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- Academic Search Complete.
My UT Arlington Library's guide that gives information about accessing and searching the Academic Search Complete on the web.
- Adobe Acrobat Reader. Many important web resources use the Adobe Acrobat Reader to display and print files using the PDF format. This link will take you to the Adobe page where you can download this free useful software to your own computer.
- Advancing Social Work Practice.
A selection of citations and links to articles, books, dissertations, videos, and websites dealing with a number of current social work practice issues. Most of these research resources are full-text online, and all of these resources will cite the faculty or student researchers to other relevant material.
- Affordable Housing and Homelessness. A selection of citations and links to articles, books, dissertations, videos, and websites dealing with the affordability of available housing and the related issue of homelessness. Most of these research resources are full-text online, and all of these resources will cite the faculty or student researchers to other relevant material.
- Aging in American Society: Research Resources.
- America: History and Life. A guide for social science and social service researchers looking for information about American culture, American lifestyles, and American history.
- Annotated Bibliographies. Link to the Purdue University Online Writing Lab's PDF guide with information about annotated bibliographies.
- Annotated Bibliography. Link to a Cornell University Library guide about creating an annotated bibliography.
- APA Documentation. This links to the University of Wisconsin-Madison Writing Center webpage about APA. It provides a quick resource for citing references in papers using the 5th edition of the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (2001).
- APA Style Guide to Electronic References. This is an online American Psychological Association (©2007), supplement to the 5th edition of the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (©2001). All researchers must provide correct citations for the academic research resources found in electronic or digital media; this online guide may help. This guide requires a valid UT Arlington NetID and password and the Adobe Acrobat Reader to display or print this PDF format file.
- APA Style (Purdue OWL). The link is to the Purdue University Online Writing Lab (OWL) PDF guide that offers 15 pages of general information and examples using APA. Here is another set of APA "Reference List" examples from the Purdue University OWL that might be help with citations for such things as: PowerPoint® slides, lecture notes, class handouts, course packets, TV shows, etc.
- Assessment Bibliography.
- Book Reviews -- How to find them.
- Boolean Searching Illustrated using Venn Diagrams. Students sometimes have difficulty effectively using the "AND" and the "OR" parts of a search statement. The best way to explain this Boolean Logic is with the use of Venn Diagrams. John Banbury, at the Flinders University Library of South Australia has written a webpage that offers a clear and concise explanation. A somewhat longer presentation is offered by Naomi Lederer at the Colorado State University Library. A basic understanding of the use and differences between the "and" and the "or" parts of a search statement is critical for effective searching.
- Business Source Premier. My UT Arlington Library's guide that gives information about accessing and searching the Business Source Premier on the web.
- Call Numbers. A UT Arlington Library "How to" guide with some useful information about how call numbers are used in the UT Arlington Library. This guide requires the Adobe Acrobat Reader to display or print this PDF format file.
- Central Library -- How to find your way around. A UT Arlington Library "How to" guide with some useful information about how the UT Arlington Central Library is arranged. This guide requires the Adobe Acrobat Reader to display or print this PDF format file.
- Child Welfare Policy Research Resources. Guide for the students looking for social policy information related to children's issues.
- Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy: Research Resources.
- Community & Policy News: National & International.
- CQ Researcher Plus Archive Guide. My UT Arlington Library's guide that gives information about accessing and searching the CQ Researcher Plus Archive Guide on the web.
- Debates on Controversial Topics. This guide, by my colleague Noel Anderson, directs students to some of the UT Arlington libraries' resources that present pro and con debates on controversial topics.
- Dissertation Forms and Handouts. Guide to UT Arlington dissertation forms and handouts. The Virtual Graduate School Advisor guides the graduate student to the correct information and the right form.
- EconLit. My UT Arlington Library's guide that gives information about accessing and searching the EconLit database on the web.
- ERIC Guide.
- Ethnic NewsWatch Guide.
- Faculty Resource Delivery.
- Faculty Services.
- Gay and Lesbian Research Resources.
- Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Life.
- Geographic Information Systems (GIS) at the UT Arlington Library. A Geographic Information System (GIS) is a computer system for displaying geographic referenced data. See the UT Arlington Library's GIS web pages to learn: What is GIS? How it is used? How to use ArcGIS -- one of the GIS software programs? For more information, please contact Joshua Been, GIS Librarian.
- GPO Monthly Catalog. My UT Arlington Library's guide that gives information about accessing and searching the GPO Monthly Catalog on the web.
- Grants. Here is a web guide to some grant and funding related internet resources. With this aid researchers may be able to locate the right funding agency for their research project.
