LibGuides: Social Work: Policies

Scholarly Databases for Social Policy

Education Research Complete
You'll find this to be a very comprehensive collection of education journals covering all areas of education. Includes full-text of journals, books, monographs and conference papers.
SocINDEX Full Text
SocINDEX with Full Text provides in-depth coverage of sociology, encompassing all sub-disciplines and closely related areas of study.

Social Welfare History Project
Non-profit website that exists to keep the public informed about the history of American social welfare. Search for programs, by time periods, the issues and more.
American Enterprise Institute
Private, non-partisan, and non-profit institution whose purpose is to research issues over government, politics, economics and social welfare.
Social Work Policy Institute
Non-profit think tank that examines important issues pertaining to social work and social workers.
NASW Policy Statements Abstracts
Brief summaries of the statements included in the NASW publication, Social Work Speaks.
Policy Archive
Digital archive of public policy research with over 30,000 documents.
Pew Research Center
Non-partisan "fact tank" of information over the issues, attitudes and trends that shape America and the world.
Historical Development of the Social Security Act
Abe Bortz Lecture on the history of social security, developed as part of the Social Security Administration's internal training program.
Historical Development of the U.S. Welfare Structure
Provided by the Social Security Administration.
Public Agenda
Non-partisan and non-profit resource for public opinion research founded in 1975 by social scientist Daniel Yankelovich and Cyrus Vance.

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