Social Work: A Select Guide to Reference Sources |
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Listed here are some general reference sources for Social Work. You should use LINC to look for other materials. Instructions on how to use LINC is available at http://www.lib.nus.edu.sg/lion/l/. Library of Congress Classification for Social WorkLibrary materials are arranged on the shelves in classified order and readings on this subject are usually classified as follows: HV1-9960 Social pathology. Social and public welfare. Criminology This guide contains the following sections:
1. Literature GuidesAby, Stephen H. Sociology : a guide to reference and information sources. 2nd ed. Englewood, Colo. : Libraries
Unlimited, c1997.
Conrad, James H. Reference sources in social work : an annotated bibliography. Metuchen, N.J. : Scarecrow Press,
1982.
Herron, Nancy L., ed. The social sciences : a cross-disciplinary guide to selected sources. 3rd ed. Englewood, Colo. : Libraries
Unlimited, 2002.
Humphries, Beth, ed.
Research in social care and social welfare. Philadelphia, PA : Jessica
Kingsley Publishers, 2000.
Li, Tze-chung. Social science reference sources : a practical guide. 3rd ed. Westport, Conn. : Greenwood
Press, 2000.
Mendelsohn, Henry N. A guide to information sources for social work and the human services. Phoenix, AZ : Oryx Press,
1987. Reader's guide to the social sciences. 2 vols. Chicago : Fitzroy Dearborn,
2001.
Olson, Hope A. , ed. Information sources in women’s studies and feminism. Munchen : K. G. Saur, 2002.
Webb, William H., (et al.). Sources of information in the social sciences : a guide to the literature. 3rd ed. Chicago : American
Library Association, 1986.
Lim, Bee Lum and Ngiam, Tee Liang. A select bibliography on social issues, social services and social work in Singapore and Malaysia : based on the publications of the staff and graduates of the Department of Social Work, National University of Singapore, 1984. Singapore : Dept. of Social Work,
National University of Singapore, 1984.
International bibliography of sociology. New York : Tavistock, 1955-
(1956-)
International bibliography of
the social sciences [electronic resource]
Nofsinger, Mary M. Children and adjustment to divorce : an annotated bibliography. New York : Garland, 1990.
Nordquist, Joan, ed. Violence against women : a bibliography. Santa Cruz, Ca : Reference &
Research Services, 1992.
Parham, Iris A., ed. Gerontological social work : an annotated bibliography. Westport, Conn. : Greenwood
Press, 1993.
Stanton, Greta W. Children of separation : an annotated bibliography for professionals. Metuchen, N.J. : Scarecrow Press,
1994.
Wepsiec, Jan. Social sciences : an international bibliography of serial literature, 1830-1985. New York : Mansell, 1992.
3. Encyclopaedias/Dictionaries
Barker, Robert L. The social work dictionary. 3rd ed. Washington, DC : NASW Press,
1995.
Dictionary of social work. London : Collins Educational,
1995.
International encyclopedia of the social sciences. New York : Macmillan, 1968-1991. 19 vols.
Smelser, Neil J. and Paul B. Baltes, eds. International encyclopedia of the social & behavioral sciences. Amsterdam ; New York : Elsevier, 2001. 19 vols.
Directory of social services. 7th ed.
Directory of halfway houses & aftercare agencies. Singapore : Jointly published by
SCORE and ISCOS, 1996.
Directory of services for women. Singapore : Family and Women’s
Welfare Section, Ministry of Community Development, 1992.
Directory of youth organisations in Singapore. Singapore : Research &
Statistics Unit, People’s Association, 1977-
Bisman, Cynthia. Integrating research into practice : a model for effective social work. Belmont, Calif. : Brooks/Cole
Wadsworth, 1999.
Cherry, Andrew L. A research primer for the helping professions : methods, statistics and writing. Belmont, Calif. : Wadsworth/Thomson Learning, 1999. H62 Che (CL RBR)
Cournoyer, David E. Research methods for social work. Boston : Allyn and Bacon,
2000.
Edwards, Anne & Talbot, Robin. The hard-pressed researcher : a research handbook for the caring professions. 2nd ed. London : Longman, 1999.
Humphries, Beth. Research in social care and social welfare. Philadelphia, Pa. : Jessica
Kingsley Publications, 2000.
