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Social Work Research Guide  

This is a guide to finding the best resources for research in Social Work.
Last Updated: May 23, 2013 URL: http://libguides.newcastle.edu.au/social_work Print Guide RSS UpdatesEmail AlertsShareThis

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This guide is designed to help you get started with your library research.

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    Tips & Tricks

    What are Secondary Sources?  Journal articles & chapters etc... written about a work of literature and offering a critical view of that work are called literary criticism.

    What are Primary Sources?  Original works of literature and uninterpreted information about an event or period of time.

    Beware Wikipedia!
    It can't be cited in academic essays (avoid sites where authors aren't accountable for contributions). 

    Evaluate! Evaluate! Evaluate!
    Be critical about everything you read

    Avoid Plaigiarism
    Don't use an author's work or ideas without referencing them (yes, even if it's not directly quoted & you've changed the words)

     

    Books of Interest

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    Green Social Work - Lena Dominelli
    ISBN: 9780745654010
    Social work is the profession that claims to intervene to enhance people's well-being. However, social workers have played a low-key role in environmental issues that increasingly impact on people's well-being, both locally and globally. This compelling new contribution confronts this topic head-on, examining environmental issues from a social work perspective.

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    Human rights and social Work - Jim Ife
    ISBN: 9781107693876
    Explores how the principles of human rights inform contemporary social work practice. Jim Ife considers the implications of social work's traditional Enlightenment heritage and the possibilities of 'post-Enlightenment' practice in a way that is accessible, direct and engaging.

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    Professional Boundaries in Social Work and Social Care - Frank Cooper
    ISBN: 9781849052153
    Professional boundaries between worker and client underpin all areas of practice in social work and social care, and the mismanagement of these boundaries can lead to unprofessional conduct and negative consequences for both worker and client.

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    Social Work - Jan Fook
    ISBN: 9781446200520
    Social work is a human profession founded on social justice. It is difficult however to negotiate this in the constantly-changing context of the twenty first century. Now in its' second edition, this book considers the critical tradition of social work and updates it with postmodern thinking.

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    Social Work Skills and Knowledge - Pamela Trevithick
    ISBN: 9780335238071
    What a sensible book, a book born of much wisdom and practical experience. Takes the reader on a wonderfully clear but thorough journey of social work’s knowledge, skills and values in which theories are elegantly put into practice. The whole enterprise is reassuringly held together by a strong commitment to organised thinking and the value of the social work relationship. For those who want to sharpen their ideas while keeping their practical feet firmly on the ground, this is the book for you

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    Social Work with Substance Users - Anna Nelson
    ISBN: 1848602227
    This engaging and comprehensive book explores social work with problematic substance use. Anna Nelson offers social workers new insight on the subject, helping students to understand the issue as it affects service users across a range of social work practice settings.

     

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