Social Work: Journals and Databases
This guide contains all the resources and services available from the library to support Social Work courses within the College of Education and Social Work.
Journals and databases
Journals and databases give you access to the latest information on your subject.
This section suggests academic databases which can help you to discover key research and evidence found within academic journals, reports and theses.
Some of the databases are subject-specific and search within education journals, whilst others are a little more general or research-based and will give you a much broader perspective.
Remember you can also filter the A-Z of Databases index for your subject.
All databases (alphabetical list)
You can search and filter all databases in the A-Z of Databases page.
CRAAP Test
Evaluating resources for quality can be difficult. One way of doing this is by using the CRAAP test.
This is a simple checklist used to get a feel for whether a piece of work is good enough for your purposes:
- Currency: Is the information up to date, or is there more recent information you should be using?
- Relevance: Is the information relevant? Is it on topic?
- Authority: Who has written it? Are they qualified to write on the subject? Who is the publisher?
- Accuracy: Is the information correct?
- Purpose: Why was it written? Was it written for academic purposes? Who were the intended audience? Is there bias?