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Social Work
This guide provides descriptions of commonly used library resources for practice, research, and scholarship in the field of Social Work.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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 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.
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.
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.
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.
