Research Guides: Social Work: Databases

Databases for scholarly articles (use these first!)

Social Work Abstracts
The best database to use for scholarly articles about social work practice.
Social Services Abstracts
Excellent resource for articles about social issues, social policy, and related topics.
PsycINFO
Most comprehensive database of articles about psychology.
Psychology & Behavioral Sciences Collection
An interdisciplinary database of articles about psychology and behavioral sciences.

Tutorials for Social Work Databases

Note: EBSCO tutorials pertain to Social Work Abstracts, PsycINFO, and Psychology & Behavioral Sciences Collection databases.

Finding Theses and Dissertations

Theses and dissertations completed by University of Kentucky students can be found in InfoKat Discovery. For new theses and dissertations that have just been released, they may be findable on UKnowledge only until after they have been added to InfoKat Discovery.

Other resources for finding theses and dissertations include:

BASE

Clinical, medical, & health databases

PubMed
Most comprehensive database for articles in health and medicine.
DSM-5
Online access to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 5th Edition.
Mental Measurements Yearbook
Reviews of psychological tests, scales, instruments, and assessments.

Additional Databases

Wiley Online Library
A useful resource for social and behavioral sciences.
AgeLine
A great resource for social, behavioral, and cultural topics with emphasis on age and aging.
Criminal Justice Database
The best resource for articles about criminal justice topics.
Web of Science: Core Collection
A good interdisciplinary resource for social and behavioral sciences. Can be used as a tool to see how often articles have been cited.

Legal & government resources

If you're looking for U.S. laws or government information about social and civil topics involving human rights, social justice, social welfare, and related topics, you might consider these resources. To use effectively, you'll often need to know which law(s), case(s), and/or publication(s) you're looking for.

Congress.gov
Official site of the U.S. Congress. Under "Help," use the Quick Start Guide and the Two-Minute Tips videos to learn how to get started.
Legislative Insight
Includes bills, public laws, reports, hearings, and more. For best results, use the options of "Guided Search" (if using general search terms) or "Search By Number" (if you know exactly the document number you want).
U.S. Supreme Court Records & Briefs, 1832-1978
Includes transcripts, petitions, and other official papers of the most-studied and talked-about U.S. cases, including many that resulted in landmark decisions. For best results, search by case name, docket number, or reports citation number.
U.S. Government Printing Office: Federal Digital System
A central resource of publications from all three branches of U.S. government.

Social Sciences Librarian

Margie Ruppel

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margie.ruppel@uky.edu

Subjects:Psychology, Social Work, Sociology

Are all articles full-text online?

Many journal articles to which UK Libraries has access are available to you full-text online in .PDF format.

However, sometimes you may encounter a bibliographic record for an article to which we do not have access. When this happens, you can request that we get the article from another library using Interlibrary Loan (ILL).

If you have questions about or need assistance with ILL, please contact them.

ILL contact info:

Borrowing: (859) 218-1880
Lending: (859) 218-2049
Document Delivery: (859) 218-1203
Fax: (859) 257-0502
Email: ILLBorrowing@uky.edu

Social Work: Databases