Selected Resources in
SOCW 250—Social
Policy I
BOOKS: Our
computerized
catalog provides access to the
materials in our library.
Some topics that might be of interest:
Social
workers--United States
Social service--United States
Multiculturalism--United States
Philosophers--United States
FINDING
ARTICLES IN
PERIODICALS/JOURNALS: Periodical
indexes provide the most efficient subject access to journals,
magazines, and
newspapers. Access the electronic
resources from the PLU library home page:
(http://www.plu.edu/~libr). Some
electronic resources require a username and password.
A few indexes that might be useful:
LOCATING
PERIODICALS/JOURNALS: Use
Journals
at PLU to obtain
the call number of the journal you need.
Journals
at
PLU also gives you access to our full-text periodicals.
REFERENCE BOOKS
- ABC-CLIO companion to
American reconstruction, 1862-1877 (ref. E668.R53 1996)
- African American
lives (REF E185.96.A446 2004)
- African American
years (REF E185.S797 2003)
- American
chronicle: year by year through the twentieth century (ref.
E169.1.G664 1999)
- American Datelines
(ref. PN4726.C74 1990)
- American social
leaders (ref. HN65.M38 1993)
- American social
leaders and activists (ref. HV27.H345 2002)
- Annals of America
(ref. E173.A793)
- Civil rights in
the United States (ref. E184.A1C47 2000)
- Encyclopedia of
American Facts & Dates (ref. E174.5.C3 1987)
- Encyclopedia of
American social history (ref. HN57.E58 1993)
- Encyclopedia of
civil rights in America (ref. E185.61.E544 1998)
- Encyclopedia of social
work (ref. HV35.S6)
- Encyclopedia of
the American Civil War: a political, social, and military history
(ref. E468.E53 2000)
- Encyclopedia of
the Great Depression and the New Deal (ref. E806.C543 2001)
- Encyclopedia of
the United States in the twentieth century (ref. E740.7.E53 1996)
- Gale encyclopedia
of multicultural America. Primary documents (ref. E184.A1G15
1999)
- Great lives from
history. American women series (ref. HQ1412.G74 1995)
- Hispanic American
almanac: a reference work on Hispanics in the United States (REF
E184.S75H557 2003)
- Historical
dictionary of American education (ref. LB15.H57 1999)
- Human Rights in
the United States: A Dictionary and Documents (ref. KF4747.5.C37
2000)
- Native American
women: a biographical dictionary (ref. E98.W8B38 2001)
- Notable Black American
Men (ref. E185.86.N68 1999)
- Notable Black
American women (ref. E185.96.N68)
- Notable Hispanic
American women (ref. E184.S75N68)
- Notable Native
Americans (ref. E89.N67 1995)
- Notable women in
American history: a guide to recommended biographies and
autobiographies (ref. CT3260.A27x 1999)
- Penguin
international dictionary of contemporary biography: from 1900 to the
present (ref. CT103.V39 2001)
- Rebels and
renegades: a chronology of social and political dissent in the United
States (ref. HN90.R3H354 2002)
- Significant
contemporary American feminists (ref. HQ1412.S56 1999)
- Social Work
Dictionary (ref. HV12.B37 2003)
- Social workers’
desk reference (ref. HV40.S6464 2002)
- U.S.A.: A
Chronicle in Pictures (ref. E178.5.A485x 1991)
- Women in world
history: a biographical encyclopedia (ref. HQ1115.W6 1999)
OTHER USEFUL SOURCES
INTERNET RESOURCES
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Internet is an
attractive source of information but it does not have the best
information for all
situations. Use
the Internet only for supplemental information. Read
the handout "Evaluating Information from the
Internet" (http://www.plu.edu/~egbersgl/evalinternet.html).
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