LibGuides: Social Work: SW 303-YS 303

Welcome!

Hello Social Work 303 and Youth Services 300 students!

This Guide is designed to help with your research for this course. It gathers the resources and services we talked about during the library session and places them at one site. I hope you find it useful.

Your feedback on this source is important so please take time to complete the very short guide survey when you have a minute or two. Comments and suggestions can be included with the survey. Let's build a great resource together!

William Adame
Reference Librarian
Zahnow Library, SVSU

Federal Law

These resources will help you locate your law/policy.

WestLawNext This link opens in a new window
Library database-Full Text of the U.S. Code & State Law

Public Laws
1995 to Present (104th Congress to Present)

Michigan Law

Michigan Compiled Laws Online

The Print Version of the MCLA is on 1st floor Ref Coll-KFM4230 1948 .A44

WestLawNext This link opens in a new window
Library Database-Full Text of State & Federal Law

Michigan.gov
Search Michigan.gov

Web Sites

GPO-Government Printing Office
Budget of the U.S. Government
Browse by Department
Federal Domestic Assistance Listings
Assistance listings are detailed public descriptions of federal programs that provide grants, loans, scholarships, insurance, and other types of assistance awards. You may browse assistance listings across all government agencies to learn about potential funding sources.
Administration for Children and Families
The Administration for Children and Families (ACF), within the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is responsible for federal programs that promote the economic and social well-being of families, children, individuals, and communities. ACF programs aim to achieve the following:

* families and individuals empowered to increase their own economic independence and productivity;
* strong, healthy, supportive communities that have a positive impact on the quality of lif
Project Legal's Public Policy Analyst
Public Laws
GPO Access contains all laws enacted from the 104th Congress (1995-1996) forward. In addition to searching, a browseable Catalog of Public and Private Laws is also available. This application is prepared and published by the Office of the Federal Register (OFR), National Archives and Records Administration.

Search for Articles with these databases

JSTOR Arts & Sciences This link opens in a new window
Full Text Library Database
SVSU subscribes to Arts & Sciences 1, 2. 3 and 5 only. Other articles and books can be requested through Tipasa.
America: History & Life Full Text This link opens in a new window

Search these Web Sites

Library Databases

CQ Researcher This link opens in a new window

Use these library databases to find articles about your policy/program

Sociological Abstracts This link opens in a new window
JSTOR Arts & Sciences This link opens in a new window
SVSU subscribes to Arts & Sciences 1, 2. 3 and 5 only. Other articles and books can be requested through Tipasa.
ProQuest This link opens in a new window
Searching "ProQuest" will provide results from over 20 ProQuest databases.

Michigan Newspapers
Great source for state policy information. Also use to search the topic your policy covers.

New York Times Historical This link opens in a new window
Primary source for looking at national policy/laws when they were enacted
Additional year of content added annually.

More Library Databases

Reference Books

Encyclopedia of Social Work-1st Floor Ref Coll-HV12 .E53 2008
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Use this source to get a social work perspective on your policy or the issue the policy/program addresses. Look your topic up in the index located at the back of vol 4 to see what pages and volume your topic is discussed.

These books are on the 1st floor of the library in the Reference Collection. They can't be checked out so they should be there when you need them.
They are vital to find historical information on your policy/program

Encyclopedia of Social Welfare History- 1st Fl Ref Coll HV12 .E497
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Great resource to find historical info on welfare policy in the United States. P.481 has an historical timeline for welfare policies enacted in the U.S.
Congressional Quarterly Almanac-1st Floor Ref Coll Jk 1 .c66
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Use this source to know what was going on in Congress at the time your policy was enacted. Try using the year that your policy passed into law or the year after.
The Social Work Dictionary-1st Floor Ref Col HV 12 .B37
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Brief entries on issues/programs involving social work. one example is use it to identify when "Head Start" program was enacted.