LibGuides: Social Work: Internet Resources

Associations

It is important to remember when searching for information on the 'free web' that there is no 'quality control' or editor. The information you find may be biased, neither accurate nor dependable.

The following is a list of association sites that have been reviewed in terms of their authority, objectivity, and accuracy. They can provide you with objective and reliable information:

Other Internet Resources

Child Welfare Information Gateway This link opens in a new window
Information clearinghouse for publications, websites, databases, and online learning tools on all topics related to child welfare, including child abuse and neglect, foster care, and adoption.

Evidence-Based Practices Resource Center
Evidence-based Practice collection for mental and substance use disorders. Items include Treatment Improvement Protocols, toolkits, resource guides, clinical practice guidelines, and other science-based resources.
Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR)
ICPSR provides data access and curation in the social science research community.
Institute for Human-Animal Connection (IHAC)
"The Institute for Human-Animal Connection (IHAC) is an internationally recognized center for research and training in the varied facets of human-animal interaction across the lifespan and grounded in evidenced-based practice for implementing diverse and ethically responsible animal-supported educational and therapeutic interventions."
Katherine A. Kendall Institute for International Social Work Education (KAKI)
"The Katherine A. Kendall Institute for International Social Work Education strives to prepare educators, researchers, students, and practitioners for an increasingly global community through its programs and initiatives."
National Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL)
Policy research in a variety of areas, including a database of human services legislation
National Institute of Mental Health
"Understanding the scope of mental health problems and treatment in the United States is central to NIMH’s mission."
Open Social Work
Promoting open educational resources and open access to research. Provides links to 10 most recently deposited papers with the subject heading "social work" in SocArXiv.
SHARE
"SHARE is an open-source community developing tools and services to connect related research outputs for new kinds of scholarly discovery"
Social Work Liaison's Toolkit
A toolkit to provide useful information for both social work liaisons and social work researchers.
Social Work Policy Institute
"The Social Work Policy Institute examines issues that relate to the work of social workers, including how to serve people who have multiple or complex needs and how public agencies and other structures deliver health and human services."
Society for Social Work and Research
"...a free-standing organization dedicated to the advancement of social work research."