Social Work is an interdisciplinary field, integrating sociology, psychology, public health, family studies, and more. We do not have any databases that are solely targeted to social work, but rather several that touch on relevant topics.
Remember that using the WorldCat Discovery search (either at that link or the search bar below) enables you to search many databases simultaneously -- you can always narrow down your subject from the results page.
Search Tips
Quick Steps to Locate Journal Articles on a subject
- Use a database (electronic index)
- Start with a broad subject
- Use Boolean Operators (And, Or , Not) to narrow the search
- If you find the perfect article, locate the subject headings/descriptors then search by them, or use the find more like this feature
- Remember to refine by dates and/or peer review
Multidisciplinary Databases
- JSTOR- Collections This link opens in a new window
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Collections include the complete back runs journals in fifteen disciplines, with many core research journals in economics, history, political science, and sociology. Includes titles in the fields of ecology, mathematics, and statistics. - SAGE Journals Online This link opens in a new window
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SAGE Publications include over 447 subscribed journals in Business, Humanities, Social Sciences, and Science, Technology and Medicine - Academic Video Online (AVON)- Premium This link opens in a new window
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On a single cross-searchable platform, users have a completely integrated online repository of Alexander Street video titles that your institution subscribes to or owns, including VAST: Academic Video Online (a large, multidisciplinary video product with nearly 17,000 videos and continuing to grow), along with individual discipline collections in history, art and architecture, business, counseling and therapy, dance, opera, theatre, musical performance, anthropology, health and rehabilitation, opera, nursing, science, women’s studies, black studies, LGBT studies, and more.
Vocational Databases
- Vocational & Career Collection This link opens in a new window
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Full text coverage for nearly 350 trade and industry related periodicals, including American Machinist, Pediatric Nursing, Wireless Week, Drug Store News, Video Business, Reeves Journal, Hotel and Motel Management, Restaurant Business, Advertising Age, and many more.