The University of St. Thomas

Selected Sources for Social Work

Direct links to resources on this page:

Other Web sites with information on more specific social work topics:

College of St. Catherine/University of St. Thomas School of Social Work

World Wide Web sites:

American Public Human Services Association
This web site provides information on the association as well as news reports, employment assistance, and links to other resources related to the field.

Annie E. Casey Foundation
Gathers and evaluates data about children and families.

Canadian Social Research Links
A personal web site by an employee of Human Resources Development Canada.

Child Welfare Information Gateway
An excellent site which provides "information on the prevention, identification, and treatment of child abuse and neglect and related child welfare issues."

Child Welfare League of America
An organization which concerns itself with the policies and programs that protect America's children.  In addition to the programs and services provided by this group, links to resources are provided.

Columbia University Social Work Library
This web site to resources available at the Columbia Social Work Library, as well as a collection of internet sites of interest to Social Workers.

Council on Social Work Education
Includes information on the organization, including publications, services, and directories.  It also includes links to other social work resources on the web.

Green Book
A publication of the House Ways and Means Committee of the Background Material and Data on Programs Within the Jurisdiction of the
Committee on Ways and Means.  To access, highlight the most current edition of the Green Book in the list, and then type "green book" in the "Search Terms" box or type a specific subject term in the box.    

Information for Practice: News and new scholarship from around the world. This web site is sponsored by New York University's School of Social Work and the Division of Social Work and Behavioral Science, Mount Sinai School of Medicine and provides news articles on Social Work topics.

Minnesota Department of Human Services

National Association of Social Workers
This web site provides information on the association and its services.  It also includes news reports and publications of the NASW.

Panel Study of Income Dynamics
This web site includes information on this longitudinal study from the University of Michigan.  There are also links to data and other related publications.

Pat McClendon's Clinical Social Work
This is a personal web site that does an excellent job of collecting web resources in clinical social work.

Social Work Library--University of Michigan
A site that identifies the resources available at the University of Michigan, as well as providing links to web resources of interest to social workers.

Statistical Abstracts
Provides access to many of the tables available in the Statistical Abstracts. For the complete collection of tables included in the Statistical Abstract of the U.S., find Stat USA on the Databases & Indexes page. 

Social Work Access Network
Coordinated by the College of Social Work at the University of South Carolina, the SWAN home page provides information of interest to all professionals in the field of social work. 

State Health facts online
This free Web site from the Henry J. Kaiser Foundation, provides health statistics for the individual states, as well as comparisons and related resources.

U.S. Bureau of the Census
Information on the Bureau of the Census including many resources and statistics which they produce.

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

Urban Institute
Check out the Health Policy Center of this Institute.  A survey which is included in this web site is the National Survey of America's Families (NSAF)

General Social Work Print Reference Resources:

The following sources are located in the Reference Collection at the UST O'Shaughnessy-Frey Library.  Call numbers listed are for UST copies and they must be used in the library, although copiers are available.  For assistance in using these sources, ask at the O'Shaughnessy-Frey Library Reference Desk.

Encyclopedia of American Social History. 3 vols. 1993. (REF HN 57 .E58 1993)
Articles are grouped by general topic (i.e. periods of social change; regionalism and regional subcultures; education and literacy, etc.) and include cross-references to other topics, and extensive bibliographies. volume three includes brief biographical information on the authors of the articles as well as an extensive subject index.

Encyclopedia of Crime and Justice. 1983. (REF HV 6017 .E52 1983)
A four-volume, interdisciplinary encyclopedia covering all fields relating to criminal behavior, crime prevention, punishment and treatment of offenders, institutions, and law.

The Encyclopedia of Elder Care: the Comprehensive Resource on Geriatric and Social Care. 2001.  (REF RC 954 .E53 2001)
Each article is signed, and provides other terms which would expand upon the topic.  It also includes terms that could be used when searching on the Internet.  There is a bibliography of print and Web resources included, and a subject index to search for specific terms.

Encyclopedia of Social Work. 1995. (REF HV 35 .S6 19th 1995)
A three-volume encyclopedia which defines and analyzes the major topics in the field of social work. volume three includes a more detailed subject index. Earlier editions are located on the shelf immediately preceding these volumes in the Reference collection. 

Encyclopedia of Sociology. 5 vols. 2d ed. 2000. (REF HM 425 .E5 2000)
Includes in-depth articles on topics in sociology written by experts in the field. Articles are in alphabetical order by broad topic. An excellent subject index provides access by more specific subject.

Funding Sources for Children and Youth Programs 2002. (REF HV 741 .F86 2002)
An annual publication that identifies grants and other sources of funding for a variety of 
programs for children.

Handbook of Empirical Social Work Practice. 2 vols.  1998.  (REF HV 43 .H316 1998)
Volume 1 covers "Mental Disorders" and Volume 2 includes "Social problems and Practice Issues".  Each volume has its own subject indes.

Health Care Policy and Politics A to Z.  2000.  (REF RA 395 .A3 R685 2000)
A dictionary that covers topics on health care.  It also lists the U.S. Congressional committees that are responsible for health care and other health care related organizations.

Minnesota Welfare: A Guide to Public Assistance Programs in Minnesota. 1993. (REF HV 98 .M6 B42 1993)
Information on the major assistance programs for the state of Minnesota, by the Minnesota House of Representatives. Each entry includes administration information, eligibility requirements, benefits, and funding.

The Social Work Dictionary. 2d ed. 1991. (REF HV 12 .B37 1991)
A basic dictionary for social workers. It includes a timeline of "milestones" in the field, and the NASW Code of Ethics.

Statistical Sources:

  • About Children:  an authoritative resource on the state of children today.
    (REF HQ 792 .U5 A515 2005)
  • Childstats.gov: America's Children: key national indicators of well-being.
  • Data on the Net.
  • Dictionary of Statistics and Methodology: a nontechnical guide for the social sciences.  (REF HA 17 .V64 1993)
  • Minnesota Kids: a Closer Look. 1999. (REF HQ 792 .U6 M54 1999)
  • Social Work Almanac. 1995. (REF HV 90 .G53 1995)
  • Sourcebook of Criminal Justice Statistics. (REF HV 7245 .N376)
  • Statistical Abstract of the United States.   (REF HA 202)
  • StatUSA.  Access from UST Libraries Online Databases page.
  • Statistical Handbook on Adolescents in America.  (REF HQ 796 .S8237 1996)
  • Statistical Handbook on the American Family.   2d ed. (REF HQ 536 .S727 1999)
  • Statistical Handbook on Women in America.   (REF HQ 1420 .T34 1996)
  • Statistical Record of Children.   (REF HQ 792 .S73 1994)
  • Statistical Record of Women Worldwide.  (REF HQ 1150 .S73 1991)
  • Vital Statistics of the United States.  (REF HA 203 .A22)

For more Statistical sources, go to the Statistics list on the Sociology Resources web site.

    Indexes and Abstracts Available in the UST Libraries:

     

    The following abstract is available in print format in the UST O'Shaughnessy-Frey Library Reference Collection. For assistance in using this resource, ask at the O"Shaughnessy-Frey Library Reference Desk. 

    • Abstracts in Social Gerontology. (REF HQ 1061 .C8)
    The following indexes and abstracts are available in electronic format by the UST Libraries. All the following resources are available from the Databases & Indexes page unless otherwise noted.  To access from off-campus, St. Thomas students, faculty, and staff must use their St. Thomas username and password.

    Jan Orf, jmorf@stthomas.edu
    117 O'Shaughnessy-Frey Library, (651)962-5007

    Last updated January 23, 2008.