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American Social Welfare (SOC WORK - 275)

1. Goal: To successfully locate information on social welfare issues.

2. Steps for locating information:
Consult Reference Sources
Consult Books
Consult Articles

3. Consult Books:
Cofrin Library Catalog: use to search for items that this library owns.
Universal Borrowing Through Other UW Libraries Use the Cofrin Library Catalog to search and order materials from other UW Libraries. Most materials arrive in 2-3 days.
- WorldCat: use to search for and request items that are owned by libraries worldwide. Most requests are filled in 5-10 days. 

4. Get Background Information

  • CQ Researcher -- Description : The CQ Researcher explores a single "hot" issue in the news in depth each week. Topics range from social and teen issues to environment, health, education and science and technology. There are 44 reports produced each year including four expanded reports.
    Coverage: 1991-present
  • General Accounting Office Reports


5. Consult Articles:

In order to connect to these resources from off campus you will be required to enter your username and password, the same username and password you use to log onto the campus network or to check your UW-Green Bay web account from off campus. 

The links below will bring you to the library' home page. To arrive at any of the databases, select the down arrow next to "Online Databases" and select the desired database from the alphabetical list. 

****Databases Containing Citations to Articles in Professional / Scholarly / Peer Reviewed Journals

  • Sociological Abstracts -- The Sociological Abstracts database is a primary resource for accessing the latest research sponsored in sociology and related disciplines in the social and behavioral sciences. The database draws information from an international selection of over 2,600 journals and other serials publications, plus conference papers, books, and dissertations. Social Planning/Policy & Development Abstracts (SOPODA) is also included as part of this database, providing additional literature on policy issues addressing violence, abuse, neglect, aging, health, energy, environment, housing, education, women and development, disaster preparedness and risk assessment.
    Coverage: 1963 - present
  • Social Work Abstracts -- Social Work Abstracts contains more than 35,000 records from social work and other related journals on topics such as homelessness, AIDS, child and family welfare, aging, substance abuse, legislation, community organization, and more.
    Coverage: 1977 - presen
  • Social Services Abstracts -- Description: provides bibliographic coverage of current research focused on social work, human services, and related areas, including social welfare, social policy, and community development. The database abstracts and indexes over 1,600 serials publications and includes abstracts of journal articles and dissertations, and citations to book reviews.
    Coverage: 1980 - present
  • Criminal Justice Periodicals Index -- Description : Provides indexing and abstracts for nearly 200 US and international journals covering a broad range of criminal justice issues, including cover-to-cover full text of 45 high-demand publications.
    Coverage: 1981 - present
  • Social Sciences Full Text -- Indexes and abstracts over 400 English language periodicals. Topics include anthropology, area studies, community health and medical care, criminal justice and criminology, economics, family studies, geography, gerontology, international relations, law, minority studies, planning and public administration, policy sciences, political science, psychiatry, psychology, social work and public welfare, sociology, urban studies, women's studies, and related subjects.
    Coverage: 1983 - present
  • JSTOR -- JSTOR database is unique because the complete backfiles of core scholarly journals have been digitized, starting with the very first issues, many of which reach back to the 1800s. The database now contains over 2 million pages and new titles and fields are being added constantly (approximately 100,000 pages are added to the database each month).
    Coverage: varies from title to title, but approximately from the 1800s to 1999.
  • Academic Search Premier from EbscoHost-- Academic Search™ Premier contains indexing and abstracts for more than 8,200 journals, with full text for more than 4,500 of those titles. PDF backfiles to 1975 or further are available for well over one hundred journals, and searchable cited references are provided for nearly 1,000 titles. Academic Search Premier from EbscoHostcontains unmatched full text coverage in biology, chemistry, engineering, physics, psychology, religion & theology, etc. present
  • PsycInfo -- Description : PsycINFO (R) contains citations and summaries of journal articles, book chapters, books, and technical reports, as well as citations to dissertations, all in the field of psychology and psychological aspects of related disciplines, such as medicine, psychiatry, nursing, sociology, education, pharmacology, physiology, linguistics, anthropology,
    business, and law.
    Coverage: 1872 - present
  • Education Full Text -- Description : Provides indexing and abstracting of 400 international periodicals, monographs, and yearbooks. Topics include a wide range of contemporary education issues, including government funding, instructional media, multicultural education, religious education, student counseling, competency-based, and information technology.
    Coverage: 1983 - present

Databases Containing Citiations / Full Text Hundreds of National and International Newspapers.

  • ProQuest Newspapers -- Description: Indexing, abstracting and full-text of over 300 state, national and international newspapers. Includes full-text coverage of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, and Madison Capital Times.
    Coverage: 1989 - present
  • Lexis Nexis Academic -- Description : Academic Universe provides access to nearly 5,000 publication on a wide range of news, business, legal, and reference information.
    Coverage: 1990 - present


If you have questions give us a call at 465-2303 or come see us at the reference desk on the third floor of the Cofrin Library. You can ask a question via email by connecting to http://www.uwgb.edu/library/qp.html. 

Also, feel free to contact me directly (Dave Dettman) via email at dettmand@uwgb.edu or give me a call at 465-2666.