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Academic Research with Google
by Karen Reiman-Sendi - last updated on Nov 23rd, 2009
This guide discusses options for doing academic resource searching on the Web using Google and special tools offered by Google.
African American Studies
by Charles Ransom - last updated on Jan 30th, 2009
A Library Resource Guide to African American Studies
Anthropology
by Jennifer Nason Davis - last updated on Nov 02nd, 2009
This guide highlights some of the Hatcher Graduate Library collections in anthropology.
Anthropology 298
by Harold Tuckett - last updated on May 19th, 2009
This is a guide to assist Anthropology 298 students in finding materials to add to the class archive.
Anthropology 298:201
by Jennifer Nason Davis - last updated on Oct 21st, 2009
Urban Crossroads in Latin America ; Summer Term 2009
Archaeology
by Jennifer Nason Davis - last updated on Oct 21st, 2009
Guide to archaeology resources at the University of Michigan
Armenian Studies
by Janet Crayne - last updated on Jul 17th, 2009
This guide covers materials in Armenian, from Armenia and/or about Armenian topics. For more information please see the Guide for Central Asian and Caucasian Studies.
Asian/ Pacific Islander American Studies
by Charles Ransom - last updated on Jan 30th, 2009
Asian/Pacific Islander American studies (APIA) is the interdisciplinary study of APIA in American Life. This guide provides important resources for the research of APIA.
CAAS 201:Introduction to African American Studies
by Charles Ransom - last updated on Oct 21st, 2009
In this course, we will explore the foundations of African American lives and experiences from the early national period to the present.
Cartography
by Timothy Utter - last updated on Mar 20th, 2009
Information on maps and mapping agencies.
Census Guides for the United States
by Catherine Morse - last updated on Sep 16th, 2009
Indexes to historical census publications, guides to the 2000 Census and its updates, powerpoint presentations
Central Asian and Caucasian Studies
by Janet Crayne - last updated on Nov 18th, 2009
This guide covers Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, Tajikistan, and Turkmenistan.
Communication Studies
by Shevon Desai - last updated on Nov 10th, 2009
This guide will help you find resources related to mass media and communication, including health communication, political communication, gender and race, global and new media, media policy, and print and broadcast history, among other topics.
Community Profile
by Sally Haines - last updated on Nov 22nd, 2009
Navigate American FactFinder; understand the hierarchy of geographic variables and the political nature of subject variables; compare strengths and limitations of the Decennial Census and the American Community Survey for community needs assessment.
Congressional Hearings
by Catherine Morse - last updated on Apr 24th, 2009
This guide describes the resource and methods for finding print, microfiche, and online copies of congressional hearings.
Criteria for Web Site Evaluation
by Shapiro Undergraduate Library Reference Staff - last updated on Jan 07th, 2009
Here are some tips on how to evaluate web site information for undergraduate students.
Cross-cultural Competencies for Social Workers
by Sally Haines - last updated on Nov 17th, 2009
Selected professional and government organizations that publish on cross-cultural competencies, University of Michigan diversity librarians' Subject Guides, and news sources on diversity.
Czech and Slovak Studies
by Janet Crayne - last updated on Apr 29th, 2009
This guide covers the Czech Republic and Slovakia.
Diversity Studies
by Shapiro Undergraduate Library Reference Staff - last updated on Feb 13th, 2009
This is a subject guide for undergraduate students with information tips on research related to diversity studies.
East European Studies
by Janet Crayne - last updated on Jul 19th, 2009
This guide covers the westernmost countries of the former Soviet Union, each one of which has a separate page: Belarus, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova, and Ukraine. Also included in this guide is information on the Romani people.
Economics
by Catherine Morse - last updated on Apr 23rd, 2009
A research guide which draws together some of the best resources for research in the field of Economics.
Education Research Guide
by Marija Freeland - last updated on Oct 19th, 2009
Library resources that would be useful for doing research on an education topic.
Elections in the United States
by Catherine Morse - last updated on Feb 13th, 2009
Research procedure for identifying books, journal and newspaper articles, campaign finances, advertising, public opinion polls, and election data.
