Finding Social Work and Community Services Information

Social Work databases

Academic Search Premier EBSCOhost
Provides full text for nearly 4,000 scholarly publications, including full text for more than 3,100 peer-reviewed journals. Coverage is multi-disciplinary.

PsycINFO (EBSCOhost)
Indexes and abstracts journal articles, book chapters, books, and technical reports, as well as citations to dissertations, all in the field of psychology and psychological aspects of related disciplines.

SocINDEX (EBSCOhost)
Contains abstracts for more than 750 "core" coverage journals dating as far back as 1895. Covers all areas of sociology and closely related areas of study. These include abortion, criminology & criminal justice, demography, ethnic & racial studies, gender studies, marriage & family, political sociology, religion, rural & urban sociology, social development, social psychology, social structure, social work, socio-cultural anthropology, sociological history, sociological research, sociological theory and substance abuse & other addictions.

Synergy interface (Blackwell Science Journals)
A full text journal database from Blackwell Publishers covering a range of disciplines.

AusStats - Australian Bureau of Statistics
The statistical core of the ABS Web site available to students and staff of all Australia's Universities. It includes full text files (such as spreadsheets) that can be downloaded. A price will be given, but this is just for recording purposes. There is no charge for Charles Darwin University staff or students. Please note: AusStats should not ask for a password, if it does, just click OK and it should let you in.

Current Contents Connect (ISI)
A multidisciplinary current awareness Web resource, providing access to complete bibliographic information of over 8,000 of the world's leading scholarly journals and more than 2,000 books.

Ingenta
Mmultidisciplinary database which is free on the net

Web of Science ISI
Provides seamless access to the Science Citation Expanded, Social Sciences Citation Index, and Arts & Humanities Citation Index.

Related databases

INFORMIT Databases
Provide access to Australian materials in areas relating to health across a wide variety of databases.

AUSThealth Indexes
Online Including AMI - Australasian Medical Index 1968 -, APAIS-Health - Australian Public Affairs Information Service – Health 1978 - ATSIhealth - Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Bibliography 1900 - AusportMed 1989 - CINCH-Health - Health Issues in Criminal Justice 1968 - DRUG - Drug Database 1974 - H&S - Health & Society Database 1980 - HIVA - HIV/AIDS Database 1980 – and RURAL - Rural and Remote Health Database and AGIS and APAIS Law and Policy Resources .

Australian Domestic and Family Violence Clearinghouse, A national resource on issues of domestic violence and family violence. This gives access to a range of resources including a Research and Resources database:

Research and Resources database
Provides a central directory of all material on domestic and family  violence produced in Australia, whether formal research findings, journal articles, pamphlets, unpublished reports, training kits or videos from 2000 onwards.  In order to assist its clients, it also includes information on key international material and selected material published prior to 2000.

Child Welfare Information Gateway (USA)

Formerly the National Clearinghouse on Child Abuse and Neglect Information and the National Adoption Information Clearinghouse, this site provides access to information and resources to help protect children and strengthen families. A service of the Children's Bureau, Administration for Children and Families, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

Child Abuse and Neglect
Published by the National Information Services Corporation (NISC), Maryland, USA. Physical, emotional, psychological and sexual abuse, child neglect. Free registration required click here

LOCATE - Latrobe Online Clearinghouse of Aged Care Teaching Essentials

LOCATE is a funded initiative of the Australian government. It aims to provide a clearinghouse of primarily Australian aged care resources which are useful to students, teachers and clinicians from 2006 onwards.The resources may be textbooks, reports, audio-visual resources, research reports, websites or more recent formats such as online audio streaming or podcasts. Click here for the Password

 

Journal Citations

All That JAS:
Journal Abbreviation Sources Web pages that list journal title abbreviations.

Critical Social Work (Free E-journal)
Publishing Body: University of Windsor, School of Social Work, Canada. Aims at refining ideas about the individual and community, clarifying the relationship between interpersonal relations and institutional structures and identifying actions that promote both individual and community well-being. Click on Volumes to access.

Web Sites

AgeSource Worldwide

AARP's database, AgeSource Worldwide, identifies and provides links to over 300 major or unique libraries, clearinghouses, databases, directories, bibliographies, and Web metasites around the world that focus on aging or closely allied subjects. Some 30 countries are represented in AgeSource Worldwide.

Australian Association of Social Workers
The AASW is the professional representative body of social workers in Australia.

Australian Council of Social Service
The Australian Council of Social Service (ACOSS) is the national peak council of the community welfare sector in Australia. Major publications are Impact and The Australian Journal of Social Issues.

Australian Drug Foundation

Website of the ADF that contains information and support to assist in the prevention of alcohol and other drug problems.

Australian Institute of Family Studies
AIFS is a Commonwealth government research and information agency that promotes the identification and understanding of factors affecting marital and family stability in Australia.  Publications include Family Matters- which (apart from the most recent 3 issues) is available full text from the web site.

Australian Institute for Health and Welfare
Australia's national agency for health and welfare statistics and information.  The site contains many full text publications including Australia's Health and Australia's Welfare.

Australian Department of Immigration and Multicultural and Indigenous  Affairs
This site includes fact sheets, statistics, media releases, and other documentation relating to topics such as citizenship, multiculturalism, immigration, and refugees.

Commonwealth Department of Health and Aged Care
This site includes policy information, media releases, and other documentation relating to Australian health services.  It includes topics such as women's health, aged care, mental health, AIDS/HIV, alcohol and drugs.

Department of Family and Community Services
This department is responsible for a broad range of social policy issues including income support, housing policy, community support, disability services, child care services, family payments, child support and family relationships.

Office of the Status of Women
The Office of the Status of Women is a policy advisory unit concerned with bringing women's issues into the mainstream.  The site includes media releases, ministerial speeches and other material relating to topics such as women's economic security, women's health, and violence against women.

Social Care Online
The UK's most complete range of information and research on all aspects of social care.With new content added daily by SCIE's experienced information professionals, you can find information about all aspects of social care, from fostering, to mental health, to human resources and much, much more. You can also have information delivered to your desktop - find out more about email alerts and RSS feeds

Content is drawn from a range of resources including journal articles, Websites, research reviews, legislation and government documents, and service user knowledge.