Subject Resources

Good Starting Points

Social Services Abstracts
CSA database for social work, human services, and related areas. (Formerly Social Work Abstracts)  more info

PsycInfo via Ebsco
Psychology and related fields since 1887.  more info

Social Sciences Abstracts
Abstracts of articles on the social sciences.  more info

Sociological Abstracts
Abstracts on all aspects of sociology and related disciplines. NOTE: This database has changed from FirstSearch to Cambridge Scientific Abstracts.  more info

Academic Search Premier
Provides full text for many topics. Great place to start research.  more info

More Databases

Alaska & Polar Periodical Index
Indexes journal articles focusing on Alaska and other arctic regions. Covers all subject areas.  more info

Alternative Press Index
Indexes journals covering cultural, economic, political, and social change.  more info

Arctic Health Literature Database
An index of a variety of Arctic health related articles  more info

Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance
Database of U. S. federal assistance programs.  more info

ETS Test Link
Provides access to more than 25,000 tests and other measurement devices from the early 1900's to the present.  more info

ICPSR Direct
Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research. Remote access only for UAA Students from the Anchorage Campus.  more info

NASW Clinical Register
Listing of clinical social workers who have met national standards established by the NASW Competence Certification Commission.  more info

PsycArticles
Full-text, peer-reviewed scholarly and scientific articles in psychology from 1985 to present.  more info

Psychology and Behavioral Sciences Collection
Covers topics such as emotional and behavioral characteristics, psychiatry & psychology, mental processes, anthropology, and observational and experimental methods.  more info

Psychology Journals
Nearly 300 full-text journals in psychology and related fields, from ProQuest.  more info

Wenger Anthropological Eskimo Database
Emphasis on the Inuit of Alaska, Canada, Chukotka, and Greenland. Available in CD-ROM and on the Web. Best used by Versions 5+ of I.E., 6+ of Netscape, 5+ of Opera, and any Mozilla browser.  more info

Recommended Web Sites

UAA School of Social Work
The official home page.  more info

APHSA: American Public Human Services Association
Public Welfare information  more info

Association of Baccalaureate Social Work Program Directors
official web site of the BPD Association.  more info

Buros Institute of Mental Measurements
Access to test and measurement instrument reviews in  more info

Council on Social Work Education Online
Website for the national association that preserves and enhances the quality of social work education.  more info

CSWE Online
The official website for the Council on Social Work Education.  more info

Grassroots Social Science Web Directory
From Andrews University Department of Social Work.  more info

HandsNet
Online collaboration and information sharing for the human services community.  more info

Information for Practice
Database of 50,000 links relating to social work.  more info

Institute for Research on Poverty
Provides links to information about poverty.  more info

NASW Online
Largest membership organization of professional social workers in the world.  more info

National clearinghouse on Child Abuse and Neglect Informatio
A national resource for professionals and others seeking information on child abuse and neglect and child welfare.  more info

SAWN: The Social Work Access Network
Resources and links.  more info

Shirley`s Social Work Web Resources
From the University of Indianapolis.  more info

Social Sciences Virtual Library
Part of The World-Wide Web Virtual Library.  more info

Social Work and Social Services Web Site
A service of the GWB School of Social Work at Washington University in St. Louis.  more info

Social Work Library Columbia University
One of the world`s premiere collections in social work.  more info

UAA Social Work Department
Social Work Department\'s web page.  more info

Welfare Information Network
A Clearinghouse for Information, Policy Analysis & Technical Assistance on Welfare Reform.  more info

Selected Print and CD-ROM

Blackwell encyclopaedia of social work
Edited by Martin Davies.  more info

Encyclopedia of social work
Published by the National Association of Social Workers.  more info