Research Resources:
Subject Research Guides:
Social Work:
Reference Resources
Dictionaries and Encyclopedias
Encyclopedia of Social Work, 20th ed.
Online Rutgers Restricted Access
The Encyclopedia is also available in print.
ALEXANDER, CAMDEN: REF HV35 .S6
Scholarly essays on social work research, history and practice are provided.
Encyclopedia of Applied Developmental Science
Online Rutgers Restricted Access
The Encyclopedia is also available in print.
ALEXANDER: REF HQ767.84.E52 2005 (2 vols)
Sections of this comprehensive resource include adolescent development, adult development, developmental processes, research methodology, social issues, and more.
Encyclopedia of Human Development
Online Rutgers Restricted Access
The Encyclopedia is also available in print.
ALEXANDER, CAMDEN: REF HM626.E53 2006 (3 vols)
This set contains over 600 entries authored by experts. Each essay includes references and a master bibliography is also provided. A reader's guide organizes the entries into general categories for browsing by topic.
Encyclopedia of Mental Health
CAMDEN, LSM: REF RA790.E57 1998 (3 vols)
An excellent resource, this three-volume work contains 196 peer-reviewed articles on assessment, theories of personality, specific disorders, therapies, ethics, and cross-cultural/sociological aspects of mental health. An extensive subject index is included.
Encyclopedia of Social Problems
Online Rutgers Restricted Access
An interdisciplinary look at "the major theories, approaches, and contemporary issues in social problems." Many social work relevant issues are covered.
Encyclopedia of Social Welfare History in North America
Online Rutgers Restricted Access
The Encyclopedia is also available in print.
ALEXANDER, CAMDEN: REF HV12.E497 2005
Scholarly essays on the history of social welfare in Canada, Mexico, and the United States
are provided. The 180 entries include bibliographies. A reader's guide groups related entries
by country and topic for browsing, and the appendices include research guides,
chronologies and a master bibliography.
Human Services Dictionary
ALEXANDER, CAMDEN: REF HV12.R67 2003
Brief definitions of terms and concepts are provided. A resource section includes lists of statistical tests, diagnostic tools, and medications and natural remedies for mental health.
Philanthropy in America: A Comprehensive Historical Encyclopedia
ALEXANDER, CAMDEN: REF HV91.P58 2004 (3 vols)
Volumes 1 and 2 include articles on notable people, events, associations, theories
and legislation relevant to charitable action in this country. Volume 3 is a collection
of primary source documents important in the history of philanthropy.
Social Work Dictionary
ALEXANDER: REF HV12.B37 2003; DANA Stacks HV12.B37 2003; CAMDEN: REF HV12.B37 1999; CAMDEN, DANA:
REF HV12.B37 1995
The fifth edition (2003) covers more than 9,000 terms in the lexicon of social work. A historical section provides a chronology of significant developments in social welfare practice and policies. Brief biographies of historical figures are also included as well as a list of acronyms frequently used by social workers.
Directories
Complete Directory for People with Disabilities
ALEXANDER: REF HV1551.C66 2004
Funding Sources for Community and Economic Development: A Guide to Current Sources for Local Programs and Projects
ALEXANDER: REF HN90.C6F85 2005/2006
Human Service Organizations and Their Publications: A Directory of Selected Sources
ALEXANDER: REF HV89.H849 1996
NASW Register of Clinical Social Workers
ALEXANDER: REF HV89.N223a yr.2005; CAMDEN: STACKS HV89.N223a yr.2005
National and Regional Listing of Member Agencies-Child Welfare League of America
National Directory of Children, Youth and Families Services
ALEXANDER: REF HV741 .N3157 2005/2006
National Directory of Private Social Agencies: A Loose-Leaf Directory of Private Social Agencies in the United States
ALEXANDER: REF HV89.N27 (2 vols)
Older Americans Information Directory
ALEXANDER: REF HV1457.O42 YR. 2005
Public Human Services Directory
ALEXANDER, DANA: REF HV89.A55 2008
Guides, Handbooks and Manuals
An Author's Guide to Social Work Journals
ALEXANDER: REF HV85.A93 1997; CAMDEN REF HV85.M46 1992
Childhood Disorders Diagnostic Desk Reference
ALEXANDER: REF RJ50.C483 2003
Alphabetically arranged, the entries cover pediatric medical, psychiatric and educational disorders. Each entry provides a definition, incidence and prevalence rates, characteristics of the disorder, treatment methods, and references.
