Social Work

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MAIN INDEXES AND DATABASES
Social Work Abstracts via EBSCOhost	1966-present	Indexes 450+ scholarly journals and other publications in social work and human services.
Social Services Abstracts via Cambridge Scientific Abstracts	1979-present	Indexes 1,330+ journals and other publications on current research focused on social work, human services, and related areas, including social welfare, social policy, and community development. Many records, added to the database since 2004, also include the references cited in the bibliography of the source article.
Social Sciences Full Text and Humanities and Social Sciences Index Retrospective via WilsonWeb	1907-present; Full text: 1995-present	Indexes international scholarly journals and popular magazines in the social sciences. Full text coverage begins in 1995. Allows to search Social Sciences Full Text and Humanities and Social Sciences Index Retrospective concurrently.
Sociological Abstracts via Cambridge Scientific Abstracts	1952-present	Indexes 2,000+ international journals and other publications in sociology and related disciplines in the social and behavioral sciences. Many records, added to the database since 2002, also include the references cited in the bibliography of the source article.
Social Sciences Citation Index via ISI Web of Knowledge	1977-present	Indexes 1,725+ multidisciplinary scholarly journals and other publications in the social sciences, with cited references. Very useful for finding articles which cite earlier articles.
SPECIALIZED INDEXES AND DATABASES
ABLEDATA via ABLEDATA	Current	Contains information on more than 27,000 assistive technology products.
AccessUN via NewsBank	1945-present	Indexes United Nations documents and publications. Note that the FIU Green Library (University Park) is a U.N. Depository Library -- so anything not available online may be available in print in the Green Library.
AgeLine via Cambridge Scientific Abstracts	1978-present	Indexes 300+ journals covering all aspects of the study of aging.
ASSIA: Applied Social Sciences Index and Abstracts via Cambridge Scientific Abstracts	1987-present	Indexes 500+ journals in social services, psychology, sociology, health, economics, politics, race relations, and education.
Chicano Database via FirstSearch	1960's-present	Indexes 2,470+ publications on Mexican-Americans, Puerto Ricans, Cuban Americans, and Central American immigrants. Includes the Spanish Speaking Mental Health Database.
Cochrane Library via Wiley InterScience	Current	Consists of a collection of evidence-based medicine databases, including The Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews. Provides up-to-date information on the effects of interventions in health care and evidence to support decisions taken in health care and to inform those receiving care.
Contemporary Women's Issues via RDS	1992-present	Articles from 2,240+ interdisciplinary scholarly journals, research reports, books, and other publications on global women's issues related to sociology, psychology, health, education, and human rights.
CQ Researcher via CQ Press	1991-present	Weekly newsletter of current and controversial issues with lengthy, full-text reports on both sides of the issue.
Criminal Justice Abstracts via Cambridge Scientific Abstracts	1968-present	Indexes international scholarly journals and other publications in criminology and related disciplines.
Criminal Justice Periodicals via ProQuest	1971-present	Covers 200+ journals on criminal justice and related areas.
Education Full Text via WilsonWeb	1983-present	Indexes 600+ journals and other publications in education. Full text coverage begins in 1996.
ERIC via Cambridge Scientific Abstracts	1966-present	Indexes scholarly and trade journals as well as unpublished documents in all aspects of education. Search the ERIC Thesaurus for subject terms. Select tab Search Tools, after that select tab Thesaurus.
ERIC via FirstSearch	1966-present
ERIC via Institute of Education Sciences	1966-present
Ethnic Newswatch via ProQuest	1990-present	Articles from U.S. ethnic, minority and native presses. Search interfaces are available in English and Spanish.
GenderWatch via ProQuest	1970-present	Articles from publications in women's and gender issues.
GPO Access via GPO Access	Varies by Database	Provides free electronic access to government information databases, individual Federal agency files and much more. Consider aslo USA.gov.
Health and Psychosocial Instruments (HaPI) via Ovid	1985-present	Indexes tests, measures, survey instruments, rating scales, and questionnaires on human health and behavior. See also Mental Measurements Yearbook and Tests in Print, below.
Index to Current Urban Documents (ICUD) via GEMOnline	Current	Full-text collection of reports and research generated by local government agencies, civic organizations, academic and research organizations, public libraries, and metropolitan and regional planning agencies in approximately 500 selected cities in the United States and Canada. FIU subscription includes full text documents from Region 2, Mid Atlantic: Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Maryland, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Virginia, West Virginia.
