available in Spanish.
- Academic
Search Premier and
MasterFILE Premier: These two
all-subject WWW-based services (they are part of the EBSCOhost
system) feature indexing and abstracting of many journals
and magazines WKU Libraries receives in hard copy, plus
a large selection of articles in full text.
- ArticleFirst:
This all-subject FirstSearch-based database indexes
almost 13,000 journals and magazines from 1990 onward, including
some ninety percent of the ones University Libraries carries
in hard copy.
The following services
are recommended for use by advanced students and researchers:
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MEDLINE: This EBSCOhost-based
database provides abstracting of the primary research literature.
- Social
Services Abstracts: A database providing abstracting
for the literature of the social services field. Requires
a user number and password obtainable from the Reference
Desk. Coverage from 1980 on.
- PsycINFO:
PsycINFO contains more than 1.8 million citations
and summaries of journal articles, book chapters, books,
dissertations and technical reports, all in the field of
psychology. Journal coverage dates back to the 1800s. Available
via EBSCOhost.
- CINAHL:
This database is devoted to the fields of nursing and allied
health. Indexing only; some citations linked to full text.
Available via EBSCOhost.
- CAB
Direct: An abstracting service covering the literature
of applied biology, agriculture, human health & nutrition,
community & public health, and infectious diseases &
parasitology, with coverage extending back to 1973.
- Health
Source: Nursing/Academic Edition:
This database provides health information for the health
care professional. A full-text database available via EBSCOhost.
- AIDSearch:
Updated montly, AIDSearch is a combination of three database
files providing information about HIV/AIDS and related topics
from 1980 to the present.
- Combined
Health Information Database: A bibliographic database
produced by health-related agencies of the Federal Government.
This database provides titles, abstracts, and availability
information for health information and health education
resources, many of which are not indexed elsewhere. New
records are added quarterly and some older records are retained
for archival purposes.
- Hospital
& Health Administration Index:
Contained in its entirety within MEDLINE.
- MDXHealth:
A consumer health database. Available via FirstSearch
if you are faculty, staff, or a graduate student at WKU.
Call the Reference Center at x6125 for Authorization and
Password.
- ArticleFirst:
As described above.
- Social
Work Abstracts: A print index covering the field of
social work. Call number: Ref.Per. HV1 .S6x.
- ERIC
(Education Resource Information Center): The largest and
most comprehensive U.S. national bibliographic database
devoted to education, provides access to thousands of education-related
journal articles and documents dating back to 1966. Available
via EBSCOhost
(including full-text of some recent documents) and FirstSearch.
Special
resource: TDNet
Electronic Journal Finder [use to access Libraries'
electronic journals, magazines, and newspapers, as well as
some indexes and databases containing full-text articles;
includes a comprehensive A-Z listing of titles]
3. Monographic and Other Materials in the
Helm Library and Kentucky Building
The following are
recommended for use:
- Handbooks, dictionaries,
encyclopedias, directories, etc.: available in Helm Reference,
mainly in the HV and R through RZ parts
of the collection.
4. Department of Social Work Faculty
WKU
Social Work Faculty http://www.wku.edu/Dept/Academic/chhs/socialwork/faculty%20all.htm
5. Related Professional Societies (for
professional news, careers/jobs, memberships, etc.)
6. Web Sites Recommended by Department
of Social Work Faculty
Statistics
Sources
Other
Social Work
University
Libraries Liaison: Carol Watwood
(x3912
/ carol.watwood@wku.edu)
last updated 4/25/2007
page maintained by Charles H. Smith
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