Journal Search
Journal Search
Google Scholar is a powerful search tool with broad coverage in many different areas of scholarship. However, it often encourages users to purchase full-text access to articles behind paywalls.
Before you purchase any article, check the Waters Library catalog to see if you already have access using your ETAMU credentials. If the item is not in the catalog, you may still be able to request a copy using Interlibrary Loan.
Please note that Google Scholar does not include a filter to limit results to only peer-reviewed articles.
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"NASW is committed to advancing professional social work practice and the profession; and to promoting human rights, social and economic justice, and unimpeded access to services for everyone."
"NASW/Texas is a professional membership association that advocates for social workers, advances the profession of social work, and promotes sound public policy that is designed to ensure that human needs are met."
The CSWE, a non-profit national association founded in 1952, " is recognized by the Council for Higher Education Accreditation as the sole accrediting agency for social work education in the United States and its territories"
"The Association for Community Organization and Social Action (ACOSA) is an interdisciplinary professional association grounded in the social work profession. Its mission is to promote social change by strengthening community practice in social work."
"AGESW provides leadership in the areas of gerontological social work education, research, and policy, and fosters cooperation, collegiality, and an exchange of ideas among social work educators, researchers, and students committed to or interested in gerontology."
IASWG "is the premier international association for social workers and allied helping professionals engaged in group work. The purpose of this non-profit, member-driven organization is to promote excellence in group work practice, education, field instruction, research and publication."
"A national professional membership organization for Clinical Social Workers, that focus on providing mental health treatment in agencies, clinics, institutions, hospitals and as private practitioners."
"The LSWO is an online organization for social workers to participate in sharing, learning, and networking."
"The National Association of Black Social Workers, Inc., comprised of people of African ancestry, is committed to enhancing the quality of life and empowering people of African ancestry through advocacy, human services delivery, and research."
NAPRHSW's mission is: "To organize Social Workers and other Human Service professionals to strengthen, develop and improve the resources and services that meet the needs of Puerto Rican/Hispanic families."
"NSWM was formed in 1985, by a group of visionary leaders and who's Mission is to strengthen, and mobilize diverse social impact leaders through education, leadership development, networking, and community-building.
The Rural Social Work Caucus is "an informal organization and operates as a “commons” with a set of voluntary leaders that work to keep a voice for social work practice with rural places active within the social work profession"
"The School Social Work Association of America is dedicated to promoting the professional development of School Social Workers in order to enhance the educational experience of students and their families."
"Founded in 1994 as a free-standing organization dedicated to the advancement of social work research, SSWR works collaboratively with a number of other organizations that are committed to improving support for research among social workers."
SSWLHC's "is an association of 500+ members who are dedicated to promoting the universal availability, accessibility, coordination, and effectiveness of healthcare, with a focus on the psychosocial components of health and illness."
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