Reference-Social Welfare Library-University of California, Berkeley

Social work directories		Research guides
Listservs		Reference assistance
General directories		Course-related research guides

Note: some resources below are subject to the Library's Conditions of Use policy.

Directories

Social work directories

Graduate/Undergraduate Program Directory (Council on Social Work Education)

NASW Register of Clinical Social Workers

Social Work Graduate School Directory

Additional social work directories and search engines

Listservs

ARL Directory of Scholarly Electronic Journals and Academic Discussion Lists

Social Work and Social Welfare in Canada listservs (US and Canadian listservs)

General directories

Global Books in Print

CollegeSource Online (college catalogs)

Encyclopedia of Associations/Associations Unlimited

Guidestar non-profit database search

Petersons Education & Career Center

PubList (periodicals directory)

Ulrich's Periodicals Directory

Research guides

California Legislative & Regulatory Sources

Critical Evaluation of Resources

Dissertations, Theses, & Group Research Projects in Social Welfare

Evaluating Web Pages: Techniques to Apply & Questions to Ask

Finding Information on the Internet: a tutorial

Library of Congress call number system

APA style guide and citation examples

Citing Your Sources

Additional citation guides and software

Using the Social Sciences Citation Index

Other library research guides

Reference assistance

In-person reference assistance is available weekdays from 9-12 and 1-5, or by appointment. Priority is given to patrons affiliated with UCB.

For additional research help, consult

Research Advisory Service (RAS) for UCB undergraduates

Research services for UC Berkeley graduate students

Course-related research guides

Social Welfare 110: Social Work as a Profession (Fall 2009)

Social Welfare: Graduate Student Toolkit

Social Welfare 112: Social welfare policy (Spring 2009)

Social Welfare 238C: Health policy (Spring 2009)