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Social Work: Recommended Websites

An introduction to Library Resources for Social Work research
  • Getting Started
  • Recommended Websites
  • New Books & DVDs
  • Open Educational Resources (OER)
  • Professional Organizations for Social Work
  • Online Resources
  • American Academy of Social Work & Social Welfare
    An honorific society of distinguished scholars and practitioners dedicated to achieving excellence in the field of social work and social welfare through high-impact work that advances social good.
  • Association for Gerontology Education in Social Work (AGESW)
    Provides leadership in the areas of gerontological social work education, research, and policy, and fosters cooperation, collegiality, and an exchange of ideas among social work educators, researchers, and students committed to or interested in gerontology.
  • Association of Social Work Boards
    Provides support and services to the social work regulatory community to advance safe, competent, and ethical practices to strengthen public protection.
  • Clinical Social Work Association
    A national individual membership organization dedicated to providing essential services, products, professional support, and national identity for Clinical Social Workers.
  • Council on Social Work Education
    The national association representing social work education in the United States. Its members include over 800 accredited baccalaureate and master’s degree social work programs, as well as individual social work educators, practitioners, and agencies dedicated to advancing quality social work education.
  • International Federation of Social Workers (IFSW)
    The International Federation of Social Workers (IFSW) is the global body for the profession. The Federation and its national members strive for social justice, human rights and inclusive, sustainable social development through the promotion of social work best practice and engagement in international cooperation.
  • National Association of Social Workers (NASW)
    The largest membership organization of professional social workers in the world, with more than 120,000 members. NASW works to enhance the professional growth and development of its members, to create and maintain professional standards, and to advance sound social policies.
  • Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab (J-PAL)
    A global research center working to reduce poverty by ensuring that policy is informed by scientific evidence. Anchored by a network of 171 affiliated professors at universities around the world, J-PAL conducts randomized impact evaluations to answer critical questions in the fight against poverty.
  • Bureau of Labor Statistics: Social Work
    Includes information on what social workers do, work environment, how to become a social worker, pay, job outlook, state & area data, similar occupations, and more.
  • Child Welfare Information Gateway
    Connecting child welfare and related professionals to comprehensive resources to help protect children & strengthen families.
  • Evidence-Based Behavioral Practice
    Training resources to help bridge the gap between behavioral health research and practice.
  • Evidence-Based Practice Resources (National Association of Social Workers)
    Promotes the integration of evidence-based mental health treatments into social work education and research.
  • Find a Social Worker
    by the National Association of Social Workers
  • Institute for Research on Poverty (IRP)
    A nonpartisan research institution dedicated to producing and disseminating rigorous evidence to inform policies and programs to combat poverty, inequality, and their effects in the United States.
  • National Association of Social Workers Code of Ethics
    On August 4, 2017, the NASW Delegate Assembly approved the most substantive revision to the NASW Code of Ethics since 1996.
  • Social Science Research Network
    Provides 841,484 research papers from 420,820 researchers across 30 disciplines.
  • Social Welfare History Project (Virginia Commonwealth University Libraries)
    Historical materials related to the history of social reform.
  • Social Work Guide: Careers in Social Work 2019
  • State Child Welfare Statutes Search
    Current information on child welfare statutes, covering all 50 states.
  • Social Work Helper
    A social work magazine that provides news and updates to current social worker issues and social justice matters.
  • 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.
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