LibGuides: Social Work &amp; Social Policy (including Criminology): Education and Social Services

Key Databases - Education & Social Services

Social Science Premium Collection
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Social Science Premium Collection provides access to databases covering the international literature in the social sciences.
It provides abstracts, indexing and full text coverage of journal articles, books, book chapters, dissertations, working papers and more, including deep indexing and full text from over 1000 important social science journals. (Featured databases include IBSS, PAIS and Sociological Abstracts.)
Dates of coverage: 1871 - current.
Subject coverage includes: politics, sociology, social services, anthropology, criminology and education.
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Applied Social Sciences Index and Abstracts (ASSIA)
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ASSIA is an indexing and abstracting tool covering health, social services, economics, politics, race relations and education. Updated monthly, ASSIA provides a comprehensive source of social science and health information for the practical and academic professional.
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Social Services Abstracts
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This database is a companion file to Sociological Abstracts and is contained within Sociological Abstracts. It provides bibliographic coverage of current research focused on social work, human services and related areas, including social welfare, social policy and community development. The database abstracts and indexes thousands of serials publications and includes abstracts of journal articles and dissertations and citations to book reviews.
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Education Database
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Education database provides full text access to a wide range of journal articles in the field of education covering: adult, primary, secondary, higher, special needs and teacher education. As well as journal articles this database indexes dissertations, reports and working papers. Most of the content is from 1980 to present.
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British Education Index
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The British Education Index provides information on research, policy and practice in education and training in the UK. It covers education from pre-school to university level and includes a thesaurus using UK-specific educational terminology. Most of the journals included in British Education Index are published in the UK, although some international literature is included. This database can be cross-searched with ERIC.
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Australian Education Index
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The Australian Education Index provides access to documents relating to educational trends, research, policy and practice. Covers the period 1977 to present.
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ERIC
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ERIC, the Education Resource Information Center, provides access to education literature and resources. The database contains more than 1.3 million records and provides access to information from from 1966 to present. It can be cross-searched with the British Education Index.
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CareKnowledge
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CareKnowledge.com provides up to date information about policy and research developments in social care and social work.
This includes access to CareKnowledge Bookshelf.
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Additional databases - Education & Social Services

Additional databases - Education & Social Services
All databases related to the subject Education & Social Services - derived from the A-Z list.
NHS Scotland Knowledge Network
E-library resources as delivered by NHS Scotland - affiliated staff and students can register for an ATHENS password (top right of the page, select the registration link for Other Partners when relevant) to gain access to electronic books and journals, or to participate in any of the subject-specialist communities.

Browsing Social Work Journals

You can use BrowZine to find journals in your subject area. Please note that BrowZine does not list all of Strathclyde's journals, but it is a useful way to identify key journals within a subject field.

Research Skills

Social research : issues, methods and process by Tim May
Call Number: D 300.72 MAY
ISBN: 9780335262106
Publication Date: 2022
The book is divided into two parts, with part one examining the issues and perspectives in social research and part two setting out the methods and processes.
Doing Your Research Project: a guide for first-time researchers 7th edn by Judith Bell; Stephen Waters
Call Number: D 370.72 BEL
ISBN: 9780335243396
Publication Date: 2018
Research can be daunting, particularly for first-timers, but this book provides everything you need to know to prepare for, research, draft and finalise a methodologically sound and well-written report or thesis, plus it warns you of potential pitfalls to prevent you wasting time on false trails.

Useful shelf numbers

Library books are arranged by the Dewey Decimal classification scheme where each subject is represented by a number.

You will find books on the same subject will have the same number. The shelfmark is preceded by the letter D and will be followed by 3 letters, which are usually the first 3 letters of the author's name.

e.g. D 361.32 KOP

Here are some useful Social Work and Social Policy shelfmarks:

D 300 Social sciences (General)

D 361.3 Social work

D 361.61 Social policy

D 362 Social welfare problems & services

D 364 Criminology

D 909 Human geography

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Social Work & Social Policy (including Criminology): Education and Social Services

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