Research Guides: SW 530: History of Social Policy: Home

Potential Topics

Web Sites for Topic Ideas

The Social Welfare History Project

The Social Welfare History Archive - University of Minnesota

OneSearch

Sample Ebooks on Social Policy

'--and Economic Justice for All' : Welfare Reform for the 21st Century by Michael L. Murray
Publication Date: 1997
A Dictionary of Social Work and Social Care by John Harris and Vicki White
Publication Date: 2013
Don't Call Us Out of Name : The Untold Lives of Women and Girls in Poor America by Lisa Dodson
Publication Date: 1998
Lifting Up the Poor : A Dialogue on Religion, Poverty & Welfare Reform by Mary Jo Bane & Lawrence M. Mead
Publication Date: 2003

Secondary Sources

Use your NetID and password to access databases off campus.

Academic Search Complete
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Full text scholarly journal, trade publication, magazine and newspaper articles, books, book reviews, reports, and Associated Press video content, covering all subject areas.
America: History & Life with Full Text (EBSCO)
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Academic literature on the history and culture of the United States and Canada. Access limited to six concurrent users.
American National Biography Online
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Biographical dictionary of over 19,000 notable American figures from all eras of history who are no longer living, with illustrations and links to other websites. Produced by the American Council of Learned Societies and Oxford University Press.
Dissertations & Theses Global, ProQuest
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Index to dissertations and theses from over 3,000 institutions in 88 countries. Full text coverage spans from 1743-present, with citation coverage dating back to 1637.
Humanities & Social Sciences Index Retrospective: 1907-1984
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Index to articles and book reviews covering a wide-range of humanities, social sciences, and interdisciplinary fields from core scholarly English-language periodicals, as well as a number of lesser-known specialized magazines. Produced by H.W. Wilson.
JSTOR
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Interdisciplinary, scholarly, and full-text database that is the primary starting point for many researchers at UM.
PsycINFO
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Academic literature in the behavioral sciences and mental health.
Readers' Guide Retrospective: 1890-1982
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Index to over three million articles from 550 magazines, includes all content from the print volumes of the Readers' Guide to Periodical Literature, a comprehensive index of popular general interest periodicals published in the U.S. during the 20th Century. Produced by H.W. Wilson.
Social Services Abstracts
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Academic literature in social work, human services, and related areas, including social welfare, social policy, and community development
Sociological Abstracts
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International academic literature in sociology and related disciplines in the social and behavioral sciences.
WorldCat (Discovery)
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Catalog of library resources held by institutions around the world. Find materials and place interlibrary loan requests for resources not owned locally.

WorldCat on the former FirstSearch platform is available from http://libguides.lib.umt.edu/worldcat-firstsearch

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