Research Guides: Foundations of Social Work Research: SSW 5003: Get Started

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PubMed comprises more than 30 million citations for biomedical literature from MEDLINE, life science journals, and online books. Use the Article Type filter to limit to empirical research.
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Social Science Premium Collection contains international literature in social sciences, including politics, public policy, sociology, social work, anthropology, criminology, linguistics, library science, and education.
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Course Texts

Research Methods for Social Work (7th edition) by Allen Rubin; Earl R. Babbie
Publication Date: 2011 (print)
Covers all aspects of research and illustrates how quantitative and qualitative research techniques complement one another. Open Library has an older, free to read 6th edition online.

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