Find Articles in Databases & Journals
Use databases to search multiple journals at the same time. Find articles about a specific topic by using keywords, subject headings, authors, and more.
- Social Services Abstracts
- Family and Society Studies Worldwide
- Social Work Abstracts
- PsycINFO (psychology)
- PubMed (medical)
- More: Social Work Related Databases
- More: Databases by Subject
- More: Journal & Article Locator
Find Background Information
Reference sources, such as encyclopedias, dictionaries, handbooks, and directories and are great starting points for background information about a specific topic.
Browse Useful Websites
Websites can provide statistics, data, articles, documents, and other information about a specific field of study.
Develop Research Skills
Social Work Research Guides
Research guides provide suggestions for finding and using information about a specific subject.
Class Guides
Class guides are created by librarians to provide guides to helpful sources for a particular class.
Use Additional Library Resources
Social Work Related Libraries and Library Services
Learn About Other Resources on Campus
Learn about social work resources, research, and services at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
About the Social Work Collection
The social work collection supports the teaching and research requirements of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign School of Social Work. To this end, comprehensive collections are maintained for child welfare, health care, community mental health, school social work, social welfare administration, social policy analysis and implementation, and social planning. The majority of the estimated 45,000 volumes which comprise the collection are housed in the Main Stacks. Recent books and the recent years of print journals in social work are located in the Social Sciences, Health, and Education Library (SSHEL).
Please direct all comments or requests for information to Yali Feng, yalifeng@illinois.edu or 217-300-6619.