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Databases and e-journal Collections

Academic Search Premier
A good starting point for research, this multi-disciplinary database provides full text for more than 4,650 journals, including full text for more than 3,900 peer-reviewed titles.   Include it when you search other databases from this vendor (such as CINAHL, ERIC or Child Development) to have the full text from ASP automatically incorporated into your results.

Child Development & Adolescent Studies
Current and historical literature related to growth and development of children through the age of 21.  Include Academic Search Premier in your search (using the Choose Databases option) to add full text access to many articles.

ERIC
Provides citation and abstract information from over 1000 educational journals and related documents from the Educational Resource Information Center.  Include Academic Search Premier in your search (using the Choose Databases option) to add full text access to many articles.

Expanded Academic ASAP
A good starting point for most research topics, Expanded Academic includes more than 3,500 indexed and more than 2,100 full-text scholarly and academic periodicals. Of these, more than 1,700 journals include images.

Family & Society Studies Worldwide
Provides coverage of research, policy, and practice literature in the fields of Family Science, Human Ecology, Human Development, and Social Welfare.  Include Academic Search Premier in your search (using the Choose Databases option) to add full text access to many articles.

JSTOR
Online archive of digitized scholarly journals.

LGBT Life
Definitive index to the world’s literature regarding Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender issues.

ProQuest Curriculum Collection
Includes full text articles from journals and newspapers in the areas of social sciences, psychology, education, medical sciences, and science.

PsycINFO
Covering psychology and social science literature.  PsycINFO® is an electronic bibliographic database providing abstracts and citations to the scholarly literature in the psychological, social, behavioral, and health sciences. It is of relevance to psychologists and professionals in related fields such as psychiatry, management, business, education, social science, neuroscience, law, medicine, and social work.

Sage Journals Online-Multidisciplinary
Provides online access to the full text of 500+ SAGE journal titles in humanities, social sciences, medicine, science, and technology, comprising over 230,000 full-text articles.

ScienceDirect Social & Behavioral Sciences
A collection of over 500 social and behavioral science journals, with almost 200 available full text For records lacking a "check full text" button be sure to go to the Full Text Journal Finder to see if your article is available in another database.

SocINDEX with Full-Text
A research database with full text for 708 journals in sociology and social work and such related sub-disciplines as criminal justice, ethnic & racial studies, gender studies, marriage & family, political sociology, religion, rural & urban sociology, social development, social psychology, social structure, socio-cultural anthropology, substance abuse & other addictions, and violence.

Online Journals

The New Social Worker
Online journal for social work students, practitioners and educators.

Selected Websites

Search Selected Websites & Other Free Web Resources (marked )

1-language.com Online ESL Center
Offers free courses, a job center and activities to practice English language skills.

Boston Healing Landscape Project
Includes images, bibliographies, resources on local culturally-based healing sites, and links to information about attitudes and practices worldwide.

Child Welfare Information Gateway
websites, and online databases covering a wide range of topics from prevention to permanency, including child welfare, child abuse and neglect, adoption, and search and reunion.

Community Change Inc.
Works to promote racial justice and equity by challenging systemic racism and acting as a catalyst for antiracist action and learning.

Cover the Uninsured
Campaign sponsored by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation to extend health care insurance.

Information for Practice
Resources for social service professionals to keep current on news and emerging scholarship.

Massresources.org
Free online resource for Massachusetts residents in need of housing, food, health care, and other basic services.

Parent Professional Advocacy League
Massachusetts organization that advocates on behalf of children with emotional, behavioral, and mental health needs and their families.

Talking with Kids About Tough Issues
A Children Now and the Kaiser Family Foundation initiative to encourage parents to talk with their children about issues such as sex, HIV/AIDS, violence, and substance abuse.

The Office of Minority Health
U.S. government website with news, programs, and information on minority health issues

Encyclopedias

Encyclopedia of Social Welfare History in North America
Covers social welfare movements in United States, Canada and Mexico.

Encyclopedia of Social Work
Fundamental reference work for the social work profession.

Statistics/Data

America’s Children in Brief: Key National Indicators of Well-Being
The federal government's annual report on children and youth. Includes topics of and education, health and health care, family and social environment, economic circumstances, physical environment and safety, and behavior.

Child Welfare
U.S. statistics by state on adoption, child abuse, and other aspects of child welfare.

FedStats
Wide-ranging statistical information from the Federal government.

Kids Count
A national and state-by-state effort to track the status of children in the U.S."

National Survey of America's Families
The survey provides quantitative measures of child, adult and family well-being in America, with an emphasis on persons in low-income families.

Organizations

Cultural Competence Resource Guide
The mission of the Cross Cultural Health Care Program is to serve as a bridge between communities and health care institutions to ensure full access to quality health care that is culturally and linguistically appropriate. See especially the sections on culturally competent health care, regional or cultural profiles, and ethnic health advocacy.

CWSE (Council on Social Work Education)
CWSE is the sole accrediting agency for social work education in the United States.  See especially the Research & Resources section for data sources and other social work organizations and resources.

NASW Massachusetts
Includes information about legislative advocacy committee.

National Association of Social Workers
The National Association of Social Workers (NASW) is the largest membership organization of professional social workers in the world, with 150,000 members."

National Child Traumatic Stress Network
The National Child Traumatic Stress Network was established to improve access to care, treatment, and services for traumatized children and adolescents exposed to traumatic events.

National Youth Violence Prevention Resource Center
The NYVPRC is evolving from a passive information portal to an active promoter of resources, training and technical assistance, and professional collaboration and networking focused on community-wide youth violence prevention strategies.

Research Institutes

Institute for Research on Poverty
Conducts interdisciplinary research into the causes and consequences of poverty and social inequality in the United States, with focus on the Midwest.

National Poverty Center
Conducts and promotes multidisciplinary, policy-relevant research on the causes and consequences of poverty.

Newspapers

Lexis-Nexis Academic
Covers news, business, law and medicine. Includes The New York Times, state and federal legal information, and law reviews.

ProQuest Massachusetts Newsstand
Full-text coverage of major Massachusetts newspapers including the Boston Globe, Boston Herald, Quincy Patriot Ledger and the Worcester Telegram & Gazette.

Blogs

Information for Practice
Resources for social service professionals to keep current on news and emerging scholarship.

NASW Press Room Blog
Press releases from the NASW.