Electronic Resources for Non-Profit Organizations
by Sally Haines - last updated on Sep 01st, 2009
This is a supplemental web page for SW671, SW663, SW664. & SW665. Catherine Christ Lucas, MSW, Executive Director of Nonprofit Alliance, Battle Creek, MI compiled all the data on this Web page. Note 1-3 subtabs under lettered tabs.
Evidence-based Practice for Pre and Post MSWs
by Sally Haines - last updated on Nov 21st, 2009
Learn concepts and search strategies for evidence-based practice in Social Work. Please note 1-2 subtabs under some main tabs.
Evidence-based Practice in Children and Youth I
by Sally Haines - last updated on Aug 24th, 2009
Identify models of cultural competency development for clinical child welfare workers; identify best practices of cultural competency development for child welfare workers.
Evidence-based Practice in Children and Youth II
by Sally Haines - last updated on Aug 24th, 2009
What are some evidence-based interventions that could potentially be helpful with health disparities in African American pregnancy outcomes?
Finding Data
by Nicole Scholtz, Jen Green - last updated on Jun 29th, 2009
Strategies and resources for finding data across the social sciences.
Food Studies
by Beau Case - last updated on May 07th, 2009
Food Studies is an interdisciplinary field that takes a wide thin slice across the arts, humanities and sciences. Food Studies gathers together knowledge about food as it occurs anywhere in established disciplines, to understand relationships.
Geography
by Timothy Utter - last updated on Oct 15th, 2009
Resources at the University of Michigan for research in geography.
Gerontology Resources
by Sally Haines - last updated on Nov 17th, 2009
This guides highlights some of the resources in the Social Work library which deal with gerontology.
Grantgetting, Contracting and Fund Raising
by Sally Haines - last updated on Oct 12th, 2009
Key library and Internet resources for grant writers.
Grief and Bereavement
by Sue Wortman - last updated on Aug 12th, 2009
This guide highlights resources available in the Social Work Library and elsewhere concerned with grief and bereavement. It is not comprehensive, but provides a starting point for research. Please contact social.work.library@umich.edu for further help.
Guide to APA Editorial Style for References
by Sally Haines - last updated on Sep 16th, 2009
This library guide summarizes the key components of citing research in the APA style of citation, commonly referred to as "Reference Citations in Text". The content does not cover all aspects or rules of the APA manuscript or citation style.
Historical Research on Social Justice Issues
by Sally Haines - last updated on Nov 17th, 2009
SW 530 and some doctoral courses focus on the history of social welfare. This web page introduces primary and secondary sources for research across digital and traditional archives.
How to Research Public Transportation as a Civil Rights Issue
by Sally Haines - last updated on Nov 17th, 2009
This web page presents strategies and resources for students in SW530 and other courses that cover policy issues in an historical context.
Images
by Rebecca Price - last updated on Nov 23rd, 2009
A guide to help you find and use visual resources from the University Library. Visit us in the Lower Level of the Art, Architecture & Engineering Library.
Immigrants
by Sally Haines - last updated on Nov 17th, 2009
This tutorial outlines strategies for understanding the historic and current impact of the USA Patriot Act and Immigration and Custom Enforcement raids on communities of racial and ethnic identity.
Information & Library Studies
by Donna Hayward - last updated on Nov 04th, 2009
A guide of useful resources for research in information and library studies.
Interdisciplinary Library Research - UC 370
by Shapiro Undergraduate Library Reference Staff - last updated on Jan 21st, 2009
This is a simple guide meant to help students from David Smith's UC 370 class with their research projects.
International Health and Social Development (IHSD) Certificate Program
by Sally Haines - last updated on Aug 24th, 2009
This web page was developed by international social work students for the Interdisciplinary Certificate in International Health and Social Development [IHSD] (http://www.umich.edu/~icihsd/general.html)and facilitated by Social Work Library Staff in 2002
Judaica
by Jonathan Rodgers, Elliot Gertel - last updated on Apr 29th, 2009
A guide to electronic and print resources provided by the University Library's Judaica Unit
Juvenile Justice
by Sue Wortman - last updated on Aug 17th, 2009
This research guide highlights some of the resources available in the Social Work Library, on campus, and on the web concerned with juvenile justice.
Kinesiology Research Guide
by Marija Freeland - last updated on Aug 26th, 2009
Guide to useful resources for doing research in kinesiology.
