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SW670 Social Welfare Policy and Service Delivery Systems I Fall 2021: Encyclopedias and Background Information

Databases

Opposing Viewpoints in Context is a great database to use to find background information about a wide range of issues including social issues.

Opposing Viewpoints In Context (Gale) This link opens in a new window Contains a range of perspectives on many important issues, with over 13,000 pro/con viewpoints. Provided by the New York State Library, NOVELNY.

Online Encyclopedias

Encyclopedias are an excellent source for obtaining background information before starting one's research paper.

All encyclopedias below are are available online by clicking on the title.

Encyclopedia of Social Work
Encyclopedia of Social Work, the first continuously updated online collaboration between the National Association of Social Workers (NASW Press) and Oxford University Press (OUP) contains 800+ articles edited with precision by a 13-member editorial board and Editor in Chief offering overviews of every facet of social work policy and practice and over 200 succinct biographies of key figures in social work history.

Social Work: the Basics by Mark Doel
ISBN: 9781136290305
Publication Date: 2012-06-25
Encyclopedia of Social Problems by Vincent N. Parrillo (Editor)
ISBN: 9781412941655
Publication Date: 2008-05-22
EBOOK: Dictionary of Social Work: the Definitive a to Z of Social Work and Social Care by Martin Thomas; John Pierson
ISBN: 9780335238835
Publication Date: 2010-01-07
Encyclopedia of Diversity and Social Justice - A-H by Sherwood Thompson
ISBN: 9781442216068
Publication Date: 2014-12-18
The Encyclopedia of Civil Liberties in America by David Schultz; John R. Vile
ISBN: 9781317457138
Publication Date: 2015-04-10
Historical and Multicultural Encyclopedia of Women's Reproductive Rights in the United States by Judith A. Baer
ISBN: 9780313011078
Women's Issues for a New Generation : A Social Work Perspective by Gail Ukockis
ISBN: 9780190239404
Publication Date: 2016-06-10
Environmental Social Work by Mel Gray (Editor); John Coates (Editor); Tiani Hetherington (Editor)
ISBN: 9781136212826
Publication Date: 2012-11-12
The Gun Debate by Glenn Utter (Editor)
ISBN: 9781682171028
Publication Date: 2016-12-01
Antisemitism by Richard S. Levy (Editor)
ISBN: 9781851094448
Publication Date: 2005-05-18
Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Trans Health Inequalities by Julie Fish (Editor); Kate Karban (Editor)
ISBN: 9781447313519
Publication Date: 2015-03-18
Poverty in America by Russell M. Lawson
ISBN: 9780313350238
Publication Date: 2008-07-30

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