Kirk, Stuart A., ed. Social work research methods : building knowledge for practice. Washington, D.C. : NASW Press,
1999.
Marlow, Christine. Research methods for generalist social work. Belmont, Calif. : Brooks/Cole,
2001.
Padgett, Deborah. Qualitative methods in social work research : challenges and rewards. Thousand Oaks, Calif. : Sage
Publications, 1998.
Research on social work practice. Newbury Park, Ca : Sage
Publications, 1991-
Rodwell, Mary K. Social work constructivist research. New York : Garland Publications,
1998.
Rubin, Allen. Research methods for social work. 4th ed. Belmont, Calif. : Wadsworth,
2005.
Tutty, Leslie M., Michael Rothery and Richard M. Grinnell. Qualitative research for social workers : phases, steps and tasks. Boston : Allyn and Bacon, 1996.
Williams, Fiona. Welfare research : a critical review. London : UCL Press, 1999.
Wodarski, John S. Research methods for clinical social workers : empirical practice. New York : Springer Publishing,
1997.
Yegidis, Bonnie L. Research methods for social workers. 4th ed. Boston : MA : Allyn and Bacon,
2001.
York, Reginald O. Building basic competencies in social work research : an experiential approach. Boston : Allyn and Bacon,
1997.
York, Reginald O. Conducting social work research : an experiential approach. Boston : Allyn and Bacon,
1997.
Go to http://www.lib.nus.edu.sg > E-Resources > Databases > Title
Databases
International Bibliography of the Social Sciences The International Bibliography of the Social Sciences is a bibliographic database compiled by the British Library of Political & Economic Science of the London School of Economics & Political Science. This database contains bibliographic information from an international selection of publications (including over 2600 journals) in the fields of economics, political science, sociology, and anthropology.
PERIND It is an index to periodical articles relating to Singapore, Malaysia, Brunei and ASEAN (as an entity) contains citations from more than 250 core titles of local, regional and international journals. The bulk of the citations is in English and most of them date from 1980 except for medical citations (from 1975) and legal citations (from 1932). The subjects covered range from the humanities and social sciences to business and management, architecture, building, law and medicine.
Social Services Abstracts (1980-) Social Services Abstracts provides bibliographic coverage of current research focused on social work, human services, and related areas, including social welfare, social policy, and community development. The database abstracts and indexes over 1,406 serials publications and includes abstracts of journal articles and dissertations, and citations to book reviews.
Social Work Abstracts (via SilverPlatter)
Sociological Abstracts E-Journals
Go to http://www.lib.nus.edu.sg > E-Resources > E-Journals > Title
Below is a select list of titles :
Administration in Social Work
Australian Social Work British Journal of Social Work
Child & Family Social Work
Child & Adolescent Social Work Journal
Clinical Social Work Journal
International Social Work
Journal of Family Social Work
Journal of Gerontological Social Work
E-Newspapers
Go to http://www.lib.nus.edu.sg > E-Resources > E-Newspapers
Factiva
Nearly 9,000 sources from 152 countries in 22 languages, including more than 120 continuously updated newswires. Key Titles include Business Times, Straits Times, The New Paper, TODAY, ChannelnewsAsia, Digital Life, The Edge Singapore, Lianhe Zaobao (Chinese), ListedCompany.com, Shipping Times.
Also has same-day and archival
coverage of The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, Washington Post, The
Globe and Mail, Financial Times, Les Echos, South China Morning Post, Australian
Financial Review, Sydney Morning Herald, Straits Times, Yomiuri Shimbun,
Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, The Irish Times and local newspapers from
every corner of the globe. LexisNexis Academic
LexisNexis Academic provides access to nearly 6,000 titles in news, business and legal information, many of them in full-text. It includes company financial information, industry and market news, Straits Times, Business Times and other international newspapers, wire services, magazines and trade journals, U.S. federal and state case law, accounting information, medical news and abstracts, law reviews, and state and country profiles
Cheung, Paul Po Lo. A guide to Singapore official statistics. Singapore :
Dept. of Statistics, 1999. Chia, B.H. Too young to die : an Asian perspective on youth suicide. Singapore : Times Books, 1999.
Inter-Ministerial Committee on Health Care for the Elderly. Report of the Inter-Ministerial Committee on Healthcare for the Elderly. Singapore : The
Committee, 1999.
