Social Work
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Use this guide as a starting point to find information for your assignments. Discover the best keywords and databases to use for your topic by asking a librarian for a Subject Search.- Key databases
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- Encyclopedias and dictionaries
- Web sites and Internet resources
Key databases
Social Services Abstracts Selected Full Text
This database covers current research on social work, human services, and related areas, including social welfare, social policy, and community development.
SAGE Premier Full Text
SAGE Premier includes 550+ titles in Business, Humanities, Social Sciences, Science, Technology and Medicine with full-text back to 1999.
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Humanities and Social Science Collection 
Selected Full Text
This database abstracts research on all aspects of cultural, creative, Indigenous and social life in Australia.
CINAHL Selected Full Text
CINAHL meets the information needs of nurses and allied health professionals.
'Allied Health' in the title of this index includes Social Work, and the database indexes 285 social work journals with 'Find it' links to full text articles.
Health Collection Full Text
The Health Collection includes research articles, reports and case studies dealing with health in Australia.
Indigenous Australia
This database covers the stolen generation, removal of children, arts, copyright issues, racism, discrimination and other issues related to indigenous Australians.
CTIV
Counseling and Therapy in Video includes over 350 videos of therapy sessions with searchable transcripts, including advice from consultants, lecturers and therapist interviews.
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APA-FT Full Text
Australian Public Affairs Full-Text provides access to articles from nearly 400 journals in the social sciences and humanities.
Sociological Abstracts Selected Full Text
Sociological Abstracts offers international coverage of sociology and related disciplines, both theoretical and applied.
Gale Databases Selected Full Text
The Gale Databases cover the arts and humanities, social sciences, science and technology. They includes peer-reviewed journal articles, ebooks and online encyclopedias.
ProQuest Health & Medicine Selected Full Text
ProQuest Health & Medicine covers health, medicine, pharmacy and psychology, with millions of full-text pages from academic and non-academic sources. ProQuest Help
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Encyclopedias and dictionaries
Gale Virtual Reference Library titles include:
Covering Violence
Encyclopedia of public health
Encyclopedia of Social Theory
Encyclopedia of Sociology
Family in Society
Gender Issues & Sexuality
Oxford Reference Online
Oxford Reference Online offers a range of dictionaries and encyclopedias listed by subject.
SAGE eReference
SAGE eReference is a set of multidisciplinary encyclopedias.
Sage eRef titles include Encyclopedia of Counseling, Encyclopedia of Interpersonal Violence, Encyclopedia of Social Problems and Encyclopedia of Social Psychology.
Web sites and Internet resources
Australian Institute for Family Studies Access to Australian research and information including links to a number of clearinghouses of valuable information:
Australian Family Relationships Clearinghouse;
Communities and Families Clearinghouse Australia; and
National Child Protection Clearinghouse.
Australian Domestic and Family Violence Clearinghouse. Not listed on the AIFS website, this national resource provides access to a range of resources including a Research and Resources Database. A central directory of all material on domestic and family violence produced in Australia, including formal research findings, journal articles, pamphlets, unpublished reports, training kits and videos from 2000 onwards. Also includes information on key international material and some material published prior to 2000.