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Research Tools
Welcome to the University of Michigan Library
This research guide will take you through many of the resources available for social work at the University of Michigan. Shaprio Undergraduate Library is just across the street from the School of Social Work Building and Hatcher Graduate Library is right next door to the Undergraduate Library. Wherever a book is located you can have it delivered to the library that's most convenient for you and pick it up at the circulation desk at that library.
- Finding and Using EBooksThis research guide pulls together the many options and evolving for electronic books.
- Library Articles SearchSearches nearly 100,000 journals, newspapers, magazines and e-books at the same time and provides access to over a half-billion articles. An excellent place to start to find articles on a broad, interdisciplinary topic. For a brief tutorial on using the Library's Article Search, click on this link for the video.
- Library Catalog SearchUse Library Catalog Search for books, videos and titles of journals. You can't look up the title or author of an article. Use article indexes/databases when you want to search for articles. Use this How-to Video for a quick tutorial on searching the Library catalog.
- Library Databases SearchSearch to find what databases we have that cover topics of interest.
Further Help
- Ask A LibrarianContact a librarian by email, instant message/text, stop by the Ask a Librarian desk or make an appointment to visit a librarian.
- Graduate Library Ask a Librarian DeskStop by the Ask a Librarian desk in the Graduate Library for help in searching any of the resources in this guide.
- Workshops from the Teaching and Technology CollaborativeLearn software, teaching techniques, and more at these free workshops offered by the University Library and other TTC partners. Online registration required.
- U-M Library Search VideosThese quick videos will introduce the catalog search, articles search, and how to find library databases.
After Graduation
After graduation, remote access to licensed resources (most databases, online journals and books, and other materials that the library purchases for campus use) will be lost. Publisher contracts permit remote access only to current faculty, students, and staff. For suggestions on free resources or how to make use of library-purchases materials, see the guide Staying Informed for Social Work Practice.
Other Research Guides
Find library resources on other social work topics.
- Social Work: Academic Integrity
- Social Work: Evidence-Based Practice
- Finding Tests & Measurement Instruments
- Grey Literature
- Social Work: Program Evaluation
- Social Policy and Programs
- SW509-- Essentials of Community and Organizational PracticeW
- SW509: Data Sources for Community Assessment
- Social Work Practice: Staying Informed
- United States Government Information
- U.S. Census and Demographic Information