Finding Academic Articles
UA Libraries provides many resources for locating academic, scholarly, peer-reviewed sources.
- A-Z Databases: Social WorkVisit this link to access databases that provide access to social work research. You may want to edit the subjects limiter to access some other databases if your topic is interdisciplinary.
- ScoutScout searches many of the library's databases at the same time. It's a great resource and a good place to start your research.
- Publication FinderVisit this link to search for specific journals the library provides access to. From here you can also browse journal volumes and issues.
- Interlibrary LoanInterlibrary Loan (ILL) provides free access to materials needed for coursework and research not available in the UA Libraries.
Recommended Starting Points
Here are just a few databases that may help with getting started on your research.
- Academic Search Premier This link opens in a new window
Multi-disciplinary database; articles from journals and other publications. coves business, education. history, literature, medicine, philosophy, politics, and technology.
- APA PsycINFO This link opens in a new window
Contains citations and summaries of journal articles, book chapters, books, and technical reports in the field of psychology and psychological aspects of related disciplines including medicine, psychiatry, nursing, sociology, education, pharmacology, physiology, linguistics, anthropology, business, and law.
- Social Services Abstracts This link opens in a new window
Provides bibliographic coverage of current research focused on social work, human services, and related areas, including social welfare, social policy, and community development. The database abstracts and indexes serials and includes abstracts of journal articles and dissertations, and citations to book reviews.
- SocINDEX with Full Text This link opens in a new window
This sociology research database features records with subject headings from a sociological thesaurus. Contains full text journals, books, monographs, and conference papers.
