Additional resources for finding popular sources are listed in the Newspapers Guide.
Explore Social Work Journals
Databases | Scholarly and Peer Reviewed Articles
- Social Services AbstractsSocial Services Abstracts indexes current research focused on social work, human services, and related areas.
- Social Work AbstractsIndexes current research on social work, human services, and related areas, including social welfare, social policy, community development.
- Scopus Search citations and abstracts for journal articles, conference proceedings, and other resources in the sciences, social sciences, arts, and humanities. Can also be used for cited reference searches, citation analysis of research and searching by affiliation.
- Web of Science Core CollectionMultidisciplinary database of journal articles and conference proceedings, used for citation analysis of research. Includes access to EndNote Basic, a web-based version of EndNote.
- PsycInfo (Includes full text from PsycArticles) (via EBSCO)Covers psychology and the psychological aspects of various other disciplines. Contains citations and summaries of journal articles, book chapters, books, and technical reports, as well as citations to dissertations.
- Sociology CollectionIncludes Sociological Abstracts, Applied Social Sciences Index & Abstracts (ASSIA), and full text from the journals included in Sociology Database.
- CINAHL (via EBSCOhost) - Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health LiteratureKey database in nursing and allied health.
- Intersectional LGBTQ Issues Digital ArchiveTen case studies pertaining to Intersectional LGBTQ issues and history in the 21st century
- LGBTQ+ SourceThe premier resource to the world's literature regarding Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender issues.
- MEDLINE (Ovid)Premier biomedical database with over 23 million journal articles in the life sciences. Similar to Pubmed in content, this OvidSP interface facilitates structured searching and allows editing of search histories.
News Sources | Grey Material Databases
- Canada CommonsSearchable access to current public documents issued by Canadian public policy and health research agencies and think tanks, as well as books from over 70 Canadian publishers.
- Alternative Press Index (EBSCO)Alternative Press Index (API) is a bibliographic database of journal, newspaper, and magazine articles from over 300 international alternative, radical, and left periodicals
- Canadian Business & Current Affairs (CBCA)Includes journals, magazines, and newspapers published in Canada in the fields of business, current events, education and general reference.
- FactivaFactiva provides access to a deep archive of news and business information, allowing users to conduct in-depth research on companies, industries, regional affairs.
Open Access Journals
- Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ)Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) is an online directory that indexes and provides access to quality open access, peer-reviewed journals.
- Digital Commons NetworkThe Digital Commons Network brings together free, full-text scholarly articles from hundreds of universities and colleges worldwide. Curated by university librarians and their supporting institutions, the Network includes a growing collection of peer-reviewed journal articles, book chapters, dissertations, working papers, conference proceedings, and other original scholarly work.
- Visions: BC's Mental Health and Addictions Journal"Visions is an award-winning quarterly magazine that brings together many views on mental health and substance use. It’s a place to explore different aspects of wellness, share your own experiences, learn from others, and discuss ideas.
The journal is written by and for people who have experienced mental health or substance use problems or used mental health or addictions services, along with service providers, family and friends, community advocates, and leaders and decision-makers."