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Human Services Pathfinder
Suggested keywords to use alone or in combination, to begin searching
abuse...advocacy...aged/aging...agency... assistance...care...case studies...
child, children... community...counseling...disability(ies)...disaster... domestic...
early intervention...elderly...evaluation... families/family...geriatric(s)...
health...holistic... intervention...mental health...nutrition... outreach... parenting...planning...poverty...prevention... programs...public...psychosocial
...relief... referral...risk...services...social... socialization...spousal...substance... support... therapy...treatment...welfare...work...youth
ARTICLES
Choose a periodical database from the Electronic Databases page and start your search. Results will include citations (referrals) to articles from a variety of publications. Sometimes you’ll be able to read the article itself online. If the article you want is not available online, print the citation. If our library subscribes to the publication, you will need to photocopy the article. If our library does not subscribe, you can request an InterLibrary Loan, or locate the publication in a nearby library.
These HS periodical titles are located in these databases:
Child Study Journal full text in Expanded Academic ASAP
Child Welfare full text in EBSCOhost MasterFILE Premier
Children and Youth Services Review abstracts in Expanded Academic ASAP
Families in Society: The Journal of Contemporary Human Services full text in Expanded Academic ASAP; NVCC subscribes
Journal of Community Health abstracts in PsychInfo; NVCC subscribes
Journal of Family History full text in EBSCOhost MasterFILE Premier
Journal of Family Issues full text in EBSCOhost MasterFILE Premier
Journal of Interpersonal Violence full text in EBSCOhost MasterFILE Premier
Journal of Marriage & Family full text in EBSCOhost MasterFILE Premier; NVCC subscribes
Journal of Mental Health full text in EBSCOhost MasterFile Premier
Journal of Mental Health Counseling full text in EBSCOhost MasterFile Premier & Expanded Academic ASAP
Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare abstracts in Expanded Academic ASAP
Research on Aging full text in EBSCOhost MasterFILE Premier
Social Policy full text in EBSCOhost MasterFile Premier & Expanded Academic ASAP
Social Service Review full text in Expanded Academic ASAP
Social Work full text in EBSCOhost MasterFILE Premier
BOOKS
- use any keywords to search in the Library Online Catalog, for our material.
- Use reQuest - CT State Catalog or Other Library Catalogs, to find out what is available locally in other libraries. InterLibrary loan is available for borrowing materials from elsewhere; ask for help.
WEBSITES
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services websites
Administration for Children & Families http://www.acf.dhhs.gov/
Administration on Aging http://www.aoa.dhhs.gov/
AIDSinfo http://aidsinfo.nih.gov/
Healthfinder http://www.healthfinder.gov/
Health Resources & Services Administration http://www.hrsa.gov/
Indian Health Service http://www.ihs.gov/
National Institute of Mental Health http://www.nimh.nih.gov/
U.S. Dept. of Health & Human Services http://www.hhs.gov/
Connecticut Organizations
Connecticut Association for Human Services http://www.cahs.org/
Connecticut Clearinghouse http://www.ctclearinghouse.org/
Connecticut Voices for Children http://www.ctkidslink.org/
Connecticut Dept of Children & Families http://www.state.ct.us/dcf/
Connecticut Dept of Social Services http://www.dss.state.ct.us/
-- Programs & Services
-- Publications & Brochures
Connecticut General Assembly Committee on Human Services http://www.cga.ct.gov/hs/
Town of Cheshire Human Services page http://www.cheshirect.org/youthsocial/social.html
United Way's Infoline (Connecticut) http://www.infoline.org/
United Way of Lower Naugatuck Valley http://www.valleyunitedway.org/
Other Professional Organizations & Publications
Actors' Fund of America, Human Services http://www.actorsfund.org/services/Social_Services_and_Financial_Assistance/index_html
American Public Human Services Association http://www.aphsa.org/
APA Addictions Newsletter http://www.kumc.edu/addictions_newsletter/
Center for Adolescent Studies http://www.indiana.edu/~cafs/
Center for AIDS Prevention Studies http://www.caps.ucsf.edu/
Center for Independent Living http://www.cilberkeley.org/
Child Welfare League of America http://www.cwla.org/
Child Welfare Review, an online journal http://www.childwelfare.com/kids/news.htm
Cross Cultural Health Care Program http://www.xculture.org/
Families USA http://www.familiesusa.org/
Homelessness http://www.hhs.gov/homeless/
Mental Health Net http://www.mentalhelp.net/
Web of Addictions http://www.well.com/user/woa/
Ask your friendly Reference Librarians for help as needed.
Developed by EJF Rev. 02/08
