What can you use these resources for?
Reference sources are useful when you want to find background information on particular topic or issue or find the definition of a concept, term or phrase. Reference sources include dictionaries, encyclopedias, handbooks and yearbooks. Use the recommended resources below to get more background information that can help you frame your research question or project.
Handbooks and Encyclopedias - Selected Research Areas
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Encyclopedia of the Life Course and Human DevelopmentCall Number: Available OnlineISBN: 0028661621Publication Date: 2008-11-10 -
Child Development by Call Number: Available OnlineISBN: 9781351952439Publication Date: 2017-03-02This book provides a good foundation for understanding influences on children's health and development. The volume brings together in a single reference source the world's leading thinkers on children's health and development. It sets out the basic concepts that underpin the study of child development and response to impairments to development, including attachment, changes in brain structure, and resilience. -
Encyclopedia of Adolescence by Call Number: Available OnlineISBN: 1441916954Publication Date: 2014-07-08The Encyclopedia of Adolescence breaks new ground as an important central resource for the study of adolescence. Comprehensive in breath and textbook in depth, the Encyclopedia of Adolescence - with entries presented in easy-to-access A to Z format - serves as a reference repository of knowledge in the field as well as a frequently updated conduit of new knowledge long before such information trickles down from research to standard textbooks.
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Encyclopedia of School Psychology by Call Number: Available OnlineISBN: 1452265402Publication Date: 2005-04-27The Encyclopedia of School Psychology is the first comprehensive guide to this field featuring the latest research on school learning, motivation, and educational assessment. -
Handbook of Research on the Education of Young Children by Call Number: LB1119 .H25 2012ISBN: 9780415884358Publication Date: 2012-08-09The Handbook of Research on the Education of Young Children is the essential reference on research on early childhood education throughout the world. This singular resource provides a comprehensive overview of important contemporary issues as well as the information necessary to make informed judgments about these issues.
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Encyclopedia of Juvenile Justice by Call Number: Available OnlineISBN: 9780761923589Publication Date: 2002-12-18The Encyclopedia of Juvenile Justice provides more than 200 up-to-date, concise, and readable entries in a single, authoritative volume.
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The Nature of Children's Well-Being by Call Number: Available OnlineISBN: 9789401792523Publication Date: 2014-09-30This book presents new findings that deal with different facets of the well-being of children and their relevance to the proper treatment of children. The well-being of children is considered against the background of a wide variety of legal, political, medical, educational and familial perspectives. -
International Handbook of Psychological Well-Being in Children and Adolescents by Call Number: Available OnlineISBN: 9781493928323Publication Date: 2015-09-19This handbook addresses universal developmental and cultural factors contributing to child and adolescent mental health and well-being across the globe. It examines sociocultural contexts of development and identifies children's and adolescents' perspectives as critical to understanding and promoting their psychological well-being. -
The APSAC Handbook on Child Maltreatment by Call Number: WA 325 A654 2011ISBN: 1412966817Publication Date: 2010-06-16Offering the most comprehensive exploration of child abuse for emerging scholars and professionals alike Covering all aspects of child maltreatment-from prevention to intervention to treatment to the legal system-this seminal resource brims with the latest research and practical information from leading scholars that both future and current professionals can use.
Online Reference Collections
Want to learn more about your topic? Are you looking for information about the history of your topic? Use the recommended sources below to find background information on a topic, issue, or person relevant to the field of social work.
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Credo ReferenceCredo Reference is a digital reference library that places a world of factual information at your fingertips. Containing a selection from 645 high-quality reference books from the world's leading publishers, Credo Reference is the ideal place to start any research.
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Oxford Bibliographies OnlineDeveloped cooperatively with scholars and librarians worldwide, Oxford Bibliographies offers exclusive, authoritative research guides.
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Oxford Reference OnlineThe Core Collection brings together 100 language and subject dictionaries and reference works - containing well over 60,000 pages - into a single cross-searchable resource. Access to the database is limited to 5 users.
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Oxford Research EncyclopediasThe Oxford Research Encyclopedias(OREs) offer long-form overview articles written, peer-reviewed, and edited by leading scholars. USC provides access to the ORE Encyclopedia of Social Work, Oxford Classical Dictionary, American History, Communication, Latin American History, Literature, Religion, Climate Science, Environmental Science, International Studies, Linguistics and Politics.
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SAGE eReferenceSage e-Reference is a full-text collection of over 80 online specialized encyclopedias in the social sciences, including communications, gender studies, social work, history, psychology, etc.
