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Social Work Collections in UHM Libraries

Depending on your research, you may need to use one or more of the collections in the UHM Library. The Hamilton Library Business, Humanities & Social Sciences Collection covers social work from around the world, emphasizing the United States and Europe. The Asia Collection and the Hawaiian & Pacific Collections also have significant amounts of material on social work of those geographic areas.

Related Subjects

Selected research guides for disciplines related to social work.

Social Work Research Guide

Use this guide to find articles, books, reference sources and more for research in social work. The guide focuses on online resources, which can be accessed either within the library or remotely. In addition to online resources, selected print titles are included. The guide lists basic resources and does not contain all of the materials in the library useful for social work research. For additional resources consult other relevant subject guides, OneSearch Manoa, or the librarians at the main reference desk.

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Find JOURNAL ARTICLES

Social Work Abstracts Social Work Abstracts offers extensive coverage of more than 450 social work and human services journals dating back to 1965. The database provides citations and abstracts dealing with all aspects of the social work field, including theory and practice, areas of service and social issues and problems. A new EBSCO interface is coming soon. Preview the new EBSCO interface now
Social Services Abstracts Covers current research focused on social work, human services, social welfare, social policy and community development. The database contains over 73,000 records from 1585 serials. It goes back to 1980 and is updated every month with approximately 350 new records. NOTE: If you use an ad blocker, you may receive error messages when using certain functions in ProQuest databases. Please whitelist search-proquest-com.eres.library.manoa.hawaii.edu and search.proquest.com to avoid such errors.

Quick REFERENCE

Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders : DSM-5 (Text Revision)
Encyclopedia of Social Work The 20th edition of the Encyclopedia of Social Work is widely considered the cornerstone of reference in its field. This new edition includes coverage of areas that have come to the fore since the 1995 publication of the 19th edition, including demographic changes from immigration, technology, the implications of managed care, faith-based assistance, evidence-based practice, gerontology, and trauma and disaster.

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