Research Guides: Social Work: Finding Articles

Top Social Work Databases

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You can also browse through the list of the Library's databases.

AgeLine (EBSCO) This link opens in a new window
Indexes aging-related content from the health sciences, psychology, sociology, social work, economics, and public policy.
Child Welfare Information Gateway This link opens in a new window
Provides research, data and other information related to adoption, child abuse and family-centered practice.
Criminal Justice Abstracts (EBSCO) This link opens in a new window
Provides comprehensive coverage of the international literature on criminology (incl. journals, books, reports, dissertations, and more).
EconLit This link opens in a new window
Index and abstract of journals and books, dissertations, and working papers for the field of economics.
ERIC [ProQuest] This link opens in a new window
U.S. Dept. of Education database providing extensive access to educational-related literature.
Family & Society Studies Worldwide (EBSCO) This link opens in a new window
Comprehensive resource of research, policy and practice literature in the fields of family science, human ecology and development, and social welfare.
Google Scholar @ U-M (with U-M Ann Arbor MGet It Links) This link opens in a new window
Searches for scholarly documents on the web, with the added feature of "Availability at UMichigan" links.
LGBTQ+ Source This link opens in a new window
Indexes the popular and scholarly literature addressing issues related to the Lesbian/Gay/Bisexual/Transgender community.
PsycInfo (APA) This link opens in a new window
Premier resource for surveying the literature of psychology and adjunct fields. Covers 1887-present. Produced by the APA.
PubMed @ U-M (with MGet It links) This link opens in a new window
Indexes over 4,000 biomedical, nursing, dentistry and related journals, with over 27 million citations in MEDLINE, PreMEDLINE and related databases.
Scopus This link opens in a new window
International multi-disciplinary indexing & abstracting database for scientific, medical, technical, and social sciences.
Social Services Abstracts This link opens in a new window
An index and abstract of current research focused on social work, human services, and related areas.
SocINDEX with Full Text This link opens in a new window
Indexes 1,800 sociology-related journals & magazines back to 1895, with full text for 620 of them, plus indexing for books, etc.
Sociological Abstracts This link opens in a new window
Provides access to the international literature in sociology and related disciplines. Covers 1800+ journals, back to 1952.
Web of Science This link opens in a new window
Covering 12,000+ scholarly journals, plus selected books and published conference proceedings in all academic disciplines, the Web of Science Core Collection combines seven citation indexes which permit searching for articles that cite a known author or work, as well as searching by subject, author, journal, and author address.