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Social Policy Resources

Getting Started | News & Government Information | Organizations | Other Social Work Web Sites

GETTING STARTED

The introductory text used in Smith's social policy course sequence in on RESERVE in the Library: The Dynamics of Social Welfare Policy, SC Neilson Reserve HV 95 .B595 2007.

See the social policy research guide, Understanding Policy, from the Georgia State University Library to find definitions from the social work perspective.

Networks & Other Links News & Government Information
Civic Practices Network CQ Electronic Library/Public Affairs Collection
Moving Ideas Network (MIN) LexisNexis Congressional (laws, legislation)
SpeakOut.com GPO Access (government information)
State Government & Politics (U.Michigan) EBSCO Academic Search Premier (articles)
State Legislatures, State Laws &
State Regulations
(Law Librarians' Society)
LexisNexis Academic - Legal Research
NCSL State Issues (current legislation) National Journal's Policy Central (federal policy)
StateLaw (WashLaw) (includes search) THOMAS (federal legislation, 1973--)

ORGANIZATIONS: POLICY ANALYSIS FOR SOCIAL ISSUES

Use this search box to find topical information from the organizations listed below.

Google Custom Search
American Association of Retired Persons Commonwealth Fund
American Bar Association Community Action Partnership
American Enterprise Institute
for Public Policy Research

Institute for Policy Research at Northwestern University

American Public Human Services Association Connect For Kids
Annie E. Casey Foundation National Association of Social Workers
Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law National Center for Children in Poverty
Brookings Institution National Center on Institutions and Alternatives
Center for Law & Social Policy National Civic League
Center for the Study & Advancement of Disability Policy Child Welfare Information Gateway
Center on Budget & Policy Priorities National Conference of State Legislatures
Child Welfare League of America UMass-Boston McCormack School of Policy Studies, Center for Social Policy
Children's Defense Fund Urban Institute

OTHER SOCIAL WORK WEB SITES

Social Work (Smith College Libraries' guide to initial research resources)
Specialized Social Work Resources (additional research resources)
Introduction to Social Welfare Policy -- SSW 160/161 Resources

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