Social Administration / Social
Work
Library resources
Contents
Reference Collection material
Encyclopaedias - Multivolume
- International Encyclopedia of the Social &
Behavioral Sciences -26 vols - 2001 - Ref Coll 303
I61.E
- Encyclopedia of Sociology - 5 vols - 2000 -
Ref Coll f301.03 E54.2
- Encyclopedia of Social Work - 4 vols - 1995
- Ref Coll 360.305 E56
Dictionaries and Single volume Encyclopaedias
- The Blackwell Companion to Social Theory
-1996 - Ref Coll 300.1 B632
- The Blackwell Companion to Social Work - 1997
- Ref Coll 361.32 B632
- The Blackwell Dictionary of Social Policy -
2002 - Ref Coll 361.6103 B632
- The Blackwell Dictionary of Twentieth-Century
Social Thought - 1993 - Ref Coll 301 B632
- The Blackwell Encyclopaedia of Social Work -
2000 - Ref Coll 361.3203 B632
- The Social Science Encyclopedia - 2nd ed.
1996 - Ref Coll 303 S678.2
- The Social Work Dictionary - 3rd ed. 1995-
Ref Coll 361.303 B255s.3
Handbooks
- Contact issues: a handbook for women separated
with children (Inner Southern Community Health
Service) - 1998 - Ref Coll 306.856 C759
- Handbook of Data Analysis. - 2004 - Ref Coll
300.72 H236.H
- Sage Handbook of Quantitative Methodology for the
Social Sciences. - 2004 - Ref Coll 300.72 S129
Directories
- Australian Directory of Academic and Research
Associations - 5th ed. 2004 - Ref Coll 068.9405 A938
ed.5 2004
- Directory of Australian Associations - 2004 -
Ref Coll 068.9405 D598 ed.49 2004
- Directory of Community Services South
Australia - 2002 - Ref Coll 360.5 D591
- Disability Information Directory South
Australia - 2003 - Ref Coll 362.405 D595
Yearbooks / Statistical sources
- Australia's Welfare- 2003 - Ref Coll
362.99405 A938 ( and web
access )
- Year Book Australia 1901- 2004 - Ref Coll
319.405 Y3 ( also online via AusStats)
- Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) publications -
in addition to its hardcopy holdings, the Library has
access to many of the ABS publications through the
AusStats
web service.
Atlases
- Social Health Atlas of Australia - 2nd ed 9vols -
1999 - Ref Coll f 362.1 G566s.2 ( and web
access)
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Government / Parliamentary
publications
Australian
The Library holds full sets of Parliamentary Papers and
Hansard (the Debates) for the Federal and South Australian
Parliaments. These materials are located on Level 0 in the
Periodicals shelves at 328.9401/ 328.9402 and 328.94201/
328.94202 respectively.
Electronic access to publications of the Federal
Parliament is available through the its
web site, including the Hansard
database.
The South Australian Parliament's website
also provides access to its Hansard.
For the holdings for other States, consult the Library
catalogue or Information Desk staff. For electronic access
follow the links from the
Australian, State, Territory and Local Governments
page.
Overseas
The Library holds some publications of other Parliaments
and Governments. Details of holdings can be found in the
Library catalogue using the official heading for the
particular legislative body, eg. Great Britain Parliament or
United States Congress, or the name of specific government
departments, eg. Indonesia. Dept of Foreign Affairs.
The Internet is also a rich source of such material - see
the links provided under Internet
resources.
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Legislation
Australian
The Law Library (Level 3) holds full sets of Federal and
State legislation, including Bills, Statutes and subordinate
legislation. See the Law
Library Web page for further details.
Electronic access to Australian Federal legislation is
also available through the ScalePlus
Web site.
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Newspapers
Hard copy
- The Library holds a selection of current and
historical Australian and overseas newspapers in print
and microform. Individual titles may be searched through
the Voyager Information System (Library Catalogue). The
full list of current titles by country of origin is
available at the Central Information Desk.
Electronic access
The Library has electronic access to the full-text of
many Australian and international newspapers through the
Factiva
service. The titles of individual newspapers on Factiva,
including start dates of full-text coverage, can be found
through the Voyager Information System, using a Journal
Title search.
Many newspapers are also available directly on the
Internet. See the following links for further details:
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Indexing and abstracting
services
General Social Sciences
- APAIS (Australian Public Affairs Information
Service) -1955-1995 - Ref Coll 016.99405 A93
- PAIS (Public Affairs Information Service)
International - 1915-current - Ref Coll 016.305
P97
- Social Sciences Index - 1955/58-current -
Ref Coll 016.305 S68
More specialised services
- Abstracts in Social Gerontology - 1992-2003
- Ref Coll 016.36205 A164
- Social Work Abstracts -1965-current - Ref
Coll 360.5 S695
- Women's Studies Abstracts - 1972-2001 - Ref
Coll 301.41205 W87
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Electronic Databases
The following major databases deal with subject areas of
relevance to Social Administration and Social Work, but
click
here for a more complete list.
Informit databases:
- AGIS - Attorney-General's Information
System
- APAIS - Australian Public Affairs
Information Service
- FAMILY (Aust Institute of Family Studies)
- MAIS - Multicultural Australia and
Immigration Studies
- AustHealth - including ATSIHealth and
Rural ( Rural and Remote Health)
OVID databases:
- PsycINFO - psychology
- Sociological Abstracts - sociology
literature
- Sociological Abstracts - sociology
literature
FirstSearch databases:
- Contemporary Women's Issues
- PAIS International - international public
policy
ISI Web of Knowledge:
- Current Contents - Social and Behavioral
Sciences
These databases are accessible via the Library
homepage under Information Resources, then Databases.
Use the A-Z listing of 'Databases by title' on this page to
find a particular database.
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Electronic journal collections
The Library now subscribes to many journals in full-text
electronic format. In some cases both a print copy and an
electronic format are available. The Library's holdings of
both formats are identified via the Voyager
Information System - use 'Journal title' search from the
Basic search screen.
Access to the electronic versions of journals can also be
gained via the Library
homepage under Information Resources, then Full-text
Electronic Resources. Use the A-Z index under 'Browse in
title order' to find specific journal titles.
Expanded Academic ASAP and ProQuest are two large
collections of full-text journals which include many titles
relevant to social administration and social work. Select
these collections under 'Browse by collecion' on the
Full-text
Electronic Resources page.
Some journals are freely available on the Internet. See
those listed under 'Social Welfare' and 'Sociology' on
UNESCO's
Social and Human Sciences Online Periodicals site.
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