Social Work

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Reading Lists

Got an assignment? Have you looked at the reading list to see lecturer recommendations?

Key Starters for Essays, Projects and Independent Studies

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• Choosing keywords and sources - first steps

• Finding print and ebooks using the Library Catalogue

• Online resources to try first - ebook collections & encyclopedias

• When you need more depth, use these

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• The Campbell Library

The Campbell library produced by the Campbell Collaboration, is a collection of systematic reviews relating to the effects of social interventions in areas such as crime, social welfare, education and international development. At the site, scroll down to Topic Browse and choose Campbell Subject Categories.

Look at the systematic reviews for your subject or view resources such as policy documents.

• Oxford Handbooks Online: Sociology

fully searchable in EBSCO Discovery

Oxford Sociology Handbooks offer thorough introductions and a survey of the current state of research in key topics such as class, culture, migration, poverty, the body, sport etc. Chapters review key issues and major debates and indicate how the debates might evolve.

Get search tips from this video.

Put "social work" into the search box towards the top right and in the column on the left, tick All content I have access to.

• Oxford Research Encyclopedia: Criminology and Criminal Justice

Read authoritative, peer-reviewed, regularly updated entries written by experts covering criminology and criminal justice across the world. You will find entries relevant to social work too.