Information Resources for Social Work
Most social work printed materials are on the ground floor of the Arts and Social Studies Library. You will also find social work texts in the Bute Library. Use the Voyager library catalogue to find books, journals and other printed and electronic resources relating to social work.
- Databases
- Electronic journals
- Useful web sites:
- Charities - web sites from charities involved in social welfare
- Gateways - browse or search gateways to find a wide range of authoritative web sites
- Official publications - web sites providing access to information about governments and government publications
- Practitioner sites- web sites from organisations providing support and information for social work practitioners
- Public bodies - web sites from Government departments and other public bodies containing information on policy initiatives and legislation
- Research centres - web sites of organisations engaged in research into social issues
- Statistics - web sites providing social work statistics.
The following free tutorials on effective internet searching may be of help. They are produced by Intute: Virtual Training Suite .
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