Social WorkDatabase & Online

Search Process

At theRegents Center

Library

Lissa Lord llord@ku.eduSpring 2014

Dissertation Research Bloghttp://dissertationresearch.blogspot.com

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We need to know this:

(1)How to use databases to find articles

(2)How to request full text articles if we find only

abstracts—use Interlibrary Loan (WebRetrieve)

(3)How to request articles the library does NOT have

(4) How to use Google Scholar from the list of library

databases

(5) How to use the online catalog to find books and

request delivery to Edwards Campus3

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http://www.lib.ku.edu

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Encyclopedia of social work Electronic equivalent of the 20th Edition of the Encyclopedia of Social Work. The 400 articles in this 4-volume set cover all aspects of social work from practice and interventions, social environments, social conditions and challenges, to social policy and history. Each article is written and signed by a top academic or social work practitioner and includes a bibliography for further reading.

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Immigration policy

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Using databases to find articles

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Social work abstracts Indexes and abstracts journal articles in the fields of social work including homelessness, AIDS, child and family welfare, aging, substance abuse, legislation, community organization, and more. (Restricted to 12 simultaneous users.)

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Peer Reviewed articles have a lot of charts, graphs and stats

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And References!

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Another Database: Social Services Abstracts

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We found the article. If there was no article available, select Request a copy from Interlibrary Loan.

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PDF article

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Another Database: Google Scholar

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Let’s go to Google Scholar from the Libraries’ database page – (to see how it works)

http://www.lib.ku.edu

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. . . Databases are found at the bottom of the Libraries’ Homepage

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Type inYoursearch

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Let’s try sort by

date hoping for

some recent

articles.

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e-Journals?

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How to find Social Work, Social Welfare journals

Libraries Homepage www.lib.ku.edu

E-journals

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If you don’t know a title to search you can

browse journals by subject: Social Welfare is

under Social sciences

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Contents Page

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Where are we and how did we get here?

1.Looking for an article 2.Libraries Homepage3.Subject and Course Guides4.Social Welfare5.Information Resources for Social Workers6.Encyclopedia for Social Work7.Articles and Databases 8.Social Work Abstracts; Social Services Abstracts9.Search terms = “human behavior” AND “social environment”10.Found a good article for our research11.We used the “Cite” for the bibliographic citation12.References at the end of the article help us find another article13.e-Journals found on the Libraries’ Homepage14.Search by subject or by title of a journal Found: Journal of Social Work Research

Finding Books

Library Catalog

Deliver to Edwards Campus

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Using the online catalog to find a specific online title:

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Find articles through the libraries Databases

Find books through the Catalog

Find research news through the Blog

Questions?Ask the Librarian

Lissa Lordllord@ku.edu

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