Primary Social Work Databases & Article Indexes

PsycINFO
The American Psychological Association's comprehensive indexing and abstracting service for the professional and scholarly literature in psychology and related fields. Coverage is worldwide. Sources a...   [more]
Holdings: 1887 to the present. Updated monthly.
Supplemental URLs
    PsycINFO Classification Categories and Codes (APA Online)
    PsycINFO Journal Coverage List (APA Online)

Social Services Abstracts
Also Known as: social service abstracts
- from CSA Databases
Indexing with abstracts for scholarly and professional journal literature in social work, human services, social welfare, social policy, and community development. Major areas of coverage include: cri...   [more]
Holdings: 1979-present. Updates monthly
Supplemental URLs
    Serials List
    Classification Codes (CSA)

Social Work Abstracts
Also Known as: SWAB
Produced by the National Association of Social Workers (NASW). Covers social work and other related topics such as homelessness, AIDS, child and family welfare, aging, substance abuse, legislation, co...   [more]
Holdings: 1965 to present. Updated semi-annually.

Primary Social Work Databases & Article Indexes

Academic Search Premier (EBSCO)
Broad collection of fulltext scholarly journals and related periodicals in all scholarly disciplines. Includes bibliographic citations, indexing and abstracting for more than 8,000 periodicals. A comp...   [more]
Holdings: Coverage varies: mostly 1990s to present.

Health and Psychosocial Instruments
Also Known as: HAPI
Access to information on measurement instruments in the health fields, psychosocial sciences, organizational behavior, and library and information science. HAPI helps identify measures needed for res...   [more]
Holdings: 1985 to the present. Updated quarterly.

SAGE Research Methods
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    Sage Research Method Cases
    Sage Research Method Datasets
    Sage Research Method Data Visualization
    Sage Research Method Doing Research Online
    

Urban Studies Abstracts
Also Known as: Sage Urban Studies Abstracts
Bibliographic citations with abstracts describing scholarly literature in all aspects of urban studies. Topics include trends in urbanization, urban history, architecture and urban design, housing and...   [more]
Holdings: 1973-present.

Important Social Work Databases & Article Indexes

Abstracts in Social Gerontology
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Academic Video Online
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Ageline
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Alternative Press Index
Also Known as: Altpress Index
Indexes over 250 alternative, radical and left periodicals, newspapers and magazines. Includes selected abstracts from research journals. ...   [more]
Holdings: 1991 to present

American History in Video
- from Alexander Street Press
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Black Economic Empowerment: The National Negro Business League
- from Archives Unbound
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Catalog of Nonprofit Literature - Foundation Center
Also Known as: Foundation Center Literature of the Nonprofit Sector
Bibliographic citations with abstracts for materials on philanthropy, the foundation world, the nonprofit sector, and charitable giving collected by the Foundation Center libraries and other sources. ...   [more]
Unrestricted Access

Child Welfare Information Gateway / Children's Bureau, HHS
Also Known as: Child Abuse and Neglect. National Clearinghouse on Child Abuse and Neglect Information Documents Database
Indexing with abstracts for scholarly, professional, and technical books, journal articles, and other documents related to child maltreatment, child abuse and child neglect, adoption, and related chi...   [more]
Holdings: 1965-present.
Unrestricted Access

CINAHL - Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature
The Cumulative Index to Nursing & Allied Health (CINAHL) database provides authoritative coverage of the literature related to nursing and allied health. Topics covered include: cardiopulmonary techn...   [more]
Holdings: 1982 to the present. Updated monthly.
Supplemental URLs
    mobile access to CINAHL
    CINAHL systematic review-focused interface
    CINAHL quick search interface
    advanced search
    

ClinicalKey
Also Known as: Clinical Key
A clinical search engine that supports clinical decisions. Searches clinically related material produced by Elseiver. ...   [more]
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Education Index Retrospective (1929 - 1983)
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Holdings: 1929 - 1983

Encyclopedia of Aging 2002
- from Gale Virtual Reference Library
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Holdings: 2002

ERIC - Education Resources Information Center (ProQuest)
Indexes education-related journal articles and other publications. Cross-file search with other ProQuest databases....   [more]

Family & Society Studies Worldwide
The most comprehensive coverage of research, policy, and practice literature in the fields of Family Science, Human Ecology, Human Development, and Social Welfare. Formerly produced by the National Co...   [more]
Holdings: 1970-present.

