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Find and browse e-journals in the SCC catalog
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- Research Basics
When and how to begin at SCC Library - Using the Library Catalog
- Library Research Tutorial
Learn about information literacy, research, and critical thinking - FAQs
Brief answers to common questions - Guides
Research guides created for SCC programs and topics - A-Z Resources
Links to library databases, organizations, government agencies, digitial collections, and more
Credo Reference

This is a general reference resource. Its full-text, aggregated content covers every major subject from many publishers of reference.
HealthData.gov
"The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has begun 'liberating' health data through the Health Data Initiative -- making more and more data from HHS' vaults (from CMS, CDC, FDA and NIH, to name a few sources) easily available and accessible to the public and to innovators across the country."
This is a general reference resource. Its full-text, aggregated content covers every major subject from many publishers of reference.
HealthData.gov
"The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has begun 'liberating' health data through the Health Data Initiative -- making more and more data from HHS' vaults (from CMS, CDC, FDA and NIH, to name a few sources) easily available and accessible to the public and to innovators across the country."
Social Services Abstracts

A resource for Community Social Services students, this database contains only abstracts (summaries). If you'd like to request the article and are unfamiliar with interlibrary loan, please contact a librarian.
Sociological Abstracts

Sociological Abstracts, and its companion file Social Services Abstracts, cover the international literature of sociology, social work, and related disciplines in the social and behavioral sciences.
Ethnic NewsWatch

Interdisciplinary full text of the newspapers, magazines and journals of the ethnic, minority and native press.
Academic Search Premier

A multi-disciplinary database that includes titles in fields such as: arts & literature, chemistry, computer sciences, engineering, ethnic studies, language & linguistics, medical sciences, and physics.
Expanded Academic ASAP

A database for arts, humanities, social science, science and technology research, it includes scholarly journals, news magazines and newspapers.
Psychology Database

This resource, (formerly titled Psychology Journals) provides citations, abstracts and selected full-text articles on psychology and related disciplines.
PsycARTICLES

