eResources by Subject: Social Work

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• EBSCOHost

  Offers Academic Search Complete, MasterFile Complete, Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition, and many more. Several databases may be searched at once. Full text articles are offered in both HTML and PDF format on thousands of titles. 

  [Details] Coverage Dates: varies by publication
• PsycARTICLES

  The database contains more than 150,000 articles from over 70 journals published by the American Psychological Association) and 11 from allied organizations. It contains all journal articles, letters to the editor and errata from each of the 59 journals.

  [Details] Coverage Dates: 1894 - present
• PsycINFO

  The PsycINFO database contains summaries of the world's literature in psychology and related disciplines, compiled and indexed by the American Psychological Association.

  [Details] Coverage Dates: varies by publication
• Public Affairs Information Services (PAIS)

  The Public Affairs Information Services database provides information on public affairs, public and social policies and international relations. PAIS includes publications from over 120 countries throughout the world.

  [Details] Coverage Dates: 1915 - Present
• Social Services Abstracts

  Current research focused on social work, human services and related areas, including social welfare, social policy and community development.

  [Details] Coverage Dates: 1979 - present
• Sociological Abstracts

  Citations to sociology journals and dissertations covering sociological topics in fields such as anthropology, economics, education, medicine, community development, philosophy, demography, political science, and social psychology.

  [Details] Coverage Dates: 1952 - present; Print indexes available: v.1(1953)-10(1963)
• Wiley Online Library

  This database covers academic areas of study including social sciences, humanities, education, computer sciences, engineering, psychology, law and criminology, life sciences, and business.

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• ASSIA: Applied Social Sciences Index and Abstracts

  ASSIA: Applied Social Sciences Index and Abstracts on the Web is an indexing and abstracting tool covering health, social services, psychology, sociology, economics, politics, race relations and education. Updated monthly, ASSIA provides a comprehensive source of social science and health information for the practical and academic professional.

  [Details] Coverage Dates: n/a
• LexisNexis Academic

  News, business, legal and reference information.

  [Details] Coverage Dates: 1970 - present; updated continuously
• National Criminal Justice Reference Service Abstracts (NCJRS)

  Database of the National Criminal Justice Reference Service Abstracts with summaries of more than 180,000 criminal justice publications.

  Free Resource [Details] Coverage Dates: 1970 - present; updated weekly

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• Academic Search Complete

  Academic Search Complete offers critical information from many sources unique to this massive collection. The database features PDF content going back as far as 1887, with the majority of full-text titles in native (searchable) PDF format.

  [Details] Coverage Dates: varies by publication
• Cambridge Journals Online

  Cambridge Journals Online is the online Cambridge University Press’s collection of several journals across the sciences, social sciences and humanities. 

  [Details] Coverage Dates: varies by publication
• CenStats

  CenStats provides access to several popular Census Bureau databases, including: Building Permits, Census Tract Street Locator, County Business Patterns, International Trade Data, Detailed Occupation by Race, Hispanic Origin and Sex, USA Counties, and 1990 Public Law 94-171 Data.

  Free Resource [Details] Coverage Dates: n/a
• Electronic Journal Service (EJS)

  Search through EBSCO's database of scholarly e-journals.

  [Details] Coverage Dates: varies by publication
• GPO Access

  Gateway to searchable databases from the federal government. Includes the Federal Register and Congressional Record.

  Free Resource [Details] Coverage Dates: varies by publication; updated irregularly
• Health Source Plus: Consumer Edition

  Consumer health journals, and general health, nutrition and professional health care publications. Subjects covered include behavioral health, cardiology, sports medicine and more.

  [Details] Coverage Dates: 1984 - present; updated daily
• ICPSR (Inter University Consortium for Political and Social Research)

  ICPSR maintains and provides access to a vast archive of social science data for research and instruction. Brought to you by the UNCW Office of Research Services and Sponsored Programs 
  Currently available from on campus only.

  [Details] Coverage Dates:
• LexisNexis Congressional

  Comprehensive U.S. legislative information.

  [Details] Coverage Dates: varies by publication; some files go back to 1789 and may be updated daily, weekly, monthly, annually, or as the material becomes available
• MasterFILE Complete

  This multidisciplinary database provides full text for more than 2,000 general reference publications with full-text information dating as far back as 1922.

  [Details] Coverage Dates: 1975 - present
• Mental Measurements Yearbook

  Provides users with a comprehensive guide to over 2,000 contemporary testing instruments. The MMY series contains information essential for a complete evaluation of test products within such diverse areas as psychology, education, business, and leadership.

  [Details] Coverage Dates: 1938 - present
• SciELO (Scientific Electronic Library Online)

  SciELO is a multinational effort to provide open access to scientific research journals produced in Latin America, the Caribbean, and Spain.

  Free Resource [Details] Coverage Dates: 1990's - present
• SpringerLink

  SpringerLink offers online access to several fully peer reviewed journals in biomedicine, life science, clinical medicine, physics, engineering, mathematics, computer science, humanities, and economics.

  [Details] Coverage Dates: n/a
• State Data Center

  North Carolina economic and population statistics, county profiles.

  Free Resource [Details] Coverage Dates: n/a
• WorldCat

  Books and other materials in libraries worldwide.

  [Details] Coverage Dates: 1200 - present; Updated daily