- HAPI Online (Hispanic American Periodicals Index) Guide. My UT Arlington Library's guide that gives information about accessing and searching HAPI Online (Hispanic American Periodicals Index) on the web.
- Health and Psychosocial Instruments (HaPI). My UT Arlington Library's guide that gives information about accessing and searching Health and Psychosocial Instruments (HaPI) on the web.
- Historical Abstracts. A guide for social science and social service researchers looking for information about the world from the year 1450 to the present EXCLUDING the United States and Canada. See America: History and Life above for U.S.A. and Canadian history and culture topics.
- Homelessness and Affordable Housing.
- International Encyclopedia of the Social & Behavioral Sciences. Link to a major social science encyclopedia that provides full text authoritative overview articles covering a great many social science topics.
- Jane Addams and the Settlement House Movement.
- JSTOR. My UT Arlington Library's guide that gives information about accessing and searching JSTOR on the web.
- Latinos or Hispanics in the United States.
- LexisNexis Academic. My UT Arlington Library's guide that gives information about accessing and searching LexisNexis Academic on the web.
- Master's Thesis Forms and Handouts. Guide to UT Arlington Master's Thesis forms and handouts. The Virtual Graduate School Advisor guides the graduate student to the correct information and the right form.
- MedLine Guide.
For medical and healthcare statistics have a look at the website for the National Center for Health Statistics of the CDC (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) of the United States Department of Health & Human Services. Also see Faststats A to Z.
- Mental Health Bibliography.
- New York Times Newspaper. A guide to the full-text of the New York Times from 1851 to 2001. The collection includes digital reproductions providing access to every page from every available issue.
- PAIS International. My UT Arlington Library's guide that gives information about accessing and searching the PAIS International on the web. PAIS stands for Public Affairs Information Service.
- PolicyFile. My UT Arlington Library's guide that gives information about accessing and searching the PolicyFile on the web. PolicyFile collects data from world renowned public policy think tanks including the American Enterprise Institute, Brookings Institution, Cato Institute, Center for Strategic and International Studies, Economic Strategy Institute, Heritage Foundation, Hoover Institute, Hudson Institute, International Monetary Fund, RAND Corporation, Urban Institute and the World Bank.
- Polling the Nations. My UT Arlington Library's guide that gives information about accessing and searching the Polling the Nations on the web. Polling the Nations provides a collection of public opinion survey information from the United States and many other countries.
- Population Index. My UT Arlington Library's guide that gives information about accessing and searching the Population Index on the web.
- Primary Sources versus Secondary Sources. Students sometimes have difficulty understanding the difference between primary sources or primary research resources versus secondary sources or secondary research resources. This is a difficult distinction because the definition changes somewhat depending on the academic field. The PDF guide created by the Earlham College Library called, "Using Scientific Literature in Biology Courses" offers in the first four pages a clear and concise explanation between the two types of research literature in the field of biology. A different guide, offered by the University of Maryland Libraries, presents a description of Primary, Secondary and Tertiary research sources through the eyes of an historian. It appears that a research based peer-reviewed article published in a top-notch biology journal would be a "primary source" while a research based peer-reviewed article published in a top-notch history journal would be a "secondary source." This guide from James Cook University Library's Ward Saylor and Helen Hooper helps to clarify the apparent contradiction between the Primary, Secondary & Tertiary Sources.
Also see the related, but quite different, concept "Peer Reviewed Journals" as explained by a University of Texas at Austin Libraries' guide and also as explained by UT Arlington Library Helen Hough's "Peer Reviewed Academic Journals" guide.
- Project MUSE. My UT Arlington Library's guide that gives information about accessing and searching the Project MUSE on the web.
- ProQuest Dissertations and Theses.
- PsycINFO. My UT Arlington Library's guide that gives information about accessing and searching PsycINFO on the web.
- Research Proposal Guides.
- ScienceDirect.
- Social Justice in Society: Bibliography.
- Social Policy Analysis Bibliography.
- Social Policy Research Resources. A selected list of online research resources with examples and linked Instructions.
- Social Science Citation Index (SSCI). My UT Arlington Library's guide that gives information about accessing and searching the Social Science Citation Index (SSCI). Academic authors are often interested in finding out who is citing their work, and the SSCI helps with this type of search. The SSCI is part of the Web of Knowledge and the Web of Science.
- Social Science Journals & Annuals. This is a copy of my UT Arlington Library's guide which gives the call numbers and links for many of the journals that carry articles of interest to social science researchers. This is a big list; designed to be inclusive rather than exclusive; it is intended to aid interdisciplinary research and analysis.
