LibGuides: Social Work: E-Resources

Off-Campus Access to E-Resources

Are you doing research off-campus?

You may access our e-resources remotely by the off-campus access methods

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Citing References - APA

APA (American Psychological Association) style is one of the common citation styles for referencing:

APA Style Guide from Purdue Online Writing Lab
The resource provides the American Psychological Association (APA) citation and format style. It contains resources on in-text citation and the References page, as well as APA sample papers, slide presentations, and the APA classroom poster.
You may also read the Citation style recommendations / guidelines for other disciplines from the University.

Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association by American Psychological Association
Call Number: BF76.7 .P83 2020
Publication Date: 2019-10-01
7th edition
Concise Guide to APA Style by American Psychological Association Staff (Contribution by)
Call Number: WZ39 .C66 2020
Publication Date: 2019-12-01
7th edition

Databases

The Library provides related e-resources with different formats:

Some core and important databases for the subjects in Social Work:

Academic Search Ultimate
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Coverage: 1975 - present
A multi-disciplinary database provides full text for more than 4,500 journals.
Conference Proceedings Citation Index - Social Science & Humanities
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Coverage: 1990 - present
Indexes conference literature in all fields of social sciences, arts, and humanities. Includes all cited references captured from indexed articles and supports cited reference search.
Scopus
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Coverage: 1823 - present
Includes the abstracts and references of 15,000 peer-reviewed journals across different subject disciplines.
Social Sciences Citation Index at Web of Science
Coverage: 1956 - present
A multidisciplinary index to the journal literature of the social sciences from over 3,300 of the world's leading scientific and technical journals. Includes all cited references captured from indexed articles and supports cited reference search.
Social Services Abstracts
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Coverage: 1979 - present
Provides bibliographic coverage to over 1,300 publications of current research focused on social work, human services, and related areas, including social welfare, social policy, and community development.
Social Work Abstracts
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Coverage: 1977 - present
Contains more than 45,000 records from social work and other related journals on topics such as homelessness, AIDS, child and family welfare, aging, and more.
中国期刊全文数据库
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涵蓋: 1915至今
收錄 8700 多種重要期刊，內容覆蓋自然科學、工程技術、農業、哲學、醫學、人文社會科學等各個領域。
Coverage: 1915 - present
Provides over 8,700 journals published in China, subjects including natural science, engineering, agriculture, philosophy, medicine, humanities and social sciences.
Airiti Library 華藝線上圖書館
涵蓋逾七百種在台灣出版的關於人文學、自然科學、醫學與生命科學、應用科學、法律及社會科學的期刊。
港澳中文期刊論文索引 = Hong Kong and Macau Index to Chinese Periodicals
涵蓋: 1980至今
收錄在香港及澳門出版的中文、雙語期刊。內容以人文科學及社會科學為主。引用的期刊共超過三百種。除具備多項基本檢索功能外，亦提供部分文章的電子全文連結。

Mobile Apps

BrowZine

Find, read, and monitor scholarly journals in a single App.
Select the Chinese University of Hong Kong and log in with your Student / Staff ID and Library Password.

EBSCOHost

iPhone/iPad App

Allows you to search multiple EbscoHost databases in one go, e.g. Academic Search Premier. Go to EbscoHost Databases, click on the iPhone and Android apps link at bottom and follow instructions. The email address supplied must end with cuhk.edu.hk