Research Guides: Social Work: Background Info

Dictionaries

A Dictionary of Social Work and Social Care by John Harris; Vicky White
ISBN: 9780199543052
Publication Date: 2013
eBook

Encyclopedias

The Encyclopedia of Social Work by Terry Mizrahi; Larry E. Davis
ISBN: 9780195372601
Publication Date: 2009
eBook
Encyclopedia of Adolescence by Roger J. R. Levesque (Editor)
ISBN: 9781441916952
Publication Date: 2014
eBook

Handbooks

Social Workers' Desk Reference by Albert R. Roberts (Editor); Gilbert J. Greene (Editor)
ISBN: 0199329648
Publication Date: 2015
eBook
Comprehensive Handbook of Social Work and Social Welfare by Barbara W. White; Karen M. Sowers
Call Number: HV40 .C635 2008
ISBN: 9780471769972
Publication Date: 2008
DSM 5 (Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders)
Call Number: RC455.2.C4 D54 2013
ISBN: 0890425558
Publication Date: 2013
eBook and Print
Social Work Skills and Knowledge by Pamela Trevithick
Call Number: HV40 .T4 2012
ISBN: 9780335238071
Publication Date: 2012
The Routledge handbook of critical social work by Stephen A. Webb
ISBN: 1138578436
Publication Date: 2019
eBook

Research Methodology Guides

Books and other material about research methodology can help you determine the type of research method you should be using, analyze data, and effectively communicate your results and research.

The SAGE Handbook of Social Work Research by Roy Ruckdeschel (Editor); Ian Shaw (Editor); Joan Orme (Editor); Katharine Briar-Lawson (Editor)
Call Number: HV11 .S24 2010
ISBN: 9781412934985
Publication Date: 2010
Social Work Research and Evaluation: examined practice for action by Elizabeth DePoy, Stephen Gilson
ISBN: 145225964X
Publication Date: 2017
eBook
Social Work Practice Research for the Twenty-First Century by Anne E. Fortune (Editor); Katharine Briar-Lawson (Editor); Philip McCallion (Editor)
Call Number: HV11 .S5886 2010
ISBN: 9780231142144
Publication Date: 2010
Social work research in practice: ethical and political contexts by Heather D'Cruz and Martyn Jones
ISBN: 1446200795
Publication Date: 2014
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