Search Tools
Choose a search tool to find articles:
Scholar OneSearch --Library Catalogs + Articles
or
use an article database search tool recommended in
Research Guides by Subject.
Research Guides by Subject.
Alternatively, try an interdisciplinary database, such as
Academic Search Complete
or
JSTOR.
Use Advanced Search to restrict your searching to the journal collection for Social Work (there is no Human Services category).
Academic Search Complete
or
JSTOR.
Use Advanced Search to restrict your searching to the journal collection for Social Work (there is no Human Services category).
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Key Resources
Academic Search Complete is interdisciplinary with academic as well as popular and news articles, a good place to start research.
International Encyclopedia of Social and Behavioral Sciences, 2nd edition contains authoritative articles on the social and behavioral sciences
CQ Researcher with in-depth, unbiased coverage of topics such as bullying, health care, death penalty, race and ethnicity.
DSM 5, the standard reference for clinical practice in the mental health field, and helpful resource for description of disorders, behaviors, emerging assessment measure, cultural formation, etc.
ICD-11, the 11th revision of the International Classification of Diseases by the World Health Organization
PolicyFile is updated weekly with abstracts and links to international and domestic policy papers and reports. Browse the links to organizations, or keyword search for reports.
Looking for news articles? Check this list of historical and current news resources available to you!
Looking for human services research articles?
Social Services Abstracts THE resource for abstracts on research related to social services, but don't forget to also check--Sociological Abstracts, the major resource for abstracts from international literature for research in sociology and related disciplines
The best of both worlds: Sociology (ProQuest) has full-text articles from sociology and social work materials indexed in Sociological Abstracts AND Social Services Abstracts.
JSTOR, is huge collection of scholarly articles. Use Advanced Search to work with the sociology journal collection.
Oxford Bibliographies collection of authoritative overview articles and annotated bibliographies.
This new resource contains books, encyclopedias and dictionaries and customized project planners to help with your research methods questions: how do I do a literature review?
Another type of review is the systematic review
One resource for this type of research is The Campbell Collaboration which presents short versions of the Systematic Reviews with links to the full reports.
Finding Human Services Materials by Call Number
HM711-806 Groups and organizations
HM756-781 Community
HM786-806 Organizational sociology. Organization theory
HM811-821 Deviant behavior. Social deviance
HM826 Social institutions
HM831-901 Social change
HM1001-1281 Social psychology
HM1041-1101 Social perception. Social cognition Including perception of the self and others, prejudices, stereotypes
HM1106-1171 Interpersonal relations. Social behavior
HM1176-1281 Social influence. Social pressure
HV1-9960 Social pathology. Social and public welfare. Criminology
HV40-69 Social service. Social work. Charity organization and practice
Including social case work, private and public relief, institutional care, rural social work, work relief
HV85-525 By region or country
HV530 The church and charity
HV541 Women and charity
HV544 Charity fairs, bazaars, etc.
HV544.5 International social work
HV547 Self-help groups
HV551.2-639 Emergency management
HV553-639 Relief in case of disasters
HV560-583 Red Cross. Red Crescent
HV599-639 Special types of disasters
HV640-645 Refugee problems
HV650-670 Life saving
HV675-677 Accidents. Prevention of accidents
HV680-696 Free professional services Including medical charities
HV697-4959 Protection, assistance and relief
HV697-3024 Special classes
HV697-700.7 Families. Mothers. Widow's pensions
HV701-1420.5 Children
HV835-847 Foundlings
HV873-887 Destitute, neglected, and abandoned children. Street children
HV888-907 Children with disabilities
HV931-941 Fresh-air funds
HV959-1420.5 Orphanages. Orphans
HV1421-1441 Young adults. Youth. Teenagers
HV1442-1448 Women
HV1449 Gay men. Lesbians
HV1450-1494 Aged
HV1551-3024 People with disabilities Including blind, deaf, people with physical and mental disabilities
Your Librarian
Student Highlights
Visit Human Services Program page to learn about special projects and accomplishments of Human Services students.
Additional Human Services Links
Archives and Special Collections, NU Libraries, collects historically significant records of the University, as well as Documenting Diversity of under-represented communities in Boston.
Human Services Program and the Department of Sociology and Anthropology webpage provide links to related research centers and Anthropology, Sociology and Human Services (ASH) CO-OP.
Center for the Study of Sport and Society is one of the world's leading social justice organization using the power of sports to create social change both nationally and internationally.
The Institute on Race and Justice brings together researchers from colleges, schools and departments in the social sciences.
The mission of the Institute on Urban Health Research is to understand "the social and environmental conditions of urban living in order to inform public health intervention strategies, policies and professional training."
National Association of Social Workers (NASW) is the largest membership organization of professional social workers in the world.
Occupational Outlook Handbook (OOH)
The image below is really too small to read. Connect to the above link and search for "social work" or "human services" to see the diverse career opportunities!
