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Social Work
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Aging
- Administration on Aging
Repository of information on government agencies, programs and initiatives dedicated to aging Americans. (US Dept. of Health and Human Services)
- Social Gerontology & the Aging Revolution
Information on the different aspects of aging, including information on old age across cultures and time, federal services and resources, aging related to the workplace, economy, family, and religion. (Michael C. Kearl, Trinity Univ.)
- Sociology of Death and Dying
Information and resources on the sociological aspects of death and dying. Death across cultures and time, funeral traditions, accidental death, homicide, suicide, AIDS, cemeteries, obituaries, death and religion, genocide, hospice, abortion, capital punishment, euthanasia, and grief. (Michael C. Kearl, Trinity Univ.)
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Children & Families
- Action for Children North Carolina
County data, resources, legislation, public information. Provides access to the NC Child Health Report Card, an annual evaluation of key indicators of physical well-being for children in NC to age 18. Searchable.
- Administration for Children and Families; Programs and Services
Website for programs and services; summarizes units which assist states and territories in providing for community development, childcare and protective agencies. (US Dept. of Health and Human Services)
- Child Welfare Information Gateway
Information and resources to help protect children and strengthen families. Access to online publications, conference calendar, fact sheets, databases, and directories.Formerly National Clearinghouse on Child Abuse and Neglect Information and National Adoption Information Clearinghouse. (U.S. Dept. of Heath and Human Services)
- Kids Count
Searchable site, offering national and state data sources and statistics from 1995 to the present. (Anne E. Casey Foundation)
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Disabilities
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Encyclopedias & Dictionaries
- Gale Virtual Reference Library
Access to the full text of 105 authoritative electronic reference books; search or browse the collection or an individual title. Full text documents are available in HTML or PDF formats. Includes
Encyclopedia of Disability; Encyclopedia of Drugs, Alcohol and Addictive Behavior; Encyclopedia of Health and Aging; Encyclopedia of Measurement and Statistics; Encyclopedia of Sex and Gender; Family in Society: Essential Primary Sources; Gender Issues and Sexuality: Essential Primary Sources. (Gale)
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Gateways & General Resources
- CQ Public Affairs Collection
A storehouse of public policy content, organized into 22 subject areas, including advocacy and public service, culture and recreation, education, environment,science. In depth reporting on vital issues, statistical and historical analysis, historic documents and primary source materials. Directory of key government, nonprofit, and private organizations in each major policy area.(CQ Press)
- CQ Researcher
In-depth analysis of current and controversial social and political issues. Archived from 1991.(CQ Press)
- Social Work Library: Subject Guides
Subject guides on such topics as aging and gerontology, child welfare, health policy legislation, reference resources for social work, and research methods and testing. Includes references to print resources as well as web sites.(Columbia University Libraries)
- SWAN: Social Work Access Network
Resources for social workers, including links to national and international organizations, government and policy sites, social work publications (many with abstracts or full text), and other schools of social work. (Pete Thomas, College of Social Work, Univ. of So. Carolina)
- Thomas: U.S. Congress on the Internet
Provides House and Senate information, links to congressional information. Full text of current bills, searchable by bill number or keyword, or browse by bill type. (Library of Congress)
- Web Subject Guides: Social Work
Links arranged into 24 categories. (Hunter College Libraries)
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Indexes
Academic OneFile
Provides indexing and abstracts for articles in over 10,000 publications, both scholarly and popular. Full text or page images of articles are available from over 5300 of these publications. Coverage is from the 1980s to the present. For research in all academic areas. (Gale)
- Academic Search Premier
Provides indexing and abstracts for articles in over 8200 publications, both scholarly and popular, in a broad range of subject areas. Full text or page image of articles are available from over 4700 of these publications. PDF backfiles to 1975 are available for some titles. (EBSCOHost via NCLive)
- ERIC Database
Indexing and abstracts for articles and documents in education, from 1966 to the present. Provides full text of some articles and of ERIC Digests from 1967 to the present. (EBSCOhost via NCLive)
- PsycINFO
Indexing and abstracts for articles from journals, books, proceedings, dissertations in the field of psychology, from 1887 to the present. (EBSCOhost via NCLive)
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Medical Social Work
- Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
Health Care Financing Administration homepage. Provides statistics and data, laws and regulations on Medicare, Medicaid and State Children's Insurance Programs. (US Dept. of Health and Human Services)
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Professional Associations & Organizations
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School Social Work
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Social Justice
- Death Penalty Information Center
Analysis and information concerning capital punishment, including issues such as race, innocence, public opinion, costs, deterrence, and clemency. Lists upcoming and recent executions, methods of executions, state execution rates, and the number of executions by state.
- Homes and Communities
Department of Housing and Urban Development.
- National Criminal Justice Reference Service
Searchable database, with information on corrections, courts, crime prevention, international law, juvenile justice, and law enforcement. Also has information on drugs and crime, crime victims, and criminal justice statistics.
- Office for Civil Rights
Policy statements, data, and links to related sites. (US Dept. of Education)
- Poverty Related Links
A directory of poverty related resources, organized into such areas as activism, children and families, education, health and insurance, homelessness, income, urban issues and welfare reform. (Institute for Research on Poverty, University of Wisconsin - Madison)
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Statistical Sources
- American Factfinder
Data on population and housing, including aging, disability, education, employment, poverty, language, race, and ethnicity. Access to community profiles. (US Census Bureau)
- LINC
An interactive data retrieval service with historical information for over 900 data items and a variety of geographic areas within NC. Most data are available for the state and all 100 counties. Some items are available for municipalities. Others, especially census data, may be retrieved for tracts and townships.
- North Carolina Gazetteer
Provides census data for NC city, town, village, county, or zip code. Also includes city profiles, with various physical and cultural attributes. (HTL, Inc.)
- North Carolina State Data Center
Information and data about NC and its component geographical areas (North Carolina Office of State Planning)
- Simply Map
Web-based mapping application that lets users quickly create professional-quality thematic maps and reports using powerful demographic, business, and marketing data. (Geographic Research via NCLive)
- Social Work: Statistics and Data
Selected links to statistical resources. Includes links to comprehensive sources as will as to topical areas including aging, children, housing, poverty, women. (Karen Hartman, Social Work Librarian, Rutgers University Libraries)
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