Encyclopedias, Dictionaries, and Glossaries

• The Encyclopedia of Aging: A Comprehensive Resource in Gerontology and Geriatrics - (paper) call # WT13.E56, LRC-R
• Encyclopedia of Social Work - (paper) call # HV35.E5
• The Essential Guide to Aging in the Twenty-first Century: Mind, Body, and Behavior - (Previous editions published under the title The Graying of America) by Donald H. Kausler, Barry C. Kausler, and Jill A. Krupsa)
• Poverty: An International Glossary, 2nd ed. - by Paul Spicker, Sonia Alvarez Leguizamon, David Gordon, Comparative Research Programme on Poverty; International Social Science council. Also available in SocINDEX with Full Text.
• Social Work Dictionary - (paper) call # HV12.B37, LRC-R

Handbooks

• opens new windowAdvocacy Skills for Health and Social Care Professionals-- by Neil Bateman
• American Homelessness: A Reference Handbook - by Mary Ellen Hombs, (paper) opens new window call # HV4505.H647
• Childhood Sexual Abuse: A Reference Handbook - by Karen L. Kinnear, (paper) opens new windowcall # HV6570.K55
• opens new windowChildren and Adolescents in Need: A Legal Primer for the Helping Professional - by Virginia G. Weisz, (paper) opens new windowcall # KF3735.Z9.W45
• opens new windowHandbook for In-Service Training in Human Services - by William Crimando and T.F. Riggar
• opens new windowHandbook for Practice Learning in Social Work and Social Care - edited by Joyce Lishman
• Handbook of Aging and the Family - by Rosemary H. Blieszner - (paper) opens new windowcall # HQ1061.H3353
• opens new windowHandbook of Aging and the Social Sciences
• Handbook of Child and Adolescent Treatment Manuals --edited by Craig Winston LeCroy - (paper) opens new windowcall # WS350.2.H2354
• opens new windowHandbook of Drug Abuse Prevention: Theory, Science, & Practice - edited by Zili Sloboda and William J. Bukoski
• Handbook of Early Childhood Intervention - edited by Jack P. Shonkoff and Samuel J. Meisels, (paper) opens new windowcall # WS350.6 H236
• opens new windowHandbook of Marriage & the Family, 2nd ed. - by Marvin B. Sussman, Suzanne K. Steinmetz, and Gary W. Peterson
• Handbook of Parenting - edited by Marc H. Bornstein, (paper) opens new windowcall # HQ755.8.H357
• opens new windowHandbook of Religion & Social Institutions - edited by Helen Rose Fuchs Ebaugh
• -opens new windowHandbook of Social Work in Child & Adolescent Sexual Abuse -edited by Carolyn Hilarski, John S. Wodarski , and Marvin D. Feit
• Handbook of Social Work Practice with Vulnerable and Resilient Populations - edited by Alex Gitterman, (paper) opens new windowcall # HV91.H265
• Handbook of the Psychology of Aging - edited by James E. Birren and K. Warner Schaie, (paper) opens new windowcall # BF724.55. A35H36
• International Handbook on Aging : Contemporary Developments and Research - edited by Erdman Palmore - (paper) opens new windowcall # HQ1061. I