Is income disparity increasing in Singapore? Occasional paper on social statistics, no. 50. Singapore : Dept. of Statistics, 2000.
Leow, Bee Geok Census of population 2000 : advance data release Singapore : Dept. of Statistics, 2001.
Lim-Yeo, Pin Pin. Statistics on Singapore : an annotated list of sources in NUS Library. Singapore : Reference & Information Services Dept., NUS Central
Library, 2000. Click on this URL : http://libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/login?url=http://www.lib.nus.edu.sg/bib/ss/sscont.html
Ministry of Community Development. Annual report. Singapore : The Ministry.
Annual. 1985/86-1997/98.
The national survey of senior citizens in Singapore 1995. Singapore :
Ministry of Health, 1996.
Social progress of Singapore women : a statistical assessment. Occasional paper on social statistics, no. 41. Singapore : Dept. of Statistics, 1998.
Statistics on marriages and divorces. Singapore : Dept. of Statistics.
Annual. 1984- http://www.singstat.gov.sg/pdtsvc/pubn/marriages.html
Study of the Singapore family. Singapore : Ministry of Community Development,
1999-
Yearbook of Statistics, Singapore. Singapore : Dept. of Statistics, 1968- URL for other statistical sources
8. Academic Exercises / Theses and Dissertations
Academic Exercises / Local Theses Local theses and academic exercises are kept in the Central Library Closed Stacks. Theses may be searched in LINC with call number HV13 and are to be consulted within the library.
Australian Digital Theses Database National database of digitised masters and doctoral dissertations available via the web. All the universities in Australia contirbute to the database.
Hong Kong University Theses Online Comprises more than 11,280 titles of theses and dissertations submitted for higher degrees to the University of Hong Kong since 1941. These include works in the arts and humanities, education, the social, medical and natural sciences, many of them deal entirely with or focus on subjects relating to Hong Kong.
Index to Theses with Abstracts accepted for Higher Degrees by the Universities of Great Britain and Ireland (1716-) The Index to Theses with Abstracts includes works accepted for higher degrees by the universities of Great Britain, Ireland, and the Council for National Academic Awards. This database comprises the following print equivalents:
ProQuest Digital Dissertations (1861-) ProQuest Digital Dissertations contains citations and abstracts of doctoral dissertations and master's theses submitted to over 1,000 North American graduate schools, European and Australian universities. Abstracts are provided from 1980. It is equivalent to Dissertation Abstracts Ondisc (CD-ROM) and in print to Dissertation Abstracts International, American Doctoral Dissertations and Comprehensive Dissertation Index.
Ballenger, Bruce. The curious researcher : a guide to writing research papers. 4th ed. New York : Pearson/Longman, 2004.
Bosworth, David P. Citing your references : a guide for author of journal articles and students writing theses or dissertations. Thirsk : Underhill Pub. ,
1992.
The Chicago manual of style. 15 th ed. Chicago : University of Chicago
Press, 2003.
Cone, John D. and Sharon L. Foster. Dissertations and theses from start to
finish : psychology and related fields. Washington, D.C. : American
Psychological Association, 1993.
Li, Xia and Nancy B. Crane. Electronic styles : a handbook for citing electronic information. 2nd ed. Medford, N.J. : Information Today, 1996.
Ownby, Raymond L. Psychological reports : a guide to report writing in professional psychology. 3rd ed. New York : John Wiley, 1997.
Publication manual of the American Psychological Association. 5th ed. Washington, D.C. : American
Psychological Association, 2001
Rosnow, Ralph L. and Mimi Rosnow. Writing papers in psychology : a student guide. 5th ed. Pacific Grove : Brooks, 2001.
Smyth T. Raymond. Writing in psychology : a student guide. 2nd ed. New York :
John Wiley & Sons, 1996.
Steinberg, Robert J. The psychologist’s companion : a guide to scientific writing for students and researchers. 3rd ed. New York : Cambridge University
Press, 1993.
Szuchman, Lenore T. and Barbara Thomlison. Writing with style : APA style for social work. Belmont, CA : Thomson Learning, 2004.
Turabian, Kate L. A manual for writers of term papers, theses and dissertations. 6th ed. Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 1996.
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