Korean Studies
by Yunah Sung - last updated on Sep 30th, 2009
This guide provides selected research resources in the areas of Humanities and Social Sciences on Korean Studies.
Latino/a Studies
by Charles Ransom - last updated on Feb 25th, 2009
The Latina/o Studies Program at the University of Michigan is an inter-disciplinary and pan-Latino program that seeks to understand the history and culture of Latina/os in the United States.
Law
by Julia Proctor - last updated on Sep 16th, 2009
The Graduate Library law collection is primarily a collection about law and how it relates to society. The Law Library has a more comprehensive collection.
Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender & Queer Studies
by Beth Strickland - last updated on Apr 06th, 2009
This guide will help you find relevant materials for research relating to Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgendered and Queer communities.
Locating Psychological & Educational Tests and Measures
by Sally Haines - last updated on Oct 03rd, 2009
Tests and measurements are standardized instruments which are used to evaluate populations, individuals, or processes. While commercial instruments are protected, many non-commercial tests can be found in the literature.
Locating Psychological & Educational Tests and Measures
by Sally Haines - last updated on Oct 03rd, 2009
Tests and measurements are standardized instruments which are used to evaluate populations, individuals, or processes. While commercial instruments are protected, many non-commercial tests can be found in the literature.
Maps Online
by Timothy Utter - last updated on Mar 20th, 2009
Links to online map collections.
Medical Marijuana Patients
by Sally Haines - last updated on Nov 12th, 2009
What Social Workers need to know about cannabis and the new Medical Marijuana law passed in November, 2008.
Michigan Contributions to Social Work History
by Sally Haines - last updated on Sep 17th, 2009
Selected Primary and Secondary Sources by Historical Eras.
Mirlyn Classic
by Julie Piacentine - last updated on Sep 10th, 2009
This is a guide to using Mirlyn Classic, the classic University of Michigan Library Catalog.
Multicultural Contributions to Social Work History
by Sally Haines - last updated on Oct 03rd, 2009
This page, authored by Katherine Goodwin & inspired by Professor Michael Reisch, focuses on the contributions minorities have made to the field of social work. Where space permits, collection descriptions have been taken directly from the finding aid.
Native American Studies
by Charles Ransom - last updated on Jan 30th, 2009
Native American Studies is an interdisciplinary study of American Indians (United States). This guide provides key resources for the study of American Indians.
Non-Governmental Organizations
by Catherine Morse - last updated on Nov 23rd, 2009
A guide to resources covering NGO-generated information, including websites, publications, and other resources.
Nonprofit Administration
by Sue Wortman - last updated on Mar 04th, 2009
This guide is designed to help students begin research on the management of nonprofit organizations
Policy Researcher Tutorial
by Sally Haines - last updated on Nov 18th, 2009
Library assignment in all sections of Social Work 530 includes a quiz. Please note that there are three to four subtabs under the first four tabs. Altogether here are 31 topics covered in this tutorial.
Polish Studies
by Janet Crayne - last updated on Apr 29th, 2009
This research guide provides useful resources related to Poland.
Political Science
by Catherine Morse - last updated on Oct 05th, 2009
Indexes, reference tools, and full text collections of political and government information.
POLSCI 389
by Julia Proctor - last updated on Oct 16th, 2009
Post MSW Information Literacy Competencies for Professional Social Workers,
by Sally Haines - last updated on Sep 08th, 2009
Information Literacy Competencies for Professional Social Workers focuses on free Internet resources, suggests strategies for staying informed in [Aging] [Children and Youth] [Community and Social Systems] [Mental Health] and [Substance Abuse].
Privacy and Data Security
by Donna Hayward - last updated on Nov 03rd, 2009
Psychology
by Darlene Nichols - last updated on Nov 23rd, 2009
Guide to information resources related to psychology at the University of Michigan Library.
Psychology 303
by Gabriel Duque, Darlene Nichols - last updated on Oct 20th, 2009
This research guide is an introduction to library resources for students of Psychology 303
Public Policy
by Catherine Morse - last updated on Sep 24th, 2009
This subject guide provides a starting point for research in public policy.
Publication Chain: From Idea to Knowledge Consensus
by Sally Haines - last updated on Nov 18th, 2009
Outlines the evolution of published ideas.