CWLA Best Practice Guidelines: Child Maltreatment in Foster Care
ALEXANDER: REF HV881.C45 2003
A comprehensive guide to quality practices for the prevention and investigation of, and response to out-of-home maltreatment.
CWLA Standards of Excellence for Services Child Care, Development, and Education Services
ALEXANDER: REF HV741.C314 2005
The standards emphasize the importance of "making quality, developmentally appropriate child care
services available to all families that can benefit from them."
CWLA Standards of Excellence for Kinship Care Services
ALEXANDER: REF HV881.C48 2000
The standards provide guidance to child welfare agencies as they develop and implement kinship care policies and programs.
CWLA Standards of Excellence for Services to Strengthen and Preserve Families with Children
ALEXANDER REF HV699.C45; DANA Stacks HV699.C45
The standards describe a continuum of supports and services that "should be available to all families to assist them in protecting and caring for their children."
CWLA Standards of Excellence for Transition, Independent Living, and Self-Sufficienty Services
ALEXANDER: REF HV1431.C45 2005
These standards describe supports and services for youth leaving foster care.
Comprehensive Handbook of Social Work and Social Welfare (4 vols)
Online Rutgers Restricted Access
Also available in print.
ALEXANDER: REF HV40.C635 2008
Organized by major foundational areas within the social work curriculum (the profession, human behavior in the social environment, social work practice, and social policy and policy practice), each volume includes essays related to all aspects of social work to guide practice and policy decision-making across the field.
Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders: DSM-IV-TR
Online Rutgers Restricted Access
Also available in print.
ALCOHOL, ALEXANDER, CAMDEN, DANA: REF RC455.2.C4D536 2000
The standard classification of mental disorders using official codes and categories of the American Psychiatric Association. Diagnostic criteria and descriptive text are included or each disorder.
Field Guide to Child Welfare
ALEXANDER, DANA: REF HV741.R94 1998 (4 vols); CAMDEN: STACKS HV741.R94 1998
This four-volume set covers the following: foundations of child protective services; case planning and family-centered casework; child development and child welfare, and placement and permanence. Volume four includes a bibliography and index to the set.
Handbook of Applied Developmental Science: Promoting Child, Adolescent, and Family Development through Research, Policies, and Programs
ALEXANDER: REF HQ767.9.H346 2003 (4 vols); DANA: Stacks HQ767.9.H346 2003
Volume one covers historical and theoretical foundations for applying developmental science to youth and families. The chapters in volume two focus on the contributions of programs, polices and service systems to the life chances of youth and families. Volume three focuses on the promotion of youth and family development from national and international perspectives. The final volume is devoted to understanding how universities and communities may collaborate in the service of promoting positive infant, child, adolescent, and family development.
Handbook of Clinical Child Psychology
LSM: REF RJ503.3.H36 2001
The substantive chapters in this handbook cover diagnostic assessment of children, problems of early life, childhood, and adolescence, intervention strategies and special topics such as cultural and ethnic diversity issues, ethical and legal issues, etc.
Handbook of Empirical Social Work Practice
ALEXANDER, CAMDEN: REF HV43.H316 1998 (2 vols.)
Volume one covers 22 major mental disorders found in the DSM-IV. Volume two, subtitled, Social Problems and Practice Issues, addresses selected areas of social work practice such as child maltreatment, violence in schools, and substance abuse, for example. The chapters are authored by experts and include substantial bibliographies.
Handbook of Social Work Research Methods
ALEXANDER: REF HV11.H342 2001; ALEXANDER, CAMDEN: STACKS HV11.H342 2001
Contributors to this volume are social work academics and the chapters cover quantitative and qualitative approaches and issues such as gender and ethnicity, comparative international research, and applying for research grants.
International Handbook on Social Work Education
ALEXANDER, CAMDEN: REF HV11.I565 1995
This volume provides an overview of social work education around the world. Twenty-two countries are covered and each essay includes a bibliography.
Mental Health Desk Reference
ALEXANDER: REF RC466.M464 2001
Authored by experts in mental health, the entries are several pages in length and include references. The volume is organized topically and includes chapters on counseling adults, children, families, and groups, multicultural assessment, ethical and legal issues, and practice management.