International AIDS Society Online Resource Library
Covers IAS conference papers, abstracts, webcasts, and other materials....   [more]
Unrestricted Access

Kindex: An Index to Legal Periodical Literature Concerning Children
- from HeinOnline
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Holdings: 1965-2001

NCJRS Abstracts Database (via Proquest)
Also Known as: National Criminal Justice Reference Service Abstracts
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Nonprofit Organization Reference Center
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Pamphlets from the Harvard College Library
As one of a few institutions to have consistently collected pamphlets published during the 19th and the first half of the 20th centuries, Harvard holds tens of thousands of these pamphlets, covering d...   [more]
Unrestricted Access

Peace Research Abstracts
Bibliographic citations with abstracts describing all aspects of peace research, including the causes and correlates of conflict, case studies in conflict, tension, and war, international laws and con...   [more]
Holdings: 1964-present.

Phyllis Lyon and Del Martin: Beyond the Daughters of Bilitis
- from Archives Unbound
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Phyllis Lyon, Del Martin and the Daughters of Bilitis
- from Archives Unbound
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PolicyFile
Also Known as: Policy File
Indexing with abstracts of U.S. and foreign domestic and international public policy research literature. ...   [more]

Politics, Social Activism and Community Support: Selected Gay and Lesbian Periodicals and Newsletters
- from Archives Unbound
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Proquest History Vault: NAACP Papers 5: Special Subjects 1912-1972
- from ProQuest History Vault
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Proquest Statistical Insight
Also Known as: Statistical Universe, lexisnexis statistical
Statistical Universe indexes statistical data published in federal, state, and selected privately published titles, at the table level. In some cases the fulltext of the document is also available....   [more]

PsycCRITIQUES
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PsycTESTS
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PsycTHERAPY
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PTSDpubs (formerly: PILOTS: Published International Literature on Traumatic Stress)
Describes the worldwide literature on post-traumatic stress disorder or PTSD and other mental-health consequences of exposure to traumatic events. Covers stressors, affected persons, effects, assessme...   [more]
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Race Relations Abstracts
Bibliographic records covering essential areas related to race relations, including ethnic studies, discrimination, immigration studies, and other areas of key relevance to the discipline. ...   [more]
Holdings: 1975-present.

Sage Family Studies Abstracts
- from OCLC FirstSearch ECO
Bibliographic citations with abstracts for literature on policy, theory, and research relating to the family, traditional and alternative lifestyles, therapy, and counselling. Subjects covered include...   [more]
Holdings: 1999-2004

Save the Children's Resource Centre
Online fulltext collection of reports on child rights and child protection gathered from organizations worldwide by Save the Children Sweden....   [more]
Unrestricted Access

SimplyAnalytics
Also Known as: SimplyMap
Web-based mapping application that enables users to create maps utilizing a wide range of underlying data including census, consumer expenditure, and business counts. Datasets include Claritas, PRIZM,...   [more]

Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI) (WOK Web of Science)
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Social Security Worldwide
International Social Security Association's collection of bibliographic and fulltext databases on social protection worldwide. Includes Bibliography (citations to holdings of the ISSA Documentation Ce...   [more]
Unrestricted Access

Sociological Abstracts
Also Known as: SocAbs soc abs
- from CSA Databases
Covers sociology, case work, demographics, policy studies, political science, family studies, feminist studies, and social security programs....   [more]
Holdings: 1963 to the present. Updated bimonthly.
Supplemental URLs
    Serials List
    Classification Codes (ProQuest LibGuide)

Sociological Abstracts + Social Services Abstracts (combined)
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Supplemental URLs
    SocAbs title list (ProQuest LibGuides)
    SocAbs classification codes (ProQuest LibGuides)

Studies on Women and Gender Abstracts
Also Known as: Studies on Women & Gender Abstracts
- from Taylor & Francis Online
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Tax Foundation Archive Publications
- from HeinOnline
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The Quest for Labor Equality in Household Work: National Domestic Workers Union, 1965-1979
Also Known as: Quest for Labor Equality in Household Work: National Domestic Workers Union, 1965-1979
- from Archives Unbound
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Web of Science
Also Known as: ISI Citation Indexes, Arts & Humanities Citation Index, Science Citation Index, Social Sciences Citation Index, SSCI, SCI, AHCI, ISI, WOK, Web of Knowledge
Indexes journals in the sciences, social sciences, and arts and humanities. Allows for cited reference searching. Includes Science Citation Index, the Social Science Citation Index[more]
Holdings: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED)--1945-present, Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI)--1956-present, Arts & Humanities Citation Index (A&HCI)--1975-present. Updated weekly.
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    Web of Science Tutorials
    Cited Reference Searching Tutorial

Women and Social Movements in the United States, 1600-2000 Scholars Edition
A searchable collection of primary documents and images on a wide range of topics pertaining to U.S. women's history. The new Scholar's Edition features enhanced content and search tools that make it...   [more]

Work and Family Commons
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Work and Family Research Network
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Unrestricted Access
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    Sloan Work and Family Research Network

