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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)
    http://www.aoa.gov/


  • 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.)
    http://www.trinity.edu/~mkearl/geron.html


  • 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.)
    http://www.trinity.edu/~mkearl/death.html


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.
    http://www.ncchild.org


  • 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)
    http://www.acf.hhs.gov


  • 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)
    http://www.childwelfare.gov


  • Kids Count
    Searchable site, offering national and state data sources and statistics from 1995 to the present. (Anne E. Casey Foundation)
    http://www.aecf.org/kidscount


Disabilities
  • National Council on Disability
    Disabilities Statistics Abstracts are provided at this site as well as valuable links to other federal agencies.
    http://www.ncd.gov


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)
    http://library.cqpress.com/cqpac


  • CQ Researcher
    In-depth analysis of current and controversial social and political issues. Archived from 1991.(CQ Press)
    http://library.cqpress.com/cqresearcher


  • 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)
    http://www.columbia.edu/cu/lweb/indiv/socwk/guides


  • 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)
    http://cosw.sc.edu/swan/


  • 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)
    http://thomas.loc.gov


  • Web Subject Guides: Social Work
    Links arranged into 24 categories. (Hunter College Libraries)
    http://library.hunter.cuny.edu/subguides/ssw_sg.htm


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)
    http://cms.hhs.gov


Professional Associations & Organizations
  • Council on Social Work Education
    http://www.cswe.org


  • NASW of North Carolina
    http://www.naswnc.org


  • National Association of Social Workers
    http://www.naswdc.org


School Social Work
  • 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)
    http://www.nclive.org/


  • PsycINFO
    Indexing and abstracts for articles from journals, books, proceedings, dissertations in the field of psychology, from 1887 to the present. (EBSCOhost via NCLive)
    http://www.nclive.org/


  • School Social Work
    (North Carolina Department of Public Instruction)
    http://www.dpi.state.nc.us/schoolimprovement/alternative/socialwork


  • School Social Work Association of America
    http://www.sswaa.org


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.
    http://www.deathpenaltyinfo.org


  • Homes and Communities
    Department of Housing and Urban Development.
    http://www.hud.gov


  • 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.
    http://www.ncjrs.org


  • Office for Civil Rights
    Policy statements, data, and links to related sites. (US Dept. of Education)
    http://www.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ocr/index.html


  • 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)
    http://www.irp.wisc.edu/links/category.htm


 

In place: March 2001; Last updated: 8/28/2007
Bev Robertson, Reference Services Librarian
brobertson@mhc.edu
Renfro Library, Mars Hill College