SOWK 213 & 214
Human Behavior in the Social Env. I & II

eJournals | Websites | Books

Article databases (use to identify article citations and find full-text):

Research & News	Database
News	AP Images (AP) Primary source database containing photographs, audio, graphics and text. 2+ million photographs dating back 1826, 1+ million sound bites dating from the 1920’s, maps, graphs, charts, logos, flags and illustrations. Photos updated daily.
News & Research	Academic Search Premier Fulltext of news articles and radio transcripts.
Research	Wiley Online Library Full-text articles of 850+ journals, including the social sciences.
Research	PsycARTICLES Full-text articles in general and specialized psychology.
Research	SocINDEX Comprehensive coverage of sociology, encompassing all sub-disciplines and closely related areas of study. These include abortion, criminology & criminal justice, demography, ethnic & racial studies, gender studies, marriage & family, political sociology, religion, rural & urban sociology, social development, social psychology, social structure, social work, socio-cultural anthropology, sociological history, sociological research, sociological theory, substance abuse and other addictions, and violence.

Recommended Websites

National Research and Policy Organizations

• Links for research on Poverty
• Department of Health and Human Services

General Statistical Data

• Poverty Statistics at the Census Bureau
• Statistical Abstract of the U.S. -- Poverty
• Federal Statistics: The gateway to statistics from over 100 U.S. Federal agencies

Policy Analysis and Evaluation

• Agency for Health Care Research and Quality
• Dept of Health and Human Services - Studies by Population

Legislative Information and Updates

• Child Welfare League of America (Child Abuse)
• Administration for Children and Families
• Thomas (Library of Congress)

Books

Dewey Decimal Call Numbers for Social Work

Knowing and serving diverse families (2008)
Call Number: 362.82 K76h

Statistical Abstract of the US (2009)
Call Number: R 317.30n 33

Statistical Handbook on the American Family (1999)
Call Number: R 306.85 St29c

Families in America
R 306.85 T854f

Hispanic Americans: A Statistical Sourcebook
R 305.868 H625h

Mental Health: Culture, Race and Ethnicity (2001)
R 362.2 M528u

Find more:

1. Search BLISweb: (Olivet's catalog) or I-Share: (75+ academic libraries in Illinois)
2. Use the "subject" tab to search for these subject headings:
   • African American Families.
   • Family services--United States.
   • Family social work--United States.
   • Multiculturalism--United States.