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Social Work

All of the resources you need for your subject.

For help with literature searching and referencing, please contact your Academic Engagement Librarians.

OneSearch

Onesearch: Search for books and journal articles

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Books & eBooks

The easiest way to search for books held in the library is to use OneSearch. You can search by author, title or keyword, and refine the results to books and eBooks using the filter under Content Type. For physical books, you can also filter by Library Location.

To place reservations on books, use the Library Catalogue. The majority of books relating to Social Work can be found on the second floor (Level 2) of Aldrich Library


The library provides access to Social Work eBooks which are available on and off campus. Most of these can be found using OneSearch or the library catalogue.

Social Work Databases

Databases are specialist tools which you can use to find resources such as journal articles. The five listed below are the databases we recommend you start with, but the full list can also be accessed here.

For help with searching these resources, see the videos liked below and the Search Skills page in this guide.

APA PsycINFO

Index and summaries of peer-reviewed literature in behavioural science and mental health, from 1800s onwards.How to search APA Psychinfo (video) »

Child and Adolescent Studies (CDAS)

Research tool for current and historical literature related to the growth and development of children up to the age of 21.

CINAHL Plus

Research tool for all areas of nursing and allied health literature.How to search CINAHL (video) »

Practical Law

A legal know how service that provides peer reviewed resources, such as practice notes, current awareness and standard documents.
Registration required if not already registered for Westlaw.
An introduction to Practical Law (video) »

Web of Science

Large multidisciplinary database with good social sciences coverage.How to search Web of Science (video) »

Westlaw

Full text database covering legislation, cases, legal journals and selected books; browse by topic for an overview with analysis and links to key related content. Coverage includes US and other international jurisdictions.
Registration required if not already registered for Practical Law.
How to find journal articles on Westlaw (video) »

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Referencing

The referencing style used by University of Brighton is Harvard Cite them Right. Log into the Cite them Right website below for guidance on referencing and bibliographies in both styles.

If you would like to use an online tool to help you build an online reference list we recommend using either EndNote or ZoteroBib software.

Key Journals

The library has a number of journal titles which you can browse individually. We've highlighted some key titles from the collection, but there are many more. To search for a journal by title, please use the Online Journal Finder.

The British Journal of Social Work

Access journal online
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Social Work Education

Access journal online
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Adoption and Fostering

Access journal online

On demand freeview TV & radio

search over 2 million programmes from 75 channels

Box of Broadcasts

Watch and record freeview TV and radio. Create clips or make your own playlist using the huge archive of tv and radio shows dating back to the 1970s. Bob also includes a collection of curated playlists made by UK university lecturers on themes such as feminist film philosophy and law race and decolonisation.

Go to Box of Broadcasts (bob)

Further Resources

The following websites are good sources of freely usable, good quality stock photos that you can use in your academic work. Make sure you set any filters to display free images.