Social+Work+Abstracts+Tipsheet

= Connect to Social Work Abstracts =

=This database is ideal for...=
 * ...when you want both popular and scholarly sources
 * ...when you want to find articles from magazines, newsletters, journals, and other professional publications
 * ...when you want to find resources on current social work research, studies, and programs
 * ...when you need something right away (a full text option is available)!
 * ...when you want sources on a variety of topics such as: addictions, child and family welfare, civil and legal rights, education, human services, mental health, and therapy.

=__Database Description:__= The Social Work Abstracts database, produced by the National Association of Social Workers, Inc., contains more than 45,000 records from social work and other related journals on topics such as homelessness, AIDS, child and family welfare, aging, substance abuse, legislation, community organization, and more.

=__Search Tips:__= =Wildcard / Truncation:= Social Work Abstracts uses an asterisk (*) to replace an unlimited number of letters follow a word root and a question mark (?) to replace a single character inside a word.

=Boolean Operators:= Social Work Abstracts uses: AND, OR, NOT


 * **AND**: Finds records that contain both words, although not necessarily in the same sentence or in the given order. AND ties the two concepts together and provides a more narrow search than just a single word alone.


 * **OR**: Finds records that contain either word or both words. Use OR for synonymous or related terms;this broadens the search.


 * **NOT**: Finds records that contain the first word and that do not contain the second word.

=Proximity Operators:= You can use a proximity search to search for two or more words that occur within a specified number of words (or fewer) of each other. The proximity operators are composed of a letter (N or W) and a number (to specify the number of words). The proximity operator is placed between the words that are to be searched, as follows:


 * **Near Operator (N)** - N5 finds the words if they are within five words of one another regardless of the order in which they appear.


 * **Within Operator (W)** - W8 finds the words if they are within eight words of one another and in the order in which you entered them.

=Field Searching:= The default fields for unqualified searches consist of the following: all authors, all subjects, all keywords, all title info (including source title) and all abstracts. Field specific searches may be performed on the following fields: All text, Author, Title, Editor, Subject terms, Abstract, Source (Journal name), or Publication Date.

=Limiting:= Limit results by date, document type, publication title, publisher, and more!

=Locating Full Text:= Many articles are readily available as either HTML (word-processed full text within the database) or PDF files (links to scanned images of the article). Articles without full text may link to full text with the “Find It” link.

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