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Social Work
Your Subject librarian is Peggy Ridlen. She can be reached at 314-889-4616 for research assistance.
Below is a list of subscription databases & websites relevant to Social Work. For a complete list of Fontbonne's databases, see our alphabetical list.
If you cannot find the full text of the article you need, please request it via ILL - Interlibrary Loan. The article will be sent to your Fontbonne e-mail account within 3-5 days.
| Academic Search |
Multi-disciplinary resource that includes full-text and citations of scholarly, peer-reviewed journals. Updated daily. |
| Access Science |
Covers the sciences, technology, mathematics, medicine, computing, food science, and psychology. Updated daily. |
| Business Source |
Provides full-text coverage of scholarly business, management, and economics journals, as well as market research, country reports,industry reports, company profiles and SWOT analyses. Updated daily. |
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Produced by NISC, this EBSCO database includes book reviews, abstracts from hundreds of journals and a bibliography of thousands of technical reports, books, book chapters, theses and dissertations. More than 342,000 records are included with over 10,000 new records added each year. Includes biomedical and social sciences; current and historical literature related to growth and development of children through the age of 21. |
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| Cochran Library |
Health-related literature reviews and resources relevant to evidence-based practice in social sciences. Quick Reference Guide to using the Cochran Library resources. |
| Communication & Mass Media Complete | Full-text of journals in communication, mass media, and other closely-related fields of study. |
| CredoReference |
Virtual reference library and an ideal place to start any research. Includes encyclopedias, dictionaries, thesauri, books of quotations, and a range of subject-specific titles. |
| EconLit with Full-text | Provides links to full text articles in all fields of economics, including capital markets, country studies, econometrics, economic forecasting, environmental economics, government regulations, labor economics, monetary theory, urban economics and more. |
| Education Research Complete |
Includes the most complete collection of full-text scholarly education journals relating to all areas of education. |
| ERIC |
Journal and non-journal education literature with citations back to 1966. Now maintained by the U.S. Department of Education. [For assistance using ERIC see Thesaurus of ERIC descriptors in the Reference Room (call # LB1028.U54 T5 2001).] |
| Global Issues in Context | Provides background information and explanations of the impact of global issues and events, including expert perspectives from cultural, religious, political, social, economic, and scientific & health standpoints. |
| GPO Catalog | Catalog of U.S. Government Publications (CGP). The CGP is the finding tool for federal publications that includes descriptive records for historical and current publications and provides direct links to those that are available online. Users can search by authoring agency, title, subject, and general key word, or click on "Advanced Search" for more options. |
| JSTOR (Arts & Sciences I-IV) |
Full-text of scholarly journals (often from the first published issue). Includes social work journal titles such as Family Relations: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Applied Family Studies, 1998-2003; Journal of Health and Social Behavior, 1967-2006; Public Administration, 1940-2003. NOTE: The most recent issues (from 1 - 5 years) are typically not included in this database. |
| LexisNexis Academic |
Full-text documents from news, business, legal, medical, and reference publications. |
| National Association of Social Work | This professional website contains the Code of Ethics for Social Work, Practice Guidelines for Social Work practice in various settings and much more. |
| Oxford Reference Premium |
High-quality, specialized dictionaries and reference books in every subject area. Includes bilingual dictionaries, such as French, Spanish, German, Italian and Latin. |
| PsycARTICLES |
Full-text articles on current issues in general psychology and specialized, basic, applied, clinical and theoretical research. |
| PsycINFO |
Contains citations and summaries of journal articles, book chapters, books and dissertations in the field of psychology and related disciplines. |
| PubMed |
PubMed, a service of the National Library of Medicine, includes over 15 million citations for biomedical articles back to the 1950's. These citations are from MEDLINE and additional life science journals. PubMed includes links to many sites providing full-text articles and other related resources. |
| Social Impact Bulletin | Each issue of Impact Bulletin contains news articles on topics ranging from faculty and student research to new developments at the George W. Brown School of Social Work at Washington University. Also included in each issue are podcasts, important events,and faculty profiles. |
| Thomas | Legislative information from the Library of Congress. Produced by the U.S. federal government. |
| UN DATA | Statistical database compiled by the United Nations Statistics Division providing data from select sources for all countries. Searchable by topic. |
| UNESCO Website | UNESCO functions as a laboratory of ideas and a standard-setter to forge universal agreements on emerging ethical issues. The Organization also serves as a clearinghouse for the dissemination and sharing of information and knowledge and works to create the conditions for genuine dialogue based upon respect for shared values and the dignity of each civilization and culture. |
| United Nations Databases | Maps, Documents, Research Guides and Reports published by the United Nations. |
| Washington University: George W. Warren School of Social Work | The library, which is open to the public, is home to one of the finest collections in the nation in the fields of child welfare, community development, family therapy, mental health, children and youth, gerontology, public welfare, management of human services, and social policy. The Brown School is located in the southeast corner of Washington University's Danforth Campus in Brown Hall and Goldfarb Hall. |
| Women and Social Movements in the United States: 1600-2000 |
In-depth access to the published histories and records of women's reform organizations in the United States in the 19th and 20th centuries. |