- Social Services Abstracts. My UT Arlington Library's guide that gives information about accessing and searching Social Services Abstracts on the web.
- Social Work Abstracts. My UT Arlington Library's guide that gives information about accessing and searching Social Work Abstracts on the web.
- Social Work and Social Science Assessment Bibliography.
- Social Work & Social Science Grant & Funding Bibliography.
- Social Work & Social Science Interviewing Bibliography.
- Social Work & Social Science Substance Abuse Bibliography.
- Social Work Databases. Research resources providing citation information and some full-text articles. This list includes several key indexes: Social Work Abstracts, PsycINFO, and Sociological Abstracts. There are also some databases with full-text and full-image articles that are often of interest to social welfare researchers, two useful ones are: Contemporary Women's Issues, and Academic Search Complete.
- Social Work Journals.
- Social Work Local and Government Reference Bibliography. My UT Arlington Library's annotated bibliography of some helpful government and local community social work reference materials.
- Social Work Practice.
- Social Work Reference Bibliography. My UT Arlington Library's annotated bibliography of some useful social work reference materials.
- Social Work Tools for Writing.
- Social Work - UT Arlington Library. This UT Arlington Library guide provides an outline of some of the basic research resources for social work. There is some overlap and interconnection between the guides on my webpage and the guides that I created for the UT Arlington Library. They are intended to be more complementary than duplicative.
- Social Work Videos.
- Social Work Web Resources. This is a list of links to some useful social work, human services, social services, social welfare, and child welfare web resources.
- Statistical (Lexis-Nexis). This database provides access to the full-text of statistical publications indexed in the American Statistics Index (ASI) and the Statistical Reference Index (SRI).
- Statistical Resources on the Web. This University of Michigan Library website has links to many useful statistical resources on the web.
- Statistical Resources: United States. (U.S. Gov. Statistics -- www.fedstats.gov)
- Statistics Canada. Canada's national statistical agency profiling Canada's business, economy and society.
- Statistics: The World Wide Web Virtual Library. This resource from the University of Florida's Department of Statistics is a contribution to the World Wide Web Virtual Library. It provides many links to many useful statistical resources on the web.
- Style Manuals: Guides to Citing Electronic & Print Sources. Citations can be a problem on the internet. Giving proper credit to another person's work is one of the hallmarks of academic writing; however, this is often difficult to do with online sources. Here are a few resources that try to help.
- Tests and Measures in the Social Sciences. Helen Hough, UT Arlington's Health Sciences Librarian, has created a great reference tool. Her annotated bibliography helps researchers locate the right instrument for the specific research project.
- Tests available in compilation volumes. Helen Hough has also has created a way to search for copies of assessment tools in books owned by the UT Arlington Library. Helen's homepage provides more useful resources: Helen's Page.
- Thesis Forms and Handouts. Guide to UT Arlington Master's Thesis forms and handouts. The Virtual Graduate School Advisor guides the graduate student to the correct information and the right form.
- Treating Children and Adolescents: A Bibliography.
- Truncation Symbols for the UT Arlington Databases. The symbols used in various databases as wildcards.
- Web of Knowledge and the Web of Science. My UT Arlington Library's guide that gives information about accessing and searching the Social Science Citation Index (SSCI). The SSCI is part of the Web of Knowledge and the Web of Science. Academic authors are often interested in finding out who is citing their work, and the SSCI helps with this type of search.
- Women's Issues & Policies Bibliography.
- WorldCat. My UT Arlington Library's guide that gives information about accessing and searching WorldCat on the web.
- Worldwide Political Science Abstracts. My UT Arlington Library's guide that gives information about accessing and searching the Worldwide Political Science Abstracts on the web.
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John James Dillard, Social Work and Social Science Librarian dillard@uta.edu Cell phone: (817) 675-8962 Social Work Electronic Library SWEL Phone: (817) 272-7518 School of Social Work Room A-111. |
The Social Work Electronic Library (SWEL) is located in Room 111 of building A, of the Social Work Complex (SWC) at 211 South Cooper St, Arlington TX. See the SWC-A shown in green marked inside a black circle on this UT Arlington Campus Map. The Social Work Complex (SWC) is on the north side of the UT Arlington Central Campus, and on the southeast corner of the intersection of South Cooper Street and West Abram Street.
If you have a question or a comment for me and if for some reason sending an email directly to me [ dillard@uta.edu ] does not appeal to you; then here is a link to a feedback form to ask a question or send a message to the UT Arlington Library's Information Services Staff at UT Arlington Library's Central Library Reference Desk. They will pass the question or comment on to me when they have a chance.
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