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Social Work Abstracts
Summaries and citations for sources covering many aspects of Sociology and other related social sciences. Covers 1952-Present.
Related Specialized Databases
Note: There are a number of other resources for locating articles in the professional and scholarly literature that may be useful depending on the aspect of social work under investigation. Consult the Reference Desk, (816) 235-1526, for assistance in identifying other potentially useful indexes to the literature in either print or electronic form.
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AgeLine(AARP) 1978 - present, with selected coverage 1966-1977.
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Social Work AbstractsOffers information on the fields of social work and human services.
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Education Full Text (H.W. Wilson)Collects abstract and fulltext articles in education in the United States and elsewhere.
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GPO Monthly Catalog(FirstSearch) 1976 - present. Published by the U.S. Government Printing Office. Bibliographic citations for all types of U.S. government publications: reports, hearings, statistics, and documents issued by the executive, legislative, and judicial branches of the federal government, commissions, and other U.S. governmental organizations.
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MEDLINE (Ovid)1950 - present.
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NCJRS: National Criminal Justice Reference Service1958 - present. Selected full text 1995 - present.
Includes links to full text where available. The Publications/Products page links to full text documents available through the NCJRS, and includes a keyword search. Covers criminal justice and related fields. Indexes and abstracts federal, state and local government reports, books, research reports, journal articles, and unpublished research. -
PsycINFOAPA 1872 - present.
Contains citations and abstracts of journal articles and other research materials in the various areas of psychology.
There are several ways to find theses and dissertations in the UMKC University Libraries. The following tools will help you locate a thesis or dissertation you need.
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Dissertations and Theses @ University of Missouri - Kansas CityCitations and abstracts of dissertations and theses at UMKC. Search authors, advisers, and committee members of a thesis or dissertation.
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WorldCat (FirstSearch)The world's most authoritative online resource for finding library materials. Over 60,000 libraries worldwide, including the Library of Congress. Use the free web version, WorldCat.org, for quick, easy searching.
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