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Social Work Abstracts (EBSCO)



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Description

Social Work Abstracts contains abstracts of over 74,000 articles and dissertations in the social service field. Social work perspectives are provided on topics such as homelessness, AIDS, child and family welfare, aging, substance abuse, social policy, community organization, and more.

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User tools and features

  • Journal alerts and Search history alerts.
  • Compatible with RefWorks.
  • Saved searches. Free My EBSCOHost account required.
  • A visual search tab allows the user to search efficiently across broad subjects, and then returns a visual map of results, organized by topic.
  • iPhone and Android applications.

Dates covered

1977 - present.

Updating frequency

Quarterly.

Sources

Indexes over 450 journals, as well as dissertations.

Type of coverage

Indexing with citations and abstracts.

Print counterpart or
related resources

Social Work Abstracts

Producer/content provider

National Association of Social Workers

Vendor/electronic presentation provider

EBSCO

Core Subject(s)

Childhood Studies; Social Work