Social Work

Using the PsycInfo database, fill out your search terms on the Advanced Search then scroll down to find the box labeled Methodology. Choose Clinical Case Study before you click on Search.

There are many tools to find federal laws. Congress.gov is an accessible option that will also be available to all, including after graduation.

At the Congress.gov website, select Legislation from the dropdown list to the left of the search box then add your keywords to search.

On the results screen, you can add additional filters or qualifiers from the options on the left side of the screen. One filter is Status of Legislation. Select "Became Law" if you want to limit your results to current laws.

Most academic databases (see a list of recommended databases for social work) include a check box or other option to limit the results to articles from peer reviewed journals. Here are some examples of what to look for. You can usually find these filters or limits on the left side of the results screen after you've done the search.

PsycInfo -- this will be the same in other databases from the Ebsco company that include scholarly content:

Social Services Abstracts -- this will be the same in other databases from the ProQuest company that include scholarly content:

Some databases, such as the Web of Science and Scopus, include articles almost exclusively from scholarly journals. If in doubt, ask your librarian! You can also send quick questions to Ask a Librarian using the live chat.