Reference Resources (Humanities and Social Sciences)
by Tom Burnett - last updated on Nov 16th, 2009
A more comprehensive collection of reference resources in the humanities and social sciences.
RefWorks Slide Shows
by Sally Haines - last updated on Nov 18th, 2009
Residential College First Year Seminar
by Karen Reiman-Sendi, Shevon Desai - last updated on Jul 17th, 2009
Course 100-02 with Barbara Sloat, entitled "Medicine and Health: West and East." Library class session held on Wednesday, 1/28/09 with Shevon Desai and Karen Reiman-Sendi.
Russian Studies
by Janet Crayne - last updated on Jun 17th, 2009
This research guide provides resources covering the Russian Federation. Other states that were also part of the Soviet Union are covered by other guides: Guide for Central Asian and Caucasian Studies and Guide for East European Studies.
Scholarly Databases
by Shapiro Undergraduate Library Reference Staff - last updated on Feb 13th, 2009
Here are some suggestions for subject specific databases for use by undergraduate students.
Search Tools
by Julie Piacentine - last updated on Aug 03rd, 2009
This is a guide to using the Library's Search Tools systems, a portal to library databases, articles, e-journals, online indexes, web resources, and catalogs.
Selected Resources on Elder Abuse
by Sally Haines - last updated on Sep 01st, 2009
Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies
by Janet Crayne - last updated on Nov 23rd, 2009
The Slavic, East European, and Eurasian collection includes roughly 305,000 monographs and 3,200 serials in Russian; Serbian, Croatian and Bosnian; Polish, Czech and Slovak; Armenian and other languages of Eastern Europe and the Former Soviet Union.
Social Work 500: Human Differences, Social Relationships, Well-Being, & Change Through the Life Course
by Sally Haines - last updated on Sep 03rd, 2009
This guide provides a checklist of "multicultural resources to understand individuals, families, and their interpersonal and group relationships, life span development, and theories of well-being, stress, coping, and adaption."
Social Work 560: Management, Community Organization & Policy Practice
by Sally Haines - last updated on Sep 17th, 2009
This web page presents "Change Agent" skills: Conducting a community needs assessment, finding best practices to meet the need and finding appropriate funding sources for innovative programs and services.
Social Work 615 Drugs, Society and Human Behavior
by Sally Haines - last updated on Nov 11th, 2009
How will we reform the country’s harsh drug laws, reduce the swollen prison population and spend more to rehabilitate substance abusers?
Social Work 633: Children and Youth Services and Social Policies
by Sally Haines - last updated on Nov 11th, 2009
How to research a policy within its historical and political context, find full text of a law and its legislative history, and to find program evaluations of services implemented by law.
Social Work 634: Health Care Policies and Services
by Sally Haines - last updated on Nov 11th, 2009
Within the structured approach to information literacy competencies taught at the School of Social Work, this tutorial represents the 3rd or Policy Researcher skill level.
Social Work 636: Internet Resources on Mental Health Policies & Services
by Sally Haines - last updated on Oct 03rd, 2009
Compiled from Professor Thomas Powell's Syllabus
Social Work 643: Drug Policies: Prevention, Treatment, Law and Social Policy
by Sally Haines - last updated on Nov 11th, 2009
How will we reform the country’s harsh drug laws, reduce the swollen prison population and spend more to rehabilitate substance abusers?
Social Work 644: Policies and Services for the Elderly
by Sally Haines - last updated on Sep 17th, 2009
Within the structured approach to information literacy competencies taught at the School of Social Work, this tutorial represents the 3rd or Policy Researcher skill level.
Social Work 652: Organizing for Social and Political Action
by Sally Haines - last updated on Sep 10th, 2009
The Community Tool Box (U of Kansas) identifies 16 competencies community organizers need to help preserve & build organizational capacity & power. Selected Internet Websites from Professor Reisch's Syllabus, 2007, are included.
Social Work 698: Social Work Practice in Mental Health (Life Review & Reminiscence)
by Sally Haines - last updated on Sep 08th, 2009
Are life review and reminiscence effective informal interventions for addressing depression in frail elders who have recently lost independence and are adjusting to institutional living?
