Guide to Library Resources for Social Work

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This page is intended to help you locate information related to Social Work in the College of St. Catherine Library and on the
World Wide Web. Please ask a Reference Librarian if you need assistance with any aspect of library research.

The graduate and undergraduate Social Work programs are offered jointly by the College of St. Catherine and University of St. Thomas.
Students are welcome to use the library facilities of either or both campus, and are provided campus computer accounts from both colleges.

The CSC library's liaison for Social Work is Kathi Rickert. Feel free to contact her by phone (651-690-8738) or e-mail
(kdrickert@stkate.edu) if you have questions or need assistance.

For assistance at UST's O'Shaughnessy-Frey Library, please contact Jan Orf by phone (651-962-5007) or e-mail
(jmorf@stthomas.edu). Jan also maintains a Web page of Selected Sources for Social Work.

Finding Periodicals

1. First, use a journal index to search for and identify articles that may be useful for your topic. Print a list of the citations you would like.

2. The journal index you use may provide information about the periodical holdings at St. Kate's. Some will even provide links to
the full text.

3. To see if St. Kate's has the journal you need, in print or online, use the Periodical Cat. Be sure to compare the dates of issues
available to those that you need.

4. If the journal is in print and the date is 1998 or newer, find the journal in the library (they are shelved alphabetically by journal title).
If the journal is online, use the link provided in the Periodical Cat.

5. If St. Kate's doesn't carry the title and date you need, you can request it through interlibrary loan, or ILL. Allow 3 to 7 days for
delivery. Online forms are available -- Graduate Social Work students should use the form indicated for them.

For help determining which database to use, or for finding the articles once you have the citations, please consult a
reference librarian (651-690-6652).

Web Resources

The Internet sites listed below are launching points for exploring the World Wide Web in the field of Social Work. Most of these
pages have links to many additional sites. You also can use a search engine, such as Google, to search for a topic.

National Association of Social Workers
http://www.naswdc.org/
Official home page of the NASW. Here you'll find the Code of Ethics and other official NASW business.

NASW Code of Ethics
http://www.socialworkers.org/pubs/code/code.asp?print=1
Approved 1996 and revised 1999

 

Minnesota

Minnesota Board of Social Work
http://www.socialwork.state.mn.us/
Website for the board governing social work practice in the state.

University of Minnesota School of Social Work
http://ssw.che.umn.edu/

MINCACA (Minnesota Center Against Violence and Abuse)
http://www.mincava.umn.edu/
A clearinghouse which provides online resources on topics related to violence and abuse.

Links to Web resources

SWAN (Social Work Access Network)
http://www.sc.edu/swan
Collection of links to Internet-based resources for Social Work. SWAN is one of the oldest Social Work sites on the Web, and
still one of the most useful.

Social Work World by Liz Mitchell
http://pages.prodigy.net/lizmitchell/volksware/socialwork.htm
Social worker Mitchell has compiled an interesting collection of links, including products and books, job listing, "just for fun",
balancing life and work, international organizations, more.

George Warren Brown School of Social Work, Washington University, St. Louis, MO
http://gwbweb.wustl.edu/websites.html
Fairly impressive set of links to topics of interest to social workers. Site also includes a job listing.

Social Work Sources on the Web by Laura Boyer, California State University/Stanislaus
http://www.library.csustan.edu/lboyer/socwork/contents.htm
Boyer provides a well organized list of links to social work resources and related sites on topics of interest.

Searchable databases

National Clearinghouse on Child Abuse and Neglect Information (1965 - )
http://nccanch.acf.hhs.gov/index.cfm
Includes an index to journal articles, legislation, and other materials relating to child abuse and neglect. Includes statistics,
state statutes and prevention advocation.

Information for Practice (free searchable online journal)
http://www.nyu.edu/socialwork/ip/
Resource for social service professionals.

Web Search

Yahoo! Social Work directory. Yahoo! list of social work sites, including discussion groups and online journals.

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Books

Use CLICnet, the online catalog of St. Catherine's and the other CLIC libraries, to find books and audiovisual material on your topic.
Use the Subject or Keyword search options.

If you don't find what you need in CLICnet, try the catalogs of larger research libraries, such as the University of Minnesota.
Our listing of library catalogs contains the U's MnCat and many others.

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Reference Books

Reference books provide statistics, biographical information, or short authoritative summaries of topics. Selected reference books for
social work research include the following sources, found in the Reference Room at the CSC St. Paul campus library:

Biographical Dictionary of Social Welfare in America. Ref. HV27 .B57 (1986). Lengthy articles on persons past and provide
information of life and contributions to the field of social work.

Encyclopedia of Social Work.   Ref. HV35 .S6 (1995). Provides concise reviews of topics related to the field of social work. Also
includes a short biography sections and a guide to directories in social welfare. The CSC Library has the 17-19th editions.

Encyclopedia of Sociology. Ref. HM17 .E5 (1991). Current sociology encyclopedia is an excellent source for placing terms in the
conceptual framework of past and present society.

Handbook of Social Work Direct Practice. Ref. HV 40 .H2827 (2000). Presents issues and conceptual frameworks of practice as
well as professional concerns such as ethics, education and financial support.

Social Work Almanac. Ref. HV90 .G53 (1995). Statistical almanac presents data on children, education, crime and delinquency,
health, the elderly, and public welfare issues.

Social Work Dictionary. Ref. HV12 .B37 (1987) . Short, concise definitions to terms and phrases.

Social Workers' Desk Reference. Ref. HV 40 .S6464 (2002). Extremely useful source for theoretical base, practice skills,
protocols, guidelines, assessment instruments and therapeutic techniques.

Study Guide for ACSW Certification. 5th ed., rev. Ref. HV11.5 .S88 (2004) 4 vols.

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