An extensive guide to key sources for background information, news, data, research organizations, advocacy groups, and library databases on abortion rights.
Hyatt, E. G., McCoyd, J. L. M., & Diaz, M. F. (2022). From Abortion Rights to Reproductive Justice: A Call to Action. Affilia. https://doi.org/10.1177/08861099221077153
Liddell, J. L. (2019). Reproductive Justice and the Social Work Profession: Common Grounds and Current Trends. Affilia, 34(1), 99–115. https://doi.org/10.1177/0886109918803646
Wright, R. L., Bird, M., & Frost, C. J. (2015). Reproductive Health in the United States: A Review of the Recent Social Work Literature. Social Work, 60(4), 295–304. https://doi.org/10.1093/sw/swv028
Covers scholarly publications in sociology, social work, criminal justice, and related fields. Contains >2.5 million articles and other materials (70% in full text) with deep coverage from 1960 and some back to 1882.
A comprehensive index to the literature of psychology and related fields, including entries for journal articles, books, dissertations, and other research materials. It indexes some 4.5 million sources, 40% of which are available in electronic or print full-text in our library.
Our most comprehensive database, Ship Discovery searches across most of Ship's databases, including the library catalog. Excellent for interdisciplinary topics. It includes are formats of material including newspaper and magazine articles, journal articles, books and e-books, videos, and government publications.
This database, produced by the National Library of Medicine, provides indexing for the world's comprehensive life sciences and biomedical literature. It includes abstracts for 33+ million articles in 5,600+ journals currently published worldwide and provides direct links to 14+ million full-text articles.
Academic Search Ultimate is our largest single comprehensive database. It includes records for some 40 million items, with 25+ million immediately available in full-text. It covers all subject areas and includes newspapers and other news sources, general and specialized magazines, and scholarly journals. It is an excellent starting place for most undergraduate research.
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Contents indexed in Ship Library Discovery Search.
Extensive index to educational literature containing some 1.9 million items. About two thirds of the database are entries for articles (ERIC Journals) and another one third are mostly unpublished documents (ERIC Documents) which include research reports, curricular materials, and a variety of other educational research materials. It also includes citations to some 50,000 dissertations.
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Useful Broad Search for Social Work Materials
social work* or "social services" or "human services"
The Guide provides immediate access to tables and graphs that display the ebb and flow of public opinion, electoral behavior, and choice in American politics over time. It serves as a resource for political observers, policy makers, and journalists, teachers, students, and social scientists.