Mental Measurements Yearbook (MMY) and Tests in Print (TIP) via EBSCOhost	MMY: 1916 (Volume 9)-present; TIP: Current	Produced by the Buros Institute of Mental Measurements. MMY covers over 2,000 contemporary testing instruments within such diverse areas as psychology, education, business, and leadership. Entries contain descriptive information (e.g., test purpose, publisher, pricing) and edited review(s) written by leading content area experts. TIP is a comprehensive bibliography to all known commercially available tests that are currently in print in the English language.
NARIC: National Rehabilitation Information Center via NARIC	Varies	Search several indexes to the literature of disability and rehabilitation. Coverage includes journal articles, books, funded research projects and Internet sites.
NASW Clinical Register, 12th edition via SilverPlatter WebSPIRS	Current	Directory of Clinical Social Workers who have met national standards for education and experience established by NASW.
PAIS International (Public Affairs Information Service) via Cambridge Scientific Abstracts	1972-present	Indexes 3,890+ international scholarly journals, government documents, Internet materials, and other publications from over 120 countries on current events in the political and social sciences.
POPLINE via Johns Hopkins University	1970-present	Indexes international scholarly publications in population, family planning and related health issues. Specializes in issues related to developing countries.
PsycINFO via Cambridge Scientific Abstracts	1806-present	Indexes 2,300+ international scholarly journals, books, book chapters, reports and other publications in psychology and related disciplines. Many records, added to the database since 1998, also include the references cited in the bibliography of the source article.
RELATED INDEXES AND DATABASES
Academic via LexisNexis	Varies	Full-text access to a wide range of news, business, legal, medical, government, statistical, and reference information; federal and state case law.
Academic OneFile via InfoTrac	1980-present	Full-text articles from the world's leading journals and reference sources in the physical sciences, technology, medicine, social sciences, the arts, theology, literature and other subjects. Indexes 11,000+ journals.
ArticleFirst via FirstSearch	1990-present	Indexes and provides tables of contents from 13,000 multidisciplinary journals.
Electronic Collections Online (ECO) via FirstSearch	Varies; Full text available for 2002 and earlier	Indexes electronic journals in all disciplines, with links to available full text articles from 559 journals. Full text available for 2002 and earlier.
FRANCIS (International Humanities and Social Studies) via FirstSearch	1984-present	Indexes 4,300+ international scholarly journals in the humanities and social sciences.
General OneFile via InfoTrac	1980-present	Indexes 11,100+ multidisciplinary scholarly and trade journals, popular magazines, and newspapers. Includes 70+ reference sources. Covers topics in business, computers, current events, economics, education, environmental issues, health care, hobbies, humanities, law, literature and art, politics, etc. Formerly InfoTrac OneFile.
JSTOR via JSTOR	Varies	Electronic full text of backfiles of 520+ scholarly journals, including many important sociology and anthropology journals.
MEDLINE via Cambridge Scientific Abstracts	1997-present; Last 10 years	Indexes 5,160+ international scholarly journals in medicine, nursing, dentistry, veterinary medicine, the health care system, and the preclinical sciences.
MEDLINE via FirstSearch	1965-present
MEDLINE on Pubmed via National Library of Medicine	1950-present
MEDLINE via LexisNexis Select "Medline References" from the "Select Sources" drop-down menu.	1950-present
Worldwide Political Science Abstracts via Cambridge Scientific Abstracts	1975-present	Indexes 1,500+ journals within the political science discipline and its complementary fields. Useful for policy issues searches.
INTERNET SITES
FIU School of Social Work		FIU
New Social Worker Online		New Social Worker Online
Social Work and Social Services Websites		Washington University in St. Louis
Social Work Portal		National Association of Social Workers (NASW)
SWAN: Social Work Access Network		University of South Carolina
Information for Practice: News & new scholarship from around the world		New York University
RELATED GUIDES AND TUTORIALS
Psychological, Educational, and Health Tests and Measurements: Selected Sources		FIU Libraries
PsycINFO: Hints for Frequently Searched Topics		FIU Libraries
PsycINFO: Hints for Searching by Fields		FIU Libraries