Social Welfare Policies

Course Number:

SWK 435

Click on the headings below to view suggested resources.

Starting Points

Introduction to U.S. Health Policy

Social Services Abstracts

Bibliographic coverage of current research focused on social work, human services and related areas, including social welfare, social policy and community development.

The Public Affairs Information Services International database provides information on public affairs, public and social policies and international relations. PAIS International includes publications from over 120 countries throughout the world.

Articles & eResources

EBSCOHost

GPO Monthly Catalog

Documents published since 1976 can be identified by searching the GPO Monthly Catalog database. Internet links are included in the record when available. A symbol for UNCW appears next to the record when the document is in the library's collection (1990- )

LexisNexis Academic

Use "Legal Research" and "Medical" to search for current news on health policy.

LexisNexis Congressional

Social Sciences Citation Index

WorldCat

Older documents (pre 1976- ) can be identified by searching WorldCat. A symbol for UNCW appears next to the catalog record if owned by UNCW (1990- )

Using the Library Catalog

Click here to search the Library Catalog

Use a keyword search to locate government documents and books on social policy issues. Try:

social and policy
social work and policy

or look for something more specific: looking for information on the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996? Try using the keyword search: personal and responsibility and work and opportunity
Try subject heading search using the following:
Health policy -- United States
Medical policy -- United States
National health services
Public health
Public welfare -- Government policy -- United States
Public welfare -- United States -- History
Social medicine
Social policy
Social policy -- Economic aspects -- United States -- History
Social policy -- Political aspects -- United States -- History
United States -- Social policy
United States -- Economic policy
United States -- Politics and government

Accessing Government Documents at Randall Library

Federal Documents

Collection began in 1965.
Documents received by the library published since 1990 can be searched through our online catalog with links added to full text online information when available.

State Documents

Collection began in 1989.All documents received by the library can be searched through our online catalog
Many state documents are currently only available full text through the Internet by using search engines such as Google.

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