Social Work: Subject 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.
The following databases will enable you to discover academic papers and research within the field of education. Often by searching within a subject-specific database your results will be more focused and relevant.
Usually you can conduct either a basic or advance search - an advanced search enables you to combine key words more effectively and to search within specific fields, such as author.
Sometimes you may find a journal article which is not available to BCU online, but you can always consider requesting it through an Inter-Library Loan request.
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Search or browse for abstracts and citations of journal articles on topics including health, education, psychology, social care and sociology. - Child Development & Adolescent Studies This link opens in a new window
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Search for abstracts and citations of journal articles, books, book chapters and theses & dissertations on the growth and development of children and young people. - Community Care Inform Adults This link opens in a new window
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Practice-related social care and social work information including guidance, legislation, research, videos and podcasts for professionals working with vulnerable adults. - Community Care Inform Children This link opens in a new window
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Practice-related social care and social work information including guidance, legislation, research, videos and podcasts for professionals working with children, young people and families. - Criminology Full-Text Collection This link opens in a new window
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Search or browse for journal articles, including full-text access to over 20 criminology and criminal justice titles. - Lexis+ UK This link opens in a new window
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Search legal research, including practical guidance, for cases, books, guidance, legislation, journals and tools to support your law studies and legal work. - Social Policy and Practice This link opens in a new window
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Social Policy and Practice (SPP) is a comprehensive bibliographic database for those working or studying in the health and social care sectors - bringing together information from the UK's five leading collections of health and social care resources. - Westlaw UK This link opens in a new windowSearch or browse this legal database for cases, legislation, journals, current awareness alerts and topic reviews. Also include access to US and international law materials.
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