Social Work 699: Social Work Practice in Health Promotion and Disease Prevention
by Sally Haines - last updated on Oct 15th, 2009
What can social workers do to reduce the disparity in pregnancy outcome between African American and White women? Micro or Macro interventions?
Social Work 701: Practice in International Social Work
by Sally Haines - last updated on Nov 07th, 2009
Emphasizing non-U.S. information sources, this guide provides access to many country background studies, statistics, NGOs, IGOs and cross-cultural understanding necessary for global social work.
Social Work 729: Multicultural Work with Individuals, Families and Groups
by Sally Haines - last updated on Oct 15th, 2009
This tutorial is a collaboration between the instructor, Laura Sanders, the students in the class, including the librarian, to explore the state of the art of religion and spirituality in the field of social work.
Social Work 800: Proseminar in Social Work and Social Science
by Sally Haines - last updated on Nov 17th, 2009
Library Orientation for doctoral students in Social Work and Social Sciences: Interdisciplinary scholarship tips and strategies.
Social Work Information Literacy Competencies
by Sally Haines - last updated on Oct 03rd, 2009
This page describes the information literacy competencies delivered in the Social Work Library's instruction program and course-related web pages.
Social Work Library Instruction Policy
by Sally Haines - last updated on Jul 27th, 2009
How faculty can help ensure a structured approach to information literacy competencies across the social work curriculum.
Social Work Research Guides by Subject
by Sally Haines - last updated on Oct 20th, 2009
Aging, Children and Adolescents, Community Development and Organization, Community Needs Assessment, Drug Policy, etc.
Social Work Research Rescue: Course-Related Pages
by Sally Haines - last updated on Oct 07th, 2009
Library Guides for specific courses in the School of Social Work.
Social Work Resources
by Sue Wortman - last updated on Oct 16th, 2009
This is a guide of important social work resources available to the UM community.
Sociology
by Darlene Nichols - last updated on Nov 23rd, 2009
This is a guide to library resources and other information related to sociology and allied fields.
Southeast European Studies
by Janet Crayne - last updated on Aug 03rd, 2009
This guide covers countries in southeastern Europe, including Modern Greece, Albania, Bulgaria, Hungary, Romania, and countries that comprised former Yugoslavia: Bosnia and Hercegovina, Croatia, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia and Slovenia.
Statistical Compendiums for Initial Data Research
by Jennifer Nason Davis - last updated on May 18th, 2009
Spreadsheet of basic statistical abstracts at the United States, international, and foreign government levels. Includes print and electronic resources arranged by subject.
Stay Alert! Keeping Your Research Up-to-Date
by Karen Reiman-Sendi - last updated on Nov 16th, 2009
Tired of spending your time surfing the web for current research in your social sciences or humanities discipline? This guide will show you some alerting and RSS tools you can use to keep up-to-date in your field.
Substance Abuse
by Sue Wortman - last updated on Aug 13th, 2009
This guide highlights some of the resources available concerned with substance abuse. It is not comprehensive, but is intended to provide a starting point for research in this area. Contact library staff at social.work.library@umich.edu for further help.
SWC 200 - New Media Writing
by Shapiro Undergraduate Library Reference Staff - last updated on Feb 10th, 2009
This is a library guide for students enrolled in Sweetland Writing Center 200. It's meant to be an orientation on how to take advantage of many of the resource the University of Michigan Library has to offer. Welcome to the Library!
Top Ten Databases to Start Your Undergraduate Research
by Shapiro Undergraduate Library Reference Staff - last updated on Feb 13th, 2009
Try these databases if you're not sure where to find articles for an undergraduate research project.
Undergraduate Assignment Assistants
by Shapiro Undergraduate Library Reference Staff - last updated on Feb 13th, 2009
Need help with your assignment? This guide provides helpful links and hints for doing academic level research.
Unique Collections on the UM Campus
by Annette Haines - last updated on Nov 04th, 2009
Unusual collections in the UM Library and on the UM Campus (Ann Arbor).
Urban & Regional Planning
by Rebecca Price - last updated on Nov 12th, 2009
This guide will help identify and locate a wide variety of resources for Urban & Regional Planning studies.
Women's Studies
by Beth Strickland - last updated on Aug 17th, 2009
This guide is designed to help you find relevant materials for research relating to women and gender.


 

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