Subject Guides: * Social Work: Find Articles

Online Indexes and Databases

Different databases have different subject strengths, and using just one or two is a good strategy if you have a fairly broad topic. If you want perspectives from a variety of disciplines or you are having difficulty finding anything in a single database, try LibrarySearch

PsycINFO This link opens in a new window
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Primary index to material in psychology, psychiatry and related fields.
Social Work Abstracts This link opens in a new window
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Primary index for locating articles in the field of social work.
Social Services Abstracts This link opens in a new window
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Focuses on social work, human services, social welfare, social policy, human development and related areas. More international coverage than Social Work Abstracts.
Sociology Collection (Includes Sociological Abstracts) This link opens in a new window
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Primary index for the field of sociology.
Academic Search Complete This link opens in a new window
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Academic Search Complete is a large scholarly, multidisciplinary, full-text database, with more than 7,400 full-text periodicals, including more than 6,300 peer-reviewed journals. In addition to full text, this database offers indexing and abstracts for more than 11,500 scholarly, popular, trade, and special interest serials, and a total of more than 12,000 publications including monographs, reports, conference proceedings, and more. Updated daily.
ASSIA: Applied Social Sciences Index and Abstracts This link opens in a new window
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ASSIA: Applied Social Sciences Index and Abstracts provides indexing and abstracts for over 500 journals serving the "caring professions": health, social services, psychology, sociology, economics, politics, race relations and education. Coverage dates vary; most titles from 1990s to present. Updated monthly.
CINAHL with Full Text This link opens in a new window
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CINAHL (Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature) with Full Text provides full text for over 500 nursing and allied health journals, and indexing/abstracting for an additional 2500. Coverage: From 1981 for most titles. Updated
ERIC - Education (EBSCO) This link opens in a new window
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Provides international coverage of citation and full-text access to journals, books, conference papers, curriculum guides, policy papers, dissertations, and more in the field of education. Department of Education. Includes robust thesaurus. Coverage from 1966.
PTSDpubs (Published International Literature on Traumatic Stress) This link opens in a new window
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Sponsored by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, the PILOTS (Published International Literature On Traumatic Stress) database indexes the literature of PTSD and other mental health conditions resulting from traumatic events.

Maine-related articles

IMPORTANT NOTE: With rare exceptions, you won't find articles about specific local agencies or programs in scholarly journals. To look up information about your agency/organization other than that available at their website, try Maine Newsstand, which provides indexing and full text of several Maine newspapers.