Social Work

To find informational resources related to social work in the York College

Library, there are many approaches that can be used.

Books

To find out which books are available in the York College Library, it is necessary to search the online catalog.

Starting at the Library’s website (which can be easily accessed by visiting www.york.cuny.edu and clicking the library link in the upper right hand corner of the page)

York College Homepage

Library Homepage

Library Homepage: CUNY+ Online Catalog

Within the CUNY library catalog, you can search for books related to social work on either the search page or the guided search page. Using the guided search page, it is possible to specify a specific year or range of publication years and/or search simply for reference books.

In addition, it is possible to search for items owned by all the libraries of CUNY related to social work b y clicking “Select alll CUNY libraries”

See the following illustratiuons:

CUNY+ Basic Search Page

CUNY+ Guided Search Page

All CUNY+ Libraries Search Page

Social Work Resources: 1

There are several websites related to social work, including:

• Social Work Resources on the Web• More Resources on the Web • Web Sites of Interest to Social Workers

More web resources are on the following slide

Social Work Resources: 2

More social work websites:

• Social Work and Social Sciences Websites• Social Work Resources

Journals Related to Social Work at the York College Library

In addition to books and websites related to social work, York College has several journal subscriptions related to social work.

If you look in the Periodicals Black Binders, at the back under the Subject headings--Current Holdings-- you will see the titles of journals under the following headings: Social Services/Welfare (chiefly for Social work), Sociology & Social Sciences

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