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A sample of the online journals available in social work include:

• Child & Family Social Work
• Health & Social Work
• Journal of Social Work Education
• Journal of Social Work Practice
• Social Work in Health Care

To locate all online journals available to you, search your local library.

A sample of the online books available in social work include:

• NatMed Pro

Pro (formerly Natural Medicines) offers information on dietary supplements and alternative therapies, including details on their safety, benefits, side effects, drug interactions, and more.

• Ovid Clinical Edge

Ovid Clinical EDGE is a clinical, evidence-based tool that integrates content from UpToDate, MEDLINE, and Ovid journals. It allows for quick access to the latest journal research, evidence-based guidelines, and eBooks with full-text links.

• Psychiatry Online

PsychiatryOnline is a web-based research portal from American Psychiatric Publishing, Inc., offering online access to key reference materials and journals in psychiatry. It includes the DSM® Library, which features the widely used Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders – DSM-5-TR, as well as the American Journal of Psychiatry.

• Psychology and Behavioral Sciences Collection

The Psychology and Behavioral Sciences Collection is a comprehensive database that covers a wide range of topics, including emotional and behavioral characteristics, psychiatry and psychology, mental processes, anthropology, and observational and experimental methods. It is the world’s largest full-text psychology database, providing full-text access to nearly 400 journals.

• PTSDpub

The PTSDpubs database is a comprehensive resource on PTSD, produced by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs. While it is focused on PTSD, it includes literature that extends beyond Veterans to cover a broader range of topics related to the disorder.

• PubMed

Bibliographic database containing millions of citations and abstracts of biomedical and life sciences literature.

• Sage Video-Counseling and Psychotherapy

The Counseling and Psychotherapy Collection offers research-focused videos related to the social science of Counseling and Psychotherapy. This collection includes a variety of video types and lengths, such as case studies, tutorials, interviews with leading experts, documentaries, real-life professional footage, quick reference definitions, and more.

• Sage Video-Psychology Collection

The Psychology Collection features research-based videos within the field of Psychology. It includes a wide range of video types and lengths, such as case studies, tutorials, interviews with experts, documentaries, real-life professional footage, quick reference definitions, and more.

Please check with your local library for additional databases in your subject area.

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• Discharge Planning
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