Social Work

The library at Fusehill contains the following materials

1. Textbooks to support your course. You can search for these via OneSearch or on your module reading lists

2. Social Work Theory Cards and Reflective Practice Cards

3. A variety of Study Skills books.  Look for them on Onesearch or via our reading lists on writing and reflection and report writing 

4. Teaching Practice Collection which may give you ideas and equipment to use on placements with children

5. Catch up each month with the Professional Social Work magazine available to read in the Library

OneSearch is a good place to start your research. However as you progress through your course you will need to develop your searching skills to incorporate other sources.

Watch the tutorial below for an introduction to searching or access our Finding Information page for more advice.

How to search

Click on the image above or use this link to view the tutorial: How to search tutorial

You can also sign up to our webinar for guidance on how you can develop your search skills.

We have selected some key eresources and individual journal titles to help you locate relevant material for your subject.

Eresources

Eresources allow you to search across multiple sources at one time eg a range of journal articles. Some eresources are subject specific and provide more tailored results.

In addition to these key eresources you can also explore our full A-Z of eresources.

Eresource		Description
Specialist Resource for Social Workers
	Community Care Inform	Aimed at social workers and other professions who work with children and with adults, Community Care Inform pulls together policy, guides, research, case law and legislation on a wide range of topics, from adoption to mental health and welfare rights. You will need to use the Institutional Login option for both on and off campus to get access to the full-text.
Mainly Journal Articles
	SocIndex	Comprehensive high quality sociological journal collection, mostly full text. Contains the British Journal of Social Work but not the most recent year (see individual journals below for more detail)
	PsycARTICLES	Articles from psychological journals especially useful for topics such as mental health but not necessarily from a social work perspective.
	Cinahl	Although aimed at Nursing and Allied Health, this journals collection does include many articles on social work but also other articles on issues such as drugs or mental health. Contains the British Journal of Social Work but not the most recent year (see individual journals below for more detail)
	Child Development and Adolescent Studies	Articles about growth and development of young people up to 21 years of age. No full text included, instead links to Onesearch to check if we have the article online.
	Sage Journals	Includes a good range of social work and social policy journals eg Journal of Social Work, Critical Social Policy. Click on Browse by discipline for a list.
	Taylor and Francis	Includes about 100 journals relevant to social work eg European Journal of Social Work
	Proquest Social Science Journals	Articles from journals including social work
	Proquest Public Health Journals	Articles from journals including social services and welfare
Other Resources
	Campbell Collaboration	The Campbell Collaboration is an international research network that produces systematic reviews of the effects of social interventions. It focuses on education, criminal justice, social policy and social care.
	Sage Research Methods	A website about research methods.  Find definitions, explore different methods, find the right statistical test, read up about how to conduct research and how to write it up.  Includes a project planner to help you with different stages of your research.
	Grey Literature Resources	Link to our page on where to find Grey Literature
	Proquest Dissertations and Theses	A database containing the full text of Masters and Phd level dissertations and theses. Useful for seeing who else has been researching your area and what sources they have used.  In addition good for examples of writing at this level.
Law Databases - these 2 legal databases are very useful for tracking down the full text of case reports which your tutor may refer to or you find in textbooks. They are complex collections so do ask for help if required via skills@cumbria.ac.uk
	Lexis+	A legal database which contains amongst others two key family law journals - Family Law and Child and Family Law Quarterly
	Westlaw	A large, comprehensive legal online service.  The Case Analysis is particularly useful

Individual Journal Titles

Browse or search inside key journal titles for your subject below. For a full range of titles check our A-Z of journals via Journals Search.

Journal		Description
	British Journal of Social Work	This is the key academic journal for your course available online and in print in the Library.  You can access it via Onesearch and it is available through several journal collections, some with restrictions on the years covered.
	Affilia
	Child and Adolescent Social Work
	Critical and Radical Social Work
	Critical Social Policy	Critical approaches to the production, development and receipt of social policy and welfare. A political project testing orthodox and traditional approaches to policy, welfare and the state.
	European Journal of Social Work	Analyses and promotes European and international developments in social work, social policy, social service institutions, and strategies for social change
	International Social Work
	Journal of Gerontological Social Work
	Journal of Social Work in End-of-Life and Palliative Care
	Journal of Social Work in Long Term Care
	Journal of Social Work Practice in the Addictions
	Professional Social Work	From the British Association of Social Workers. In print only in the Library from 2006 onwards
	Qualitative Social Work
	Social Work in Health Care
	Research on Social Work Practice
	Social Work in Mental Health
	Family law journals	Two key journals Family Law and Child and Family Law Quarterly are available via Lexis