Many books on Human Services can be found in the HV section, below are some additional subject headings that will be useful for research in the human services.

• Family Social Work
• Group Work
• Nonprofit Organizations
• Public Welfare
• Social Case Work
• Social Workers
• People with Disabilities
• Substance Abuse

• Encyclopedia of Social Work
• Social Worker's Desk Reference
• Encyclopedia of Adoption
• Encyclopedia of Gerontology
• Human Services Dictionary
• Encyclopedia of Homelessness
• Encyclopedia of Adoption
• Encyclopedia of Disability
• Encyclopedia of Alcoholism and Alcohol Abuse
• Domestic Violence Sourcebook
• Child Abuse Sourcebook

Databases

Research databases are a collection magazines, journals, newspapers, and books, many of which are available full-text. You can access this information from on-campus or off-campus using your Lakeland ID. Below is a list of databases most useful for research in the human services.

• SocINDEX provides indexing, abstracts, and full text for articles and other publications in sociology.
• Psychology and Behavioral Sciences Collection provides abstracts and full text on psychiatry and psychological topics.
• Sociological Abstracts provides indexing and abstracts to articles in sociology, 1963-2005.
• Social Sciences Citation Index provides indexing, and citation searching for articles in the social sciences.
• Academic Search Complete is a comprehensive, multi-disciplinary full-text database.

• American Public Human Services Association
• America's Children
• Children and Families, Brookings Institution
• National Association of Social Workers
• Ohio Department of Job and Family Services
• Online Dictionary of the Social Sciences
• Social and Demographic Trends, Pew Research Center
• Statistical Abstract of the United States
• US Department of Health and Human Services

Questions or comments, contact:
Emily Szymanski, Reference & Instruction Librarian