Research Guides: Social Work: Books

Books

On this page, you will find discover books on the subject of Social Work through the library catalog and eBook Central, NYU's preferred eBook provider.

Below are recommended reference texts (dictionaries, encyclopedias, guidelines, and handbooks) specific to the field of Social Work. It is not an exhaustive list but a good place to start.

On the next page, Journals, you will find a list of some of the most regarded journals in Social Work and Psychology.

Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition, Text Revision (DSM-5-TR®) by American Psychiatric Association
ISBN: 0890425779
Publication Date: 2022-03-18
The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition, Text Revision (DSM-5-TR), is the most comprehensive, current, and critical resource for clinical practice available to today's mental health clinicians and researchers. DSM-5-TR includes the fully revised text and references, updated diagnostic criteria and ICD-10-CM codes since DSM-5 was published in 2013.

Credo Reference
Credo is an online collection of dictionaries, encyclopedias, handbooks, etc. covering topics from the arts to the sciences and including a large number of psychology reference sources.
Encyclopedia of Social Work
The first continuously updated online collaboration between the National Association of Social Workers (NASW Press) and Oxford University Press (OUP). This online title builds off the classic reference work, a valuable tool for social workers for over 85 years and offers the reliability of print with the accessibility of a digital platform. New articles and revisions to existing articles added regularly.
Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5)
The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) is the handbook used by health care professionals in the United States and much of the world as the authoritative guide to the diagnosis of mental disorders. DSM contains descriptions, symptoms, and other criteria for diagnosing mental disorders.
Psychodynamic Diagnostic Manual, Second Edition : PDM-2
Grounded in psychodynamic clinical models and theories, the PDM-2 offers practitioners an empirically based, clinically useful alternative or supplement to DSM and ICD categorical diagnoses.
Oxford Bibliographies: Social Work
Oxford Bibliographies presents constantly updated articles that contain citations (with annotations) and commentaries for sources across the disciplines. This is a useful resource for searching topics and gathering their relevant journal article and book citations, online resources, and data sources.
The SAGE Handbook of Action Research
Presenting an international approach to the topic of action research, the third edition (2015) maps the current state of the discipline, as well as looking to the future of the field of action research. Essential for scholars and professionals engaged in social and political inquiry, organizational research and education.

For recent books in the subject of Social Work, search the library catalog.

eBook Central

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Ebook Central is NYU's preferred ebook provider. Users can search, read, highlight, and annotate full-text books in many subject areas, including the social sciences and humanities.

Therapy Workbooks
Requires NYU Login to Ebook Central. A selection of workbooks for the clinical psychologist, social worker, or mental health counselor

Alexander Street Press

Counseling and Psychotherapy Transcripts, Client Narratives and Reference Works
A searchable collection containing real transcripts of therapy and counseling sessions and first-person narratives illuminating the experience of mental illness and its treatment, as well as reference works to contextualize the primary material.
Therapy Workbooks
A selection of workbooks for the clinical psychologist, social worker, or mental health counselor.