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Database information for Social Services Abstracts

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• Coverage: 1980-current
• Type(s) of Content: Abstract; Index
• Subject Areas:
• Library of Congress Clasification:
• Short Description:
  Indexing and abstracts of journal articles on the subject of social work, human services, and related areas such as social welfare, social policy, and community development, with coverage from 1980 to the present.
• Annotation:
  Summarizes over 1,400 journal articles and dissertations, and citations to book reviews. Topics include:

  • Community and mental health services
  • Crisis intervention
  • The family and social welfare
  • Gerontology
  • Poverty and homelessness
  • Professional issues in social work
  • Social and health policy
  • Social services in addiction
  • Social work education
  • Social work practice
  • Support groups/networks
  • Violence, abuse, neglect
  • Welfare services