Online Catalog –WebPALS - http://www.pals.msus.edu

Social Services Abstracts and Sociological Abstracts: http://www.csa.com/htbin/dbrng.cgi?username=msus&access=msus23&cat=socialsci

Provided in collaboration with NDSU, CSA Sociological Abstracts is a primary resource for accessing the latest research sponsored in sociology and related disciplines in the social and behavioral sciences, and is updated monthly. The database draws information from an international selection of over 2,600 journals and other serials publications, plus conference papers, books, and dissertations. Major areas of subject coverage include: Community development; Culture and social structure; Demography and human biology; Environmental interactions; Evaluation research; Family and social welfare; History and theory of sociology; Management and complex organizations; Mass phenomena and political interactions; Methodology and research technology; Policy, planning, forecast and speculation; Radical sociology; Rural and urban sociology; Economic development; Social development; Social differentiation; Social psychology and group interaction; Sociology of the arts, business, education; Health and medicine and law; Religion and science; Studies in violence and power; Welfare services; and Women's studies. Published by Sociological Abstracts, a division of Cambridge Scientific Abstracts, and covering the dates of 1963 - current. Also includes access to ERIC (Educational Resources)

InfoTrac OneFile on GaleNet: http://infotrac.galegroup.com/itweb/mnamoor

Articles from periodicals, newspapers, and newswires on the humanities, education, business, science, current events, art, politics, economics, social science, law, health care, computers, technology, environmental issues, and general interest topics. Coverage: From 1980 to present Updated: Daily

PsycInfo (formerly PsycLIT) Online version of Psychological Abstracts. From the American Psychological Association, contains citations and summaries of articles from 1500 journals, plus books, chapters, dissertations, and technical reports in psychology and related fields, published worldwide from 1887-present. Available via Proquest.

FirstSearch Databases: New! Try the Databases in the "Education" and "Social Sciences" groups. Access via Library web site. Education Abstracts and Index to Legal Periodicals are excellent databases for Policy topics. http://newfirstsearch.oclc.org/FSIP

Encyclopedia of Social Work 3 vols. [Ref/HV/35/.S6] Broad overview and essays on all aspects of social work.

Social Work Almanac [Ref/HV/90/G53] Companion to Encyclopedia of Social Work, gives statistical and basic demographic data other on population, crime, education, health, mortality, mental health, and social work as a profession.

Reference Sources in Social Work [Ref/HV/40/.c66]. A list of reference books and bibliographies in the field.

The Social Work Dictionary Newly updated! [Ref/HV/12/.B37/1999].

Blackwell Encyclopedia of Social Psychology [Ref/HM/251/.B476/1995]

Social Work Laws and Board Regulations: A Comparison Guide. New! [Ref/KF/3721/.A4/ S6 /1998]

Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (APA Manual). [Ref/BF/76.7/.P83/2001]

Electronic Reference Formats Recommended by the APA. http://www.apastyle.org/elecref.html

Government Publications & Legislative Tracking Resources

Minnesota State Legislature Site

http://www.leg.state.mn.us/

North Dakota Legislative Branch

http://www.state.nd.us/lr/

 

GPO Access (Government Printing Office) Web Site. http://www.access.gpo.gov/su_docs/index.html

This Internet site links to legislative, executive, and judicial documents, plus, it is searchable.

THOMAS (Library of Congress). http://thomas.loc.gov/

The Library of Congress's Internet resource for Federal legislation tracking. Searchable and very useful!

MSUM Library Government Publications Web Site.

http://www.mnstate.edu/govdocs/

Connect to federal, state, and local government information and library holdings.

 

Internet Resources for Social Work and Social Policy Legislation

Center for Law and Social Policy (CLASP) -- non-profit organization with expertise in both law and policy affecting the poor. Includes links to youth programs, funding opportunities, legislation, and more.

http://www.clasp.org/

 

Electronic Policy Network -- Includes information on Health, Welfare, Education, Urban, Environmental and Other Policies. This network includes many social policy and nonprofit organizations which you can link to from this site.

http://www.epn.org/

 

Social Policy Virtual Library: The International Social & Public Policy Research Information Gateway

Access to a variety of web resources of interest to social policy researchers. Links to sites of major organizations; libraries; research institutes… as well as data sources; mailing lists; newsgroups.

http://social-policy.org/

 

Policy.Com -- Policy and news information service --

http://www.policy.com/issuewk/97/0519/index.htmll

 

THOMAS (Library of Congress's guide to federal legislation on the Internet)

http://thomas.loc.gov/

 

ICPSR -- Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research

Social science data and resources for researchers.

http://www.icpsr.umich.edu/

 

Updated Brittney Goodman, revised 1/22/03

goodmanb@mnstate.edu