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Omni is the new academic search tool that locates your research material quickly and easily. Find Omni at the top of all our library webpages, or use the links below.
These databases are useful for finding articles on Child & Youth Studies topics.
Read the descriptions to see what types of publications are covered,
and remember to limit your results to "scholarly" articles when necessary.
Indexes more than 450 social work and human services journals dating back to 1965. Produced by the National Association of Social Workers (NASW), the database provides indexing and abstracts dealing with all aspects of the social work field, including theory and practice, areas of service and social issues and problems.
The focus of this database is on the applied practice of the profession. For more policy oriented information try the Social Services Abstracts database.
NOTE: A maximum of 4 simultaneous users are permitted on this database.
Citations to current research focused on social work, human services, and related areas, including social welfare, social policy, and community development. The database indexes over 1,406 serials publications and includes abstracts of journal articles and dissertations, and citations to book reviews.
An index to the international literature in sociology and related disciplines in the social and behavioral sciences. Provides abstracts of journal articles and citations to book reviews from over 1,800+ serials publications, as well as to books, book chapters, dissertations, and conference papers.
The Social Sciences Citation Index is a multidisciplinary index to the scholarly journal literature of the social sciences. It fully indexes more than 1,725 journals across 50 social sciences disciplines, and it indexes individually selected, relevant items from over 3,300 of the world's leading scientific and technical journals. Part of the Web of Science / Web of Knowledge.
These databases are more broad and may contain useful articles for Social Work topics.
Canada's national newspaper. This historical newspaper provides first-hand accounts and coverage of the politics, society and events of the time. Coverage:1844 - 4 years ago (moving wall).
Provides indexing for international literature in psychology and related disciplines, including over 1,800 professional journals, chapters, books, reports, theses and dissertations, published internationally. Unrivaled in its depth of psychological coverage and respected worldwide for its high quality, the database is enriched with literature from an array of disciplines related to psychology such as psychiatry, education, business, medicine, nursing, pharmacology, law, linguistics, and social work. Nearly all records contain nonevaluative summaries, and all records from 1967 to the present are indexed using the Thesaurus of Psychological Index Terms. See the guide: Using PsycINFO Expertly.
Keyword searching - With a keyword search you look for a word, no matter where that word appears. If you like, you canspecify that the word be in a particular field (e.g. the title, author, or subject), but it can be in any position (beginning, middle, or end).
Refining or Narrowing your results
Check the database for ways to sort, refine or narrow your results:
Check the record where your search terms matched. The best matches for topics are in fields like Subject or Title. Search specific fields if there is an Advanced or Expert search option.
Use Subject Headings or Descriptors if available to increase the relevancy of your results
Add another concept to your search using the Boolean operator “AND”
Research Tip: When you find a good article, use it to find others.
Getting the Full-Text
Sometimes the database you are searching also provides full text journals. In this case you may see below or next to the citation a 'Full-Text' link to the article.
If you do not see a Full-Text link, this does not always mean we don't have the article. It may be available from another source. In this case, to determine if Trent has the full-text of an article, click on the Omni icon. This icon can be seen near each citation in a database.
If an article is not available, you can request an InterLibrary Loan (ILL) through RACER. Keep in mind articles via ILL are not available overnight, so this service is only useful if you have enough time to receive the article before your project is due. We recommend that you allow 7-10 days. For more information and to register for an account please go to the RACER web site.