Welcome to the Social Work Research Guide
This guide is designed to help you find the resources you need for your Social Work courses and research. Here you’ll find tips for searching databases, finding peer-reviewed articles, using RefWorks for citations, and getting research help from a librarian. The guide also highlights key journals, books, and professional organizations in the field. Whether you’re writing a paper, preparing for practicum, or exploring topics like policy, ethics, or community practice, this guide is your starting point for reliable, evidence-based information to support your work.
A few of the most popular social work databases are linked directly below. A deeper dive into resources are found on the tabs on the left.
Provides indexing and abstracts dealing with all aspects of the social work field, including theory and practice, areas of service and social issues and problems.
Contains four hundred subject entries and two hundred brief biographies of key figures in the history of social work. The work also includes a comprehensive index and topical outline.