Program Guide to Doctoral Study in Social Work
ALEXANDER: REF HV11.P733
Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association, 6th edition
ALEXANDER, ART, CAMDEN, CHANG, DANA, DOUGLASS, KILMER, LSM, SMLR: REF BF76.7.P83 2010 (check at Reference Desk)
Social Welfare System in the United States: a Social Worker's Guide to Public Benefits Programs
ALEXANDER: REF HV95.A753 2000 CAMDEN: STACKS HV95.A753 2000
This guide provides a brief history of U.S. social welfare through the Personal Responsibility and Work Reconciliation Act of 1996 and its consequences. It also includes program-specific chapters that cover the law and regulations for the Social Security Act and several of its titles, TANF, and federal food programs.
Social Workers' Desk Reference
ALEXANDER, CAMDEN: REF HV40.S6464 2002
Organized into 14 parts, this source contains extensive essays on topics relevant to social work practice.
Social Work Speaks: NASW Policy Statements, 2006-2009, 7th edition
ALEXANDER: HV85.N33A 2006
Sixty-four public and professional policy statements are presented in alphabetical order. There is also a list that groups the policy statements into 18 topic areas.
Biographical Sources
American Reform and Reformers : A Biographical Dictionary
ALEXANDER: REF HQ1412.A46 1996
Detailed individual essays on representative reformers from major movements are provided.
American Reformers: an H.W. Wilson Biographical Dictionary
ALEXANDER, CAMDEN, DANA, KILMER: REF CT215.A67 1985
Concise biographies are provided. A list also groups reformers by category.
American Social Leaders
ALEXANDER: REF HN65.M38 1993
Profiles included are designed to provide biographical and historical information to place the subjects within a particular social movement.
American Social Leaders and Activists
ALEXANDER: REF HV27.H345 2002
Entries on over 285 social reformers are included. Two subject indexes list the individuals by area of activity and year of birth.
Biographical Dictionary of Social Welfare in America
ALEXANDER, CAMDEN, DANA, KILMER: REF HV27.B57 1986
Historic figures in American social welfare are covered. The substantial entries are individually authored.
Encyclopedia of Women Social Reformers
DOUGLASS: REF HQ1236.R29 2001 (2 vols)
The biographies of approximately 450 women reformers are included in this two-volume
encyclopedia. Each entry has a brief bibliography and lists of the subjects by country
and by social cause are provided.
This resource is also available
online
to Rutgers faculty, students and staff.
Faithful Angels: Portraits of International Social Work Notables
ALEXANDER, DANA: STACKS HV27.F35 2002
NASW Foundation National Programs Social Work Pioneers
This web site, compiled by the National Association of Social Worker's Foundation, provides biographies of many social work pioneers.
Research Methodology and Evaluation
The A-Z of Social Research: a Dictionary of Key Social Science Research Concepts
ALEXANDER: REF H62.A19 2003
Succinct essays on social science research topics comprise this resource. The entries are individually authored and include references.
Encyclopedia of Evaluation
Online Rutgers Restricted Access
The Encyclopedia is also available in print.
CAMDEN, DANA: REF H62.E583 2005
Covers "evaluation as a practice (methods, techniques, roles, people), as a profession (professional obligations, shared knowledge, ethical imperatives, events, places) and as a discipline (theories and models of evaluation, ontological and epistemological issues)."
Encyclopedia of Measurement and Statistics
Online Rutgers Restricted Access
The Encyclopedia is also available in print.
ALEXANDER, CAMDEN: REF HA29.S2363
"Offers cross-disciplinary coverage, with contributions from and applications to the fields of Psychology, Education, Sociology, Human Development, Political Science, Business and Management, Public Health, and others." Electronic version of the print resource.
Encyclopedia of Survey Research Methods
Online Rutgers Restricted Access
"Covers all major facets of survey research methodology, from selecting the sample design and the sampling frame, designing and pretesting the questionnaire, data collection, and data coding, to the thorny issues surrounding diminishing response rates, confidentiality, privacy, informed consent and other ethical issues, data weighting, and data analyses
SAGE Encyclopedia of Qualitative Research Methods
Online Rutgers Restricted Access
"Entries cover every major facet of qualitative methods, including access to research participants, data coding, research ethics, the role of theory in qualitative research, and much more."
Sage Encyclopedia of Social Science Research Methods
Online Rutgers Restricted Access
The Encyclopedia is also available in print.
ALEXANDER: REF H62.L456 2004 (3 vols)
This set is comprised of approximately 1,000 individually authored essays on the vast array of research methods and principles. Most entries include references and suggest readings. An extensive index is found in volume three.
