Social Work Subject Guide

Social Work Libraries and Resources on the World Wide Web

The following libraries offer many options for exploring social work topics. Remember that you are leaving the UTK Library Web pages. Be sure to take note of where you find information, and who is posting that information.

• National Conference on Social Welfare Proceedings (1874-1982)

The University of Michigan Digital Library Production Service, in coooperation with the University of Minnesota, has made available the proceedings of the National Conference on Social Welfare. These conference proceedings are a wonderful source for understanding the evolution of the social work profession and for studying the history of social issues of interest to social work researchers.

• Columbia University Social Work Library


• Columbia University's Social Work Library's Agency Collection

The Agency Collection has proven an invaluable resource to social work/social welfare historians and to social scientists in general. It contains material from domestic and foreign voluntary and public social service agencies, institutions, and organizations. This collection (circa 1934-1970) spans a broad range of subjects including social work, social service, families and children, day care, aging, health and mental health, alcoholism and drug addiction, and social and physical rehabilitation. The majority of the material was produced in the form of general and annual reports, conference and workshop proceedings, position papers and training and case documents.

• Columbia University's School of Social Work Journal

The Journal provides a forum for the exchange of innovative ideas that integrate social work practice, education, research, and theory from the perspective of social work students.

• Northwestern University's list of IGOs (International Governmental Organizations)


• A list of NGOs from Duke University


• SWAN (Social Work Access Network)

From the University of South Carolina.

• Social Work and Social Services Web Sites

Provided by George Warren Brown School of Social Work at Washington University in St. Louis.

• The University of Indianapolis Library Social Work Web Resources


• Information for Practice

Designed to help social service professionals throughout the world conveniently maintain an awareness of news regarding the profession and emerging scholarship.

• Almanac of Policy Issues


• Public Agenda Online

Public information service managed by a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization founded by Cyrus Vance and Daniel Yankelovich. Data and commentary on key public issues and hot topics.

• Pat McClendon's page for Clinical Social Work