Reference Books

Visit our eDURA digital library reference collection for access to specialised dictionaries and encyclopaedias relating to Social Work. These are good sources for gathering background material and checking definitions of key concepts.

Dictionaries and encyclopaedias can help you to:

define terminology related to the study of social work & human services
find brief, factual information to supplement your research
build up a context for the topic and ideas to explore

Articles

Get access to databases, journals, conference proceedings, books and newspaper, and magazine articles. Databases are online collections of resources that you can search to find information. Some databases cover a particular subject area and some cover a range of disciplines. Use library databases to search for journal articles, chapters from books, books, reports, conference proceedings, and newspaper, and magazine articles.