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Social Work

Reference Materials

Increasingly, University Library is emphasizing electronic reference works over paper.  Electronic reference is easier to search. accessible from home, and available 24/7.  Find here standard encyclopedic works and career guides.  Statistics has its own tab.

Co-published by the National Association of Social Workers and Oxford University Press, the 20th edition of the Encyclopedia of Social Work is widely considered the cornerstone of reference in its field. This new edition includes coverage of areas that have come to the fore since the 1995 publication of the 19th edition, including demographic changes from immigration, technology, the implications of managed care, faith-based assistance, evidence-based practice, gerontology, and trauma and disaster. Caution: The citation format given at the end of each entry is not APA style.
Major Electronic Reference Collections
These are collections of reference titles, which enable you to search across multiple reference titles from reputable publishers, such as Gale and Oxford University presses.
Central Indiana Human Resources Database
This is a database of Indianapolis area health and human services.  In its paper format it is traditionally referred to as The Rainbow Book.  The latest paper edition is kept behind the reference desk, and previous editions are in the reference collection at HV99.I5 C67.  But the database has the most up-to-date information.

Vault Career Guide to Social Work.
Find this in the Vault Online Career Library, click on "Industry Career Guides," and scroll down to the guide to social work.

Social Worker's Desk Reference, 2nd ed., ed. by Albert R. Roberts.  Ref HV40 .S6464 2009

Social Work Graduate School Applicant's Handbook, 2nd ed. by Jesus Reyes.  Ref Index Table HV11.7 .R49 2005

Social Work Career Development: A Handbook for Job Hunting and Career Planning, 2nd ed. by Doelling. 
Ref HV10.5 .D63 2004

Concise Rules of APA Style.  Ref BF76.7 .C66 2005.  See also the webpage of easy-to-use style guides on the Reference Shelf webpage.
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Joseph C. Harmon
Reference Team Leader and Librarian to the School of Social Work

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Department Websites
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Social Work Guide



Last updated by kgreatba on 09/28/2009