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- Social Services AbstractsBibliographic coverage of current research focused on social work, human services, and related areas, including social welfare, social policy, and community development. Coverage is from 1980 to the present. Updated monthly.
- Sociological AbstractsSociological Abstracts indexes and abstracts international literature in sociology and related disciplines in the social and behavioral sciences.
- PsycInfo via EbscoContains nearly 2.3 million citations and summaries of scholarly journal articles, book chapters, books, and dissertations, all in psychology and related disciplines, dating as far back as the 1800s. 97% of the covered material is peer-reviewed.
- Academic Search PremierThe world’s largest academic multi-disciplinary database, it provides full text for nearly 4,500 journals, including full text for more than 3,600 peer-reviewed titles. Coverage spans virtually every area of academic study.
- AgeLineFocuses exclusively on the population aged 50+ and issues of aging. The premier source for the literature of social gerontology and includes aging-related content from the health sciences, psychology, sociology, social work, economics, and public policy. Also includes information for professionals working in aging-related fields and for consumers.
- LexisNexis CongressionalIncludes indexing and full-text for congressional hearings, reports, bills, prints, and documents. Also includes Congressional Record, Federal Register, Code of Federal
Regulations, U.S. Code, public laws, and more. - CQ Researcher In-depth coverage of health, social trends, criminal justice, international affairs, education, the environment, technology, and the economy.
Additional Resources
- Counseling and Therapy in Video Over 600 streaming videos covering social work, psychotherapy, psychology, and psychiatric counseling totaling almost 650 hours of content.
- PILOTS (Published International Literature on Traumatic Stress) Created by the National Center for PTSD, this database provides citations to all kinds of literature involving PTSD and traumatic stress.
- Vanderbilt Television News ArchiveHolds more than 30,000 individual network evening news broadcasts from the major U.S. national broadcast networks: ABC, CBS, NBC, and CNN, and more than 9,000 hours of special news-related programming including ABC's Nightline since 1989.
- Sage Research Methods Online (SRMO) A research methods tool to help researchers, faculty, and students design research projects and understand the methods behind them.
- Social Sciences Citation Index Multidisciplinary index to the journal literature of the social sciences. Find Journal Citation Reports (JCR) under the 'Additional Resources' tab.
- FDsys: America's Authentic Government Information FDsys provides free online access to official Federal Government publications.
- Dissertations & Theses The world's most comprehensive collection of dissertations and theses, now with many provided in full text.
- Alaska & Polar Periodical Index Indexes journal articles focusing on Alaska and other arctic regions. Covers all subject areas.
- Arctic Health Literature Database An index of a variety of Arctic health related articles
- Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance Database of U. S. federal assistance programs.
- Mental Measurements Yearbooks (Buros MMY) MMY contains over 7,000 comprehensive full-text reviews of contemporary testing instruments from the Buros Mental Measurement Yearbooks.
- ETS Test Link Provides access to more than 25,000 tests and other measurement devices from the early 1900's to the present.
- ICPSR Direct Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research. Remote access only for UAA Students from the Anchorage Campus.
- PsycArticles Full-text, peer-reviewed scholarly and scientific articles in psychology from 1985 to present.
- Psychology and Behavioral Sciences Collection Covers topics such as emotional and behavioral characteristics, psychiatry & psychology, mental processes, anthropology, and observational and experimental methods.
- Psychology Journals Nearly 300 full-text journals in psychology and related fields, from ProQuest.
Websites
- UAA School of Social Work The official home page.
- NASW Online Largest membership organization of professional social workers in the world.
- APHSA: American Public Human Services Association Public Welfare information
- Association of Baccalaureate Social Work Program Directors Official web site of the BPD Association.
- Council on Social Work Education (CSWE) Website for the national association that preserves and enhances the quality of social work education.
- Grassroots Social Science Web Directory From Andrews University Department of Social Work.
- HandsNet Online collaboration and information sharing for the human services community.
- Institute for Research on Poverty Provides links to information about poverty.
- Child Welfare Information Gateway Comprehensive information on children from the Department of Health & Human Services.
- National Center for Children in Poverty (NCCP) The National Center for Children in Poverty (NCCP) is the nation’s leading public policy center dedicated to promoting the economic security, health, and well-being of America’s low-income families and children. State by state data is provided.
- Social Sciences Virtual Library Part of The World-Wide Web Virtual Library.
- Social Work and Social Services Web Site A service of the GWB School of Social Work at Washington University in St. Louis.
- Social Work Library Columbia University One of the world's premiere collections in social work.
- Welfare Information Network A clearinghouse for Information, Policy Analysis & Technical Assistance on Welfare Reform.
- World Wide Web Resources for Social Workers Database of 50,000 links relating to social work.
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