A source of full-text, peer-reviewed scholarly and scientific articles in psychology.
A resource for Community Social Services students, this database contains only abstracts (summaries). If you'd like to request the article and are unfamiliar with interlibrary loan, please contact a librarian.
Sociological Abstracts
Sociological Abstracts, and its companion file Social Services Abstracts, cover the international literature of sociology, social work, and related disciplines in the social and behavioral sciences.
Ethnic NewsWatch
Interdisciplinary full text of the newspapers, magazines and journals of the ethnic, minority and native press.
Academic Search Premier
A multi-disciplinary database that includes titles in fields such as: arts & literature, chemistry, computer sciences, engineering, ethnic studies, language & linguistics, medical sciences, and physics.
Expanded Academic ASAP
A database for arts, humanities, social science, science and technology research, it includes scholarly journals, news magazines and newspapers.
Psychology Database
This resource, (formerly titled Psychology Journals) provides citations, abstracts and selected full-text articles on psychology and related disciplines.
PsycARTICLES
A source of full-text, peer-reviewed scholarly and scientific articles in psychology.
Gerontological Society of America
Administration on Aging
AARP
Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention
Minnesota Department of Corrections
Minnesota Center Against Violence and Abuse
National Network to End Domestic Violence
National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges
Bureau of Indian Affairs
Jane Addams Hull-House Museum
National Institute for Early Education Research
National Center for Education Statistics
Disability Statistics
Institute for Research on Poverty
Council on Social Work Education
Immigration Policy Center
Administration on Aging
AARP
Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention
Minnesota Department of Corrections
Minnesota Center Against Violence and Abuse
National Network to End Domestic Violence
National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges
Bureau of Indian Affairs
Jane Addams Hull-House Museum
National Institute for Early Education Research
National Center for Education Statistics
Disability Statistics
Institute for Research on Poverty
Council on Social Work Education
Immigration Policy Center
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Center for Adoption Policy
EthnoMed
Kaiser Family Foundation
National Alliance on Mental Illness
Health Outcomes in Minnesota
Rural Health Research Gateway
CASAColumbia- Addiction Education
Minnesota Governor's Council on Developmental Disabilities
Veterans Health Research Institute
Minnesota Department of Veterans Affairs
U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
National Sexual Violence Resource Center
Alzheimer's Assocation
Substance Use in Minnesota
Minnesota Coalition for Battered Women
Feeding America
National Academy for State Health Policy
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Center for Adoption Policy
EthnoMed
Kaiser Family Foundation
National Alliance on Mental Illness
Health Outcomes in Minnesota
Rural Health Research Gateway
CASAColumbia- Addiction Education
Minnesota Governor's Council on Developmental Disabilities
Veterans Health Research Institute
Minnesota Department of Veterans Affairs
U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
National Sexual Violence Resource Center
Alzheimer's Assocation
Substance Use in Minnesota
Minnesota Coalition for Battered Women
Feeding America
National Academy for State Health Policy
Annie E. Casey Foundation
National Center for Children in Poverty
Minnesota Department of Human Services
Blandin Foundation
Institute on Metropolitan Opportunity
National Gay and Lesbian Task Force
CLASP: Policy Solutions that Work for Low-Income People
Children's Defense Fund- Minnesota
Child Welfare Information Gateway
Children's Defense Fund- National
Child Welfare Leage of America
Diversitydatakids
Future of Children
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services- Children's Bureau
Administration for Children and Families
ChildStats.gov
Society for Research in Child Development
National Center for Children in Poverty
Minnesota Department of Human Services
Blandin Foundation
Institute on Metropolitan Opportunity
National Gay and Lesbian Task Force
CLASP: Policy Solutions that Work for Low-Income People
Children's Defense Fund- Minnesota
Child Welfare Information Gateway
Children's Defense Fund- National
Child Welfare Leage of America
Diversitydatakids
Future of Children
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services- Children's Bureau
Administration for Children and Families
ChildStats.gov
Society for Research in Child Development
Films on Demand
This is a collection of arts, humanities, sciences, and technical education videos and video clips.
Feature Films for Education
The Feature Films for Education Collection offers hundreds of full-length feature films for educational instructional purposes. The Collection focuses on both current and hard-to-find titles, including dramas, literary adaptations, blockbusters, classics, science fiction, environmental titles, foreign films, social issues, animation studies, Academy Award® winners, and more. NOTE: This Collection is limited to classroom use and personal use. This Collection cannot be used for Campus Screening (Not for Public Events) NOTE: If you have issues playing a film, clean all your browse history, cache, and cookies.
Video Lectures
VideoLectures.NET is a free and open access educational video lectures repository. The lectures are given by distinguished scholars and scientists at the most important and prominent events like conferences, summer schools, workshops and science promotional events from many fields of Science.
This is a collection of arts, humanities, sciences, and technical education videos and video clips.
Feature Films for Education
The Feature Films for Education Collection offers hundreds of full-length feature films for educational instructional purposes. The Collection focuses on both current and hard-to-find titles, including dramas, literary adaptations, blockbusters, classics, science fiction, environmental titles, foreign films, social issues, animation studies, Academy Award® winners, and more. NOTE: This Collection is limited to classroom use and personal use. This Collection cannot be used for Campus Screening (Not for Public Events) NOTE: If you have issues playing a film, clean all your browse history, cache, and cookies.
Video Lectures
VideoLectures.NET is a free and open access educational video lectures repository. The lectures are given by distinguished scholars and scientists at the most important and prominent events like conferences, summer schools, workshops and science promotional events from many fields of Science.
Open Social Work
Open Social Work Education (OSWE) is a collaborative project dedicated to open educational resources (OER) in social work.
Human Behavior and the Social Environment II
A Toolkit for Teaching Communication Skills in Social Work
This toolkit includes five videos demonstrating basic communication skills and a teaching guide for instructors. The videos are a series of short vignettes of counselling sessions between a social worker and a client.
Foundations of Social Work Research
From Open Textbook Library. This textbook was created to provide an introduction to research methods for pre-social work students.
Scientific Inquiry in Social Work
As an introductory textbook for social work students studying research methods, this book guides students through the process of creating a research project.
MERLOT - Social Work This link opens in a new window
Free, peer reviewed collection of online teaching and learning materials maintained by the California State University System.
OER Commons - Social Work This link opens in a new window
Open Textbooks for Social Work This link opens in a new window
A list of available text books from Open Social Work, a collaborative project that addresses open education, open access, open science, and the practices that support them. The site contains many other resources as well.
Open Social Work Education (OSWE) is a collaborative project dedicated to open educational resources (OER) in social work.
Human Behavior and the Social Environment II
A Toolkit for Teaching Communication Skills in Social Work
This toolkit includes five videos demonstrating basic communication skills and a teaching guide for instructors. The videos are a series of short vignettes of counselling sessions between a social worker and a client.
Foundations of Social Work Research
From Open Textbook Library. This textbook was created to provide an introduction to research methods for pre-social work students.
Scientific Inquiry in Social Work
As an introductory textbook for social work students studying research methods, this book guides students through the process of creating a research project.
MERLOT - Social Work This link opens in a new window
Free, peer reviewed collection of online teaching and learning materials maintained by the California State University System.
OER Commons - Social Work This link opens in a new window
Open Textbooks for Social Work This link opens in a new window
A list of available text books from Open Social Work, a collaborative project that addresses open education, open access, open science, and the practices that support them. The site contains many other resources as well.

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