Social Work Subject Guide
* UMBC Affiliates only
Contact YOUR Librarian:
Katy Sullivan
email: sullivan@umbc.edu
phone: 410-455-3604
Article Databases - Social Work
Search tools for finding journal articles and other types of resources on your subject.
ERIC (EBSCO) 
Coverage: 1966 - present
Indexes Current Journals in Education (CIJE) and Resources in Education (RIE). NOTE: ERIC Documents may be available online through EDRS or available on microfiche in the Library. Funded by the Maryland Digital Library (MDL).
PsycINFO (Ebsco) 
Coverage: 1887 - present
Indexes 1,300 Psychology journals from nearly 50 countries. Also includes abstracts for dissertations, books and book chapters. Same coverage as PsycLit.
Social Services Abstracts 
Coverage: 1979 - present
Indexes and abstracts current research focused on social work and human services, including social welfare, social policy, community development, crisis intervention, gerontology, poverty and homelessness. Includes Social Work Abstracts.
SocIndex with Full Text (EBSCO) 
Coverage: 1895-
This sociology and social sciences index features more than 1,300,000 records including full text for 242 "core" journals dating back to 1895, 72 "priority" journals, 547 books and monographs, and 6,711 conference papers.
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RSS Feeds - Social Work Journals
Subscribe to these feeds and have the table of contents and full text articles (of UMBC-subscribed journals) delivered to you desktop through a feed reader.- Clinical Social Work Journal
- International Social Work
- Journal of Social Work
- Research on Social Work Practice
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All Online Social Work Resources
