The Reference Department of the Lorette Wilmot Library at Nazareth College
SWK 404: Social Services and Social Policy
Dr. Estella Norwood Evans
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United States Government
Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance
The "Green Book": Background Material and Data on Major Programs Within the Jurisdiction of the Committee on Ways and Means
Thomas: The Legislative Service of the Library of Congress
New York State
County-Level Resources
Human Services Directory (Monroe County Library System)
Recommended Licensed Library Databases by General Subject Area
TIP: Some issues may be addressed by a variety of disciplines. Child abuse, for example, is an important issue covered in psychology, nursing, education, criminal justice and social work journals - just to name a few. Where you begin your research in the databases is driven by your specific interests, for example.
Criminal penalties for child abuse: Try a criminal justice database, such as NCJRS, or a law journal database, such as Academic Universe LEXIS NEXIS.
Reporting laws that impact the public school system or school professionals: Try an education database, such as ERIC or Education Abstracts.
Treatment of child abuse by health care professionals: Try a health care or medical database, such as CINAHL, Medline, or Health Reference Center.
Mental health needs of families impacted by child abuse: Try a psychology database, such as PsycInfo.
Recommended to all social policy students, regardless of policy focus:
Academic Search Elite
Academic Universe LEXIS-NEXIS
Social Service Abstracts
Social Work Abstracts
Sociological Abstracts
WorldCat
For public opinion related to social policy issues:
Academic Search Elite
Academic Universe LEXIS-NEXIS
PAIS International
Social Science Abstracts
For law or law journals:
Academic Universe LEXIS-NEXIS
For the history of a major federal initiative (e.g. Medicaid, Medicare, Social Security):
America: History and Life
JSTOR
For corrections and criminal justice policy:
NCJRS
Social Science Abstracts
For education policy:
Education Abstracts
ERIC
For health care policy:
CINAHL
Health Reference Center
Medline
For mental health policy:
PsycInfo (best - see also health care policy databases above.)
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