Spotlight On: Social Services Abstracts

June 28, 2010 – 8:41 AM

Social Services Abstracts is one of the top GALILEO research databases for Social Work.  It provides references and abstracts of research on social work, human services, and related areas, including social welfare, social policy, gerontology, and community development.  Perform a simple or advanced search:

And use the Find it @ UGA button to look for full text of articles.  Note you can use a tab to narrow results to include only peer-reviewed journals (click on image to enlarge).  Associated subject terms from the Thesaurus of Sociological Indexing Terms appear on the right.

Included in the database is the searchable Thesaurus of Sociological Indexing Terms. Choose “Thesaurus” under the “Search Tools” tab and browse the Thesaurus in English, Spanish, or French (click on image to enlarge).

Need help using this resource or conducting research in the social sciences?  Ask a Librarian!

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