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EXPLORE
ASSIGNMENT & SELECT A TOPIC
Assignment
1: Literature
Review Description & Sample Literature Reviews
Assignment
2: Group (Task Force) Paper Description
| Reference
Source |
Reference Call Number / Access |
The
Dynamics of Social Welfare Policy
Joel Blau with Mimi Abramovitz
See Part I, Chapter 2:
"Definitions & Functions of Social Welfare Policy"
(includes list of federal policy areas and programs) |
RESERVE
HV 95 .B595 2007
What is...? (p. 19-29)
Overview of Programs (p. 39-54) |
| Encyclopedia
of Social Work
Also available online ONLY at libraries
workstations:
Social Work Reference Library
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ref
HV 35 S6
(second copy on RESERVE)
In library: USE
Internet Explorer |
Social
Work Speaks
(NASW Policy Statements, 2003-2006)
NOTE: Abstracts
are available online |
ref HV 88 N118 2003/2006
https://www.socialworkers.org/ |
Find
Background Information
Look
for specialized encyclopedias in the libraries' reference room. Ask reference
staff for help.
For
example: Encyclopedia of Homelessness, ref HV 4493
E53 2004
has entries on "Legislation, Programs, and Policies, U.S. Federal,"
"Issues on Serving the Homeless," as well as documentary history
of legislation.
Use
reference lists and bibliographies from background articles to start your
list of materials.
FIND
LAWS & GOVERNMENTAL RESOURCES
Find
links to more government resources on the Libraries' SSW research page
for Social
Policy and on the class guide for the SC undergraduate Senior
Public Policy Workshop.
SEARCH
FOR BOOKS & REPORTS:
Five College Libraries
Catalog
Search
by title for books cited in background readings. To find newer sources
combine keywords, or use Library of Congress Subject Headings such as
these:
Public
welfare -- United States
Social service
Abortion
- Law and legislation
AIDS (Disease) - Prevention
Family Violence
Health care reform
Medical care - Political aspects
Medical policy
Housing policy
Public housing
Homeless persons
Poverty
Immigrants - Services for
Child welfare - Government policy - United States
Custody of children
People with disabilities - Government policy |
Civil rights movements
Gay rights
Homosexuality - Government policy
Reproductive rights
Single mothers - Government policy
Alien labor
Manpower policy
Sex discrimination in employment
Unemployment - United States
Work and family
Juvenile corrections - United States
Juvenile delinquents
Mental health services - United States
Older people - Mental health services
Substance abuse
Youth - Alcohol use |
SEARCH
FOR JOURNAL ARTICLES & DOCUMENTS
Use
the Journal
Locator to access full text journals by title, and look for SC
Links buttons which lead you through a menu for online access,
or for the online catalog. You may find call numbers for bound periodicals
on the second floor in Neilson Library.
Use
the libraries' search strategy planning sheet (Word
document: click here) to build a search strategy with words that work
for your topic.
Sample
Literature Reviews
These
"SC Links menu" results lead to two published literature reviews.
NOTE: the examples illustrate formats and are not reviews of policy literature.
Yellowlees, P., & Marks, S. (2007, May). Problematic Internet use
or Internet addiction?. Computers in Human Behavior, 23(3),
1447-1453.
Davis, L. (1987, July). Battered Women: The Transformation of a Social
Problem. Social Work, 32(4), 306-311.
FIND
HELP WITH CITATION STYLE
| Source |
Call
Number / Access |
Help
with APA Citation Style
Libraries page includes help with RefWorks,
citation management on the web. |
click
here |
| Electronic
Reference Formats Recommended by the American Psychological Association |
click
here |
| Citing
Government Information Resources |
ref
desk J 9.5 G37 2002 |
See
the handout from the library research session (Word
document: click here) for illustrations using RefWorks.
MOODLE
COURSE MANAGEMENT SITES FOR SSW160/161
Click
here to login to the main Moodle page at Smith.
CONTACT
A REFERENCE LIBRARIAN
Send
your comments on the Muddiest or Fuzziest Point from
the library session. Thanks!
Neilson
Library reference desk is staffed Monday through Friday 9-5, and on Sunday
afternoons 1-4, during the summer while SSW is in session.
You
may also call the Neilson Library Reference Desk at (413) 585-2960, send
email with the form for Ask a Librarian,
and try our meebo
IM reference service.
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