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SWK 440: Social
Welfare Policy & Issues
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Find Out about Policies in a Topic Area
CQ Researcher - topical articles on policy issues
CQ Weekly - articles about Congress
Maine Newsstand - full-text access to some Maine newspapers
Selected Reference books -
Encyclopedia of Disability - Ref HV 1568 .E528
Gay Rights on Trial - Ref KF 4754.5 .W35
Healthcare Reform in America - Ref RA 395 .A3 K7593
Legalized Gambling - Ref HV 6715 .H385
Find the Specific Policy You Need
Congressional Universe - Access to federal bills, laws, hearings, reports
LexisNexis
Academic>Legal>Federal & State Cases -
Full-text access to cases
Maine Revised Statutes Annotated - Ref KFM 30 .A24
Maine Legislature Bill Status Search - can search back to 2001
Law Subject Guide - includes info on Federal and Maine legislative history
Find Secondary Sources on Your Policy
URSUS provides you with information about books, government documents, and journals (but NOT articles).
Academic Search Premier - a general index covering a few journals in every discipline; contains lots of full text (uses Article Linker)
LexisNexis>Legal - full text, searchable law reviews which can provide good background information for laws and cases
PAIS - Covers articles, books, reports on international public policy issues (uses Article Linker)
Social Services Abstracts - Covers Social Work journals (uses Article Linker)
Some of these databases are linked with Article Linker, which allows you to automatically check URSUS for electronic and/or print subscriptions.
Interlibrary Loan - use for journal articles we do not have access to
Other Resources
APA Formatting & Style Guide (Purdue)
Citing Government Publications (Penn State)
Still Unsure...?
There are lots of ways to get help. First, try the Reference Desk - you can come in, call us at 581-1673, or use the Ask-a-Librarian chat or email service.
Nancy Lewis is the Social Work Librarian; you can send her an email on FirstClass (nancy.lewis@umit.maine.edu) or call her at 581-3613 to set up an appointment.
You can also refer to the Introduction to Library Research guide.
Nancy.Lewis@umit.maine.edu | Revised: 02/11/2008
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