This is the updated Social Work Research slideshow (Feb 19, 2014) which includes databases and how to search them; how to use the online catalog effectively for research; how to find online books on social work through the online catalog. Questions? llord@ku.edu

1. Social Work
Database & Online
Search Process
At the
Regents Center
Library
Lissa Lord llord@ku.edu
Spring 2014

2. Dissertation Research Blog
http://dissertationresearch.blogspot.com
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3. We need to know this:
(1)How to use databases to find articles
(2)How to request full text articles if we find only
abstracts—use Interlibrary Loan (WebRetrieve)
(3)How to request articles the library does NOT have
(4) How to use Google Scholar from the list of library
databases
(5) How to use the online catalog to find books and
request delivery to Edwards Campus
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4. http://www.lib.ku.edu
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7. Encyclopedia of social work
Electronic equivalent of the 20th Edition of
the Encyclopedia of Social Work. The 400
articles in this 4-volume set cover all aspects
of social work from practice and
interventions, social environments, social
conditions and challenges, to social policy
and history. Each article is written and
signed by a top academic or social work
practitioner and includes a bibliography for
further reading.
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10. Using databases
to find
articles
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13. Social work abstracts
Indexes and abstracts
journal articles in the fields
of social work including
homelessness, AIDS, child
and family welfare, aging,
substance abuse,
legislation, community
organization, and more.
(Restricted to 12
simultaneous users.)
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21. Peer Reviewed
articles have a
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graphs and stats
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23. Another Database:
Social Services Abstracts
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30. We found the article. If there was no
article available, select Request a
copy from Interlibrary Loan.
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32. Another Database: Google Scholar
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33. Let’s go to Google
Scholar from the
Libraries’ database
page – (to see how
it works)
http://www.lib.ku.edu
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35. . . . Databases are found at the
bottom of the Libraries’ Homepage
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41. e-Journals?
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42. How to find Social Work, Social Welfare journals
Libraries Homepage www.lib.ku.edu
E-journals
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50. Where are we and how did we get here?
1.Looking for an article
2.Libraries Homepage
3.Subject and Course Guides
4.Social Welfare
5.Information Resources for Social Workers
6.Encyclopedia for Social Work
7.Articles and Databases
8.Social Work Abstracts; Social Services Abstracts
9.Search terms = “human behavior” AND “social environment”
10.Found a good article for our research
11.We used the “Cite” for the bibliographic citation
12.References at the end of the article help us find another article
13.e-Journals found on the Libraries’ Homepage
14.Search by subject or by title of a journal
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Found: Journal of Social Work Research

51. Finding Books
Library Catalog
Deliver to Edwards Campus
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57. Using the online catalog to find a specific online title:
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59. Find articles through the libraries Databases
Find books through the Catalog
Find research news through the Blog
Questions?
Ask the Librarian
Lissa Lord
llord@ku.edu
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