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Chicano Database
Covers all types of materials relating to Mexican-American topics and, for materials published since 1992, broader topics relating to Latinos....   [more]
Holdings: 1967 to present.
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    New interface effective Sept 17, 2007

Database of Abstracts of Reviews of Effects
Also Known as: Database of Abstracts of Reviews of Effectiveness - DARE (evidence-based medicine)
- from Wiley Online Library
A full text database containing critical assessments of systematic reviews from a variety of medical journals. DARE is produced by the expert reviewers and information staff of the National Health Ser...   [more]
Holdings: Reviews literature published from 1987 to the present.
Unrestricted Access

ERIC - Education Resources Information Center (EBSCO)
Indexes education-related journal articles and other publications. Cross-file search with other EBSCO databases....   [more]

Ethnic NewsWatch
Full text, comprehensive archival database providing access to more than 400,000 articles in nearly 200 ethnic, minority and native press newspapers, magazines, and journals. Full text archive of Phi...   [more]
Holdings: Covers 1960 to date. Updated monthly.

Global Books in Print
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Holdings: Updated weekly.
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Hispanic American Periodicals Index
Also Known as: HAPI
Subjects covered include anthropology, archaeology, anthropology, banking and finance, business, commerce, drama, drug trade, economic development, environmental issues, ethnography, folklore, geogr...   [more]
Holdings: 1970 to the present. Updated weekly.

International Bibliography of the Social Sciences
Also Known as: IBSS CSA
- from CSA Databases
Bibliographic citations and subject indexing for the international journal article and book literature in anthropology, economics, political science, and sociology. Produced by British Library of Poli...   [more]
Holdings: Covers 1951 to the present in three separate files.
Supplemental URLs
    IBSS Journal Coverage List (LSE IBSS Web)

Mental Measurements Yearbook and Test In Print 1st to 21st Yearbooks July 2022
Also Known as: MMY
Descriptive information and reviews of English-language test instruments. Subject areas include achievement, behavior assessment, development, education, intelligence and scholastic aptitude, En...   [more]
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NCJRS Abstracts Database
Also Known as: National Criminal Justice Reference Service Abstracts Database
The National Criminal Justice Reference Service Abstracts Database includes abstracts of over 140,000 research reports, journal articles, and government documents relating to crime, law enforcement, a...   [more]
Unrestricted Access
Supplemental URLs
    NCJRS Thesaurus

NCJRS Virtual Library
Also Known as: National Criminal Justice Reference Service Virtual Library
Identifies and links to fulltext U.S. federal publications on criminal justice....   [more]
Unrestricted Access

Periodicals Index Online
Also Known as: PIO,PCI,Periodical Contents Index,Chadwyck PCI,Periodicals Contents Index
Humanities and social sciences. The scope is international, including journals in English, French, German, Italian, Spanish and other Western languages. ...   [more]

ProQuest Congressional
Also Known as: Congressional Universe, LexisNexis Congressional, Lexis Nexis Congressional
U.S. legislative publications and government information. Much of the material is fulltext. Includes pending bills, laws, legislative histories, committee reports and documents, Congressional heari...   [more]
Holdings: Varies with document series
Supplemental URLs
    new interface

Proquest Dissertations and Theses Fulltext (formerly Dissertation Abstracts)
Also Known as: Digital Dissertations, Dissertation Abstracts, UMI, DAI, ProQuest Dissertations and Theses (PQDT), Proquest Dissertations and Theses Fulltext
Indexing (since 1861) and abstracting (since 1980) for doctoral-level dissertations completed at North American universities. Page images or fulltext of all available dissertations - including Penn d...   [more]
Holdings: Indexing 1861-present, abstracts 1980-present, page-image or fulltext PDF for available dissertations dissertations from 1997 to the present.
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PubMed Plus (Penn Only)
Also Known as: PubMed Medline Pub Med
- from PubMed Central
PubMed is the public access version to Medline, the premier database for biomedical literature. PubMedPlus is an enhanced version with links to full-text journals that the Penn Library subscribes to....   [more]
Holdings: 1950 to the present. Updated daily.
Unrestricted Access
Supplemental URLs
    PubMed Help
    PubMed Tutorial
    
    new Pubmed effective Spring 2020
    PubMed Plus for Handhelds

PubMed Unrestricted
Also Known as: PubMed Medline
The MEDLINE database is widely recognized as the premier source for bibliographic coverage of biomedical literature. The PubMed version of MEDLINE includes the PREMEDLINE database, which provides ver...   [more]
Unrestricted Access
Supplemental URLs
    PubMed Help
    Pubmed Tutorial

State Net (formerly LexisNexis State Capital)
Also Known as: State Capital Universe
State government information from all United States, including legislative statutory, and regulatory information, and news coverage about state governments....   [more]
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