Social Work Research Rescue: Course-Related Pages  Tags: social_work information_literacy  

Social Work Students:

Do you need help with your term paper or research project? If so, welcome to the Social Work Library's "Research Rescue!" Here you'll find web pages created by Social Work Library staff specifically for SSW courses. Research Rescue will direct you to relevant print or online resources to help you complete your class assignments and will help you develop necessary information-seeking skills. If you don't find what you need, look through the Research Rescue archive, which is organized by broad course topic. In addition, you'll find some useful guides for many social work-specific resources and subject areas, in the Social Work Library Research Tips & Aids section. For details on scheduling a consultation with a librarian about your research topic, see the Individual Research Consultation page.

Social Work Professors:

Want to infuse your course with Information Literacy Competencies? Library staff can create a web page of library resources to support your particular course needs. Contact Library staff at social.work.library@umich.edu for additional information.

• Social Work Library Instruction Policy (How you can help ensure a structured approach to information literacy competencies across the social work curriculum)
• Research Rescue Archive (Comprehensive List by Subject of Social Work Library Guides)
• Social Work Library Guides also links to bibliographies and guides for social work research.

Mastery of four information literacy competencies is the goal of library instruction in the first year:

1) Novice: New Student Orientation on Social Work Library Resources and Computing at U-M

2) Policy Researcher (SW 530)

3) Change Agent (SW 560)

4) MSW: Evidence-based Social Work

After graduation, a fifth competency will guide you in life-long learning and staying informed in your practice area:

5) Information Literacy Competencies for Professional Social Workers

• Social Work 500: Human Differences, Social Relationships, Well-Being, & Change Through the Life Course
• Social Work 522: Basic Social Work Research (See Evidence-based Practice in Children and Youth II (health disparity))
• Social Work 530: Introduction to Social Welfare Policy and Services
• Social Work 560: Introduction to Community Organization, Management and Policy/Evaluation Practice
• Social Work 602: Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities(Public Health) (See Evidence-based Practice in Children and Youth II (health disparity))
• Social Work 612: Mental Health and Mental Disorders of Children and Youth (See Evidence-based Practice in Children and Youth I (cultural competency development for child welfare workers))
• Social Work 614: Uses and Implications of Psychological Testing in Social Work (see Locating Psychological & Educational Tests and Measures)
• Social Work 625:  Interpersonal Practice with Children and Youth (See Evidence-based Practice in Children and Youth I
(cultural competency development for child welfare workers))
• Social Work 628:  Interpersonal Practice with Adult Individuals:  (see Evidence-based Practice for Pre and Post MSWs)
• Social Work 643: Drug Policies: Prevention, Treatment, Law and Social Policy
• Social Work 644: Policies and Services for the Elderly
• Social Work 652: Organizing for Social and Political Action
• Social Work 663: Grantgetting, Contracting and Fund Raising
• Social Work 671:  Social Policy Development and Enactment
• SW 683: Evaluation in Social Work (see Locating Psychological & Educational Tests and Measures)
• Social Work 694: Social Work with the Elderly
• Social Work 699: Social Work Practice in Health Promotion and Disease Prevention
• Social Work 701: Practice in International Social Work
• Social Work 800: Proseminar in Social Work and Social Science