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A large collection of streaming videos focusing on academic content. Search for the Subject Term Counseling & Social Work to find videos about the theory and practice of Social Work.

Full-text Social Work Journals

Recent trends in Social Work

These are some of the most-cited scholarly journals in Social Work, which the library has in full-text.

Social Work
Publishes articles on all aspects of social work and social welfare that yield new insights into established practices, evaluate new techniques and research, examine current social problems, or provide critical analysis on problems in the profession.
American Journal of Community Psychology
The American Journal of Community Psychology publishes research, theory, and descriptions of innovative interventions on a wide range of topics in community psychology.
Child Maltreatment
Official journal of APSAC, the nation's largest interdisciplinary child maltreatment professional organization.
Family Relations
Family Relations' content emphasizes family research with implications for intervention, education, and public policy, publishing empirical studies, literature reviews, and conceptual analyses.
Journal of Community Psychology
The Journal of Community Psychology is devoted to research, evaluation, assessment & intervention & review articles that deal with human behavior in community settings.
Trauma, Violence, and Abuse
Trauma, Violence, & Abuse is a review journal devoted to organizing, synthesizing, and expanding knowledge on all forms of trauma, abuse, and violence.
Health and Social Care in the Community
Health and Social Care in the Community is aimed at a multidisciplinary approach recognizing the common ground between health and social care in the community.
Social Policy & Administration
Peer reviewed multidisciplinary coverage of policy and current provision in social services, healthcare, social security, employment and housing worldwide.
Research on Social Work Practice
Research on Social Work Practice is a disciplinary journal devoted to the publication of empirical research concerning the assessment methods and outcomes of social work practice.
Journal of Social Policy
The Journal of Social Policy carries high quality articles on all aspects of social policy in an international context. It places particular emphasis upon articles which seek to contribute to debates on the future direction of social policy, to present new empirical data, to advance theories, or to analyse issues in the making and implementation of social policies.

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Social Work Blog

Social Work Blog is the official blog of the National Association of Social Workers. Articles include profiles of social work practitioners, social work advocacy, research trends, and current events in the field. See the full blog at socialworkblog.org

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