General Purpose

To support instruction, study, and research at B.S.S.W., M.S.S.W., and Ph.D. levels in Social Work; to support the M.S.S.W. degree concentration of Social Work Treatment or Social Work Administration and Planning; to serve as an interlibrary loan source for students pursuing the M.S.S.W. degree at the College of Social Work's Nashville and Memphis locations.

Subject Description

The program prepares students to provide skilled intervention leading to the prevention and amelioration of individual and societal problems.

Overlap with Other Subjects

Social Work overlaps with agriculture (economics and rural sociology), education (educational and counseling psychology, special services education, human services), human ecology (child and family studies), interdisciplinary studies (African-American studies, women's studies), law, political science, psychology, and sociology.

Languages Collected and Excluded

English is the primary language of the collection. Materials in other languages are added selectively.

Geographic Parameters

There are no geographic restrictions to collecting.

Chronological Scope

Materials covering the twentieth century are primarily added. Publications dealing with earlier time periods are acquired selectively.

Dates of Publication

No restrictions are placed on publication dates.

Retrospective Acquisitions

Retrospective collecting is primarily done for journal backfiles.

Types of Materials Collected and Excluded

Scholarly publications of all types are selected.

Formats of Materials Collected and Excluded

All formats are considered for the collection.

Cooperation with Other Libraries

No formal cooperative collection development agreements are in place.

Alternative Access to Resources

Both the collection of the College of Law library and interlibrary loan are sources of materials not in the UT collection.

Position Responsible for Collection

Off-Campus Services Reference Librarian (Knoxville), Margaret Casado
Social Work Librarian (Nashville), Elsie Pettit

Corresponding Fund

Social Work, Alumni School of Social Work

Other Factors

This collection also provides for the dual degree porgram with the Department of Political Science conferring both Master of Science in Social Work and Master of Public Administration degrees.

May 24, 2002