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Welcome to the Social Work research guide!

Here, you'll find selected Social Work resources at UMSL Libraries and on the web. This guide provide tips on how to search for scholarly materials and lists resources that can help you organize and document your research.

To learn more about the UMSL School of Social Work visit the department homepage at https://www.umsl.edu/~socialwk/.

Free Evidence-based Practice Resources

Google Scholar Cross-discipline search of academic and scholarly literature. It can be set up to link to full-text articles at UMSL Library.
Information for Practice News, new scholarship and more gathered to help social services professionals maintain an awareness of news and emerging scholarship in the profession.
MedlinePlus Health information for consumers, available in multiple languages, from the National Library of Medicine.
National Guildeline Clearinghouse NGC's mission is to provide physicians and other health professionals, health care providers, health plans, integrated delivery systems, purchasers, and others an accessible mechanism for obtaining objective, detailed information on clinical practice guidelines and to further their dissemination, implementation, and use.
PubMed Comprises more than 21 millions citations for biomedical literature from MEDLINE, life science journals, and online books. Citations may include links to full-text content from PubMed Central and publisher web sites.
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services (SAMHSA) Includes information around topics and programs around substance abuse & mental health prevention, treatment, recovery, grants & funding, publications and more.