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Associations, Institutions, Etc.

• American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy (AAMFT)
• Association of Oncology Social Work (AOSW)
• Clinical Social Work Federation (CSWF)
• Council on Social Work Education - Limited access for non-members; non-members must register for access.
• International Federation of Social Workers
• National Academy on an Aging Society
• National Association of Black Social Workers (NABSW)
• National Association of Counsel for Children (NACC)
• National Association of Social Workers
• National Association of Social Workers, Ohio Chapter
• National Council on the Aging
• School Social Work Association of America (SSWAA)
• Society for Social Work and Research (SSWR)

Child Welfare

• Administration for Children & Families (U.S. Dept. of Health & Human Services Office of Planning, Research & Evaluation )
• Annie E. Casey Foundation
• Child Rights Information Network
• Child Trends
• Child Welfare Information Gateway
• Child Welfare League of America (CWLA)
• Children's Defense Fund
• Data Resource Center for Child and Adolescent Health
• National Survey of Children's Health Data Resource Center
• NCCP: National Center for Children in Poverty
• Ohio Department of Job and Family Services, Office for Children and Families
• Parenting Education at Michigan State University
• State Statutes database

Cleveland and Ohio Area Resources

For additional information, see Cleveland Area Resources

• The Center for Community Solutions
  • Social Indicators Series
• Cleveland211 First Call for Help (get information about social, health and government resources 24/7)
• Cuyahoga County (Cuyahoga County Information Services Center)
• Neighborhood Link (directory, statistical & government information)
• NEO CANDO (census data at the neighborhood level)
• Network of Care for Behavioral Health
• NODIS: Demographic Information for the Cleveland-Akron Metropolitan Area
• Ohio Health Facts
• Ohio Profiles (census information by county)
• State of Ohio: Government Information and Services

Codes of Ethics

• Code of Ethics (ABECSW)
• Code of Ethics (NASW)

CSU Social Work Department

• About the CSU Social Work Collection
• Course Reserves
• Department Home Page
• New Acquisitions

E-books

• Ebrary
• EBSCO eBook Collection (formerly netLibrary)
• Electronic Book Center

Evidence-based Practice

• The Cochrane Library (Access available only to free parts of this database.)
• NREPP: SAMHSA's National Registry of Evidence-based Programs and Practices

General Social Work Resources

• Information for Practice
• Social Work Resources on the Web

Journals

• Child & Youth Development
• Criminology, Penology & Juvenile Delinquency
• Disabilities
• Family Violence
• Gerontology
• Social Sciences - General
• Social Welfare & Social Work - General
• Substance Abuse

Licensing & Exam Review

• American Board of Examiners in Clinical Social Work (ABECSW)
• Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB)
• List of Licensing Boards by State (SWES)
• Ohio Social Worker Board

Non-Profit Organizations

• The Center on Philanthropy at Indiana University
• Ohio Grant Makers
• USA.gov for Nonprofits

Research Databases

• Core Research Databases:
  • Social Work Abstracts
  • SocINDEX with Full Text
• Additional Databases:
  • Academic Search Complete
  • AgeLine
  • APA PsycNET
  • CQ Researcher
  • Criminal Justice Abstracts
  • Electronic Journal Center
  • GPO Monthly Catalog
  • Health Source: Consumer Edition
  • ISI Web of Science
  • MEDLINE with Full Text (1950-)
  • Psychology and Behavioral Sciences Collection
  • PsycINFO (APA)
  • PsycINFO (OSearch) 1967-present
  • PsycINFO Historic (1887-1966)
  • PubMed (1950s-)
  • Research Starters: Sociology
  • Social Sciences Full Text
  • Sociological Collection

Social Policy

• Campaign for Youth Justice
• Center for Housing Policy
• Center for Law and Social Policy
• Center on Budget and Policy Priorities
• Center on Children and Families
• Child Welfare League of America
• Economic Policy Institute
• Foreclosure-Response.org
• Health Insurance Coverage in Ohio
• Health Insurance Reform at a Glance: Implementation Timeline
• HealthCare.gov
• Homelessness Resource Center
• Institute for Research on Poverty
• Kaiser Health Reform Gateway
• National Low Income Housing Coalition
• Ohio Family Health Survey
• Paycheck to Paycheck (Center for Housing Policy)
• Policy Archive
• Policy Matters Ohio
• Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
• U.S. Government Accountability Office (U.S. GAO)
• U.S. Health Policy Gateway
• USA.gov

Social Work Education

• Council on Social Work Education - Limited access for non-members; non-members must register for access.
  • Directory for Accredited Programs
• GADE Membership Directory (listings by state and country)

Statistical Sources

For more information, see Statistics

• The Association of Religion Data Archives
• Data Central: Cleveland Ohio statistics, demographics & census
• Data.gov
• FedStats - Provides access to the full range of occicial statistical informaion provided by the Federal Government
• Historical Statistics of the United States
• National Center for Health Statistics
• National Congregations Study
• Ohio Department of Job and Family Services Online
• ProQuest Statistical Datasets (formerly known as LexisNexis Statistical Datasets)
• Roper Center Public Opinion Archives
• Scorecard : The Pollution Information Site
• Sourcebook of Criminal Justice Statistics
• State Data on Alcohol, Tobacco, & Illegal Drug Use and Mental Health

Tests

• ETS Test Collection (library of 20,000 tests and other measurement devices)
• Health and Psychosocial Instruments 1985-
• Mental Measurements Yearbook with Tests in Print
• Tests in Print : Now included with Mental Measurements Yearbook with Tests in Print (10/1/10)