Class Help Page: Social Work 151: Introduction to the Profession, Spring 2008

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--Use JournaLocator to view the holdings and access options for the following subject & related topic journals

--Some journals are full-text within databases, others are in print/microform holdings in the Christopher Center

--Journals published from 2002-present are on the 1st floor in the Current Periodicals Stacks, older issues are in the ASRS available through a GALILEO title search

--Here are a few titles that might appear in your search results: Affilia, Child & Family School Work, Clinical Social Work Journal, Health & Social Work, Journal of Gerontological Social Work, Journal of Social Work Education, Social Casework, Social Forces, Social Services Review, Social Work in Education, Social Work Journal, Social Work Research, Social Work Research & Abstracts, Social Work with Groups

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Online -- Selected Reference Resources

Print -- Christopher Center Reference Stacks, 2nd floor
Encyclopedia of social work Ref. HV35 .S6 v.19 pt.1-pt.3 1995
Social work dictionary Ref. HV12 .B37 2003
Handbook of empirical social work practice, 2 vol Ref. HV43 .H316 1998
Social work almanac Ref. HV90 .G53 1995

Encyclopedia of Psychology, 8 vol Ref. BF31 .E52 2000
Dictionary of Psychology Ref. BF31 .C54 2006
Magill's Encyclopedia of Social Science: Psychology 4 vol Ref. BF31 .M33 2003

Gale Encyclopedia of Multicultural America 2 vol Ref. E184 .A1 G14 1995

The Oxford Encyclopedia of Latinos and Latinas in the United States 4 vol Ref. E184 .S75 O97 2005
The Asian American Encyclopedia 6 vol Ref. E184 .O6 A827 1995
Encyclopedia of African-American Culture and History 5 vol Ref. E185 .E54 2006
Encyclopedia of Women and Gender 2 vol Ref. HQ1115 .E43 2001
The Greenwood Encyclopedia of Women's Issues Worldwide 6 vol Ref. HQ1115 .G74 2003 (Volume 5 includes USA)

Social Work Department http://www.valpo.edu/library/www/socwk.html
Social Worker's Internet Handbook Ref. HV41 .G815 1998
Best Information on the Internet: Social Work http://library.sau.edu/bestinfo/Majors/Social/socindex.htm

National Association of Social Workers Online http://www.naswdc.org

Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association, 5th ed. Reference, Reserve, Stacks BF 76.7 .P83 2001

Citing Resources   http://www.valpo.edu/library/citing.html#apa
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