Research Guides: SWK 507: Generalist Practice with Groups, Communities, and Organizations: Research Resources

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Welcome to your Research Guide for SWK 507!

This guide will make it easier to find the best articles and other resources for your class assignments. Use the navigation tabs on the left to find what you need.

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Many electronic resources (research databases, e-books, etc.) are limited to CSU students, faculty, and staff when accessed off campus. You may be prompted to authenticate by entering your CampusNet ID and password.

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The Encyclopedia of Social Work requires a different authentication process. Please follow the link and steps below for remote access to this important resource.

Encyclopedia of Social Work by Cynthia Franklin, editor
Call Number: e-book
ISBN: 9780199975839
Publication Date: consistently updated
Use on-campus or off-campus link as appropriate.
When off-campus, you will be prompted to:
1. select your institution (Cleveland State)
2. main campus (leave default in place)
3. enter your name as it appears on your ID (last name first, e.g. Smith Jane)
4. enter your CSU ID number

Essential Databases

SocINDEX with Full Text This link opens in a new window
A sociology research database featuring more than 2.1 million records with subject headings from a 20,000+ term sociological thesaurus designed by subject experts and expert lexicographers. SocINDEX with Full Text contains full text for more than 860 journals dating back to 1908. This database also includes full text for more than 830 books and monographs, and full text for over 16,800 conference papers.
APA PsycINFO This link opens in a new window
The American Psychological Association’s resource for abstracts of scholarly journal articles, book chapters, books, and dissertations, is the largest resource devoted to peer-reviewed literature in behavioral science and mental health. It contains records and summaries dating as far back as the 1600s with one of the highest DOI matching rates in the publishing industry. Journal coverage, which spans from the 1800s to the present, includes international material selected from periodicals in dozens of languages. Includes APA PsycINFO Historic (1886-1966)
Academic Search Complete (1984-) This link opens in a new window
Indexes, abstracts, and full text for many scholarly publications covering all academic areas of study.
Criminal Justice Abstracts with Full Text (1968-) This link opens in a new window
Abstracts and full text from over 500 journals as well as dissertations, new books, and reports of public and private agencies provide comprehensive coverage of the field of criminology: crime, offenders, victims, juvenile delinquency, police, courts, correction, crime prevention.
Education Research Complete This link opens in a new window
Provides access to full text education journals and also covers areas of curriculum instruction as well as administration, policy, funding, and related social issues.

More databases:

CINAHL Plus with Full Text (1937-) This link opens in a new window
Index, abstracts and full-text access to the literature of nursing and allied health, including Occupational Therapy, Physical Therapy, and Speech and Hearing.
Health Source: Consumer Edition (1984-) This link opens in a new window
Information on many health topics including the medical sciences, food sciences and nutrition, childcare, sports medicine and general health.
ERIC (EBSCOhost Interface) This link opens in a new window
EBSCOhost Interface. Indexes and abstracts of articles, books, and documents covering education research and practice. Provides full-text for some ERIC documents.
PubMed This link opens in a new window
A service of the National Library of Medicine and the National Institutes of Health, it provides access to over 16 million citations from MEDLINE and other life science journals for biomedical articles back to the 1950s. Includes links to many sites providing full text articles and other related resources.

All CSU Databases

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