Research Guides: SSW820: Social Work Research Methods (Ph.D.): Find Articles & More

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Cochrane Library This link opens in a new window Research in evidence-based health care practice. Browse or search for disorders to find abstracts and texts through the Cochrane Reviews of medical, health and mental health treatments.
Google Scholar This link opens in a new window Links to scholarly books, articles and more. Results are incomplete and vary greatly by subject. Always use the libraries' research databases for a complete search of scholarly topics.
PsycINFO [EBSCO] 1887+ This link opens in a new window Worldwide coverage of 1300+ journals, books and dissertations in the behavioral sciences, psychology, mental health, medicine, etc.
PubMed (Medline) 1950s+ This link opens in a new window Lists over 14 million biomedical articles back to the 1950's. Check out the PubMed Tutorial.

PEP-Web: Psychoanalytic Electronic Publishing [PEP Interface] (excludes current and previous 3 years) This link opens in a new window Indexes articles from major psychoanalytic journals with full text coverage excluding the current and previous 3 years. Includes Freud's Complete Psychological Works, his correspondence with five major psychoanalysts, and 23 classic psychoanalytic books.
Social Sciences Abstracts [EBSCO] 1983+ (Subscription ends 07/01/2024) This link opens in a new window Abstracts and some full text of articles from 550+ sources in anthropology, political science, economics, psychology, geography, and sociology; with interviews, obituaries, and book reviews.
Social Services Abstracts [ProQuest] 1980+ This link opens in a new window Abstracts of journal articles, dissertations and book reviews on social work, human services, social welfare, social policy, and community development.
Social Work Reference Center [EBSCO] This link opens in a new window Evidence-based collection including care sheets, quick lessons, skill competency checklists, clinical assessment tools, practice guidelines, drug information, continuing education modules & patient education information.

Dissertations & Theses Global [ProQuest] (Full text 1997+, plus selected older dissertations; abstracts and citations 1861+) This link opens in a new window
Includes 1.7 million full text dissertations (1997+, plus selected older dissertations). Also includes 3.8 million citations for 1861+. Includes a growing number of foreign dissertations.

Smith College School for Social Work Digital Dissertations. 2009+
Abstracts and full text PDFs of recent Smith College School for Social Work doctoral dissertations.

Smith College School for Social Work Digital Theses 2007+ This link opens in a new window
Abstracts and full text PDFs of recent Smith College School for Social Work theses. Works best with Internet Explorer.

PsycINFO [EBSCO] 1887+ This link opens in a new window Worldwide coverage of 1300+ journals, books and dissertations in the behavioral sciences, psychology, mental health, medicine, etc.

How-to search with the APA Thesaurus and Subjects By the end of this video you should be able to: Locate Subjects using the APA Thesaurus and use them to conduct a search in APA PsycInfo Revise a search in APA PsycInfo to include additional Subjects Describe how to search in APA PsycInfo when there is no Subject for a particular search concept
How-to find Peer-Reviewed Empirical Articles By the end of this video you will be able to: Use the filters in APA PsycInfo to access empirical studies from peer-reviewed journals. Determine if an article found in APA PsycInfo is an empirical study from a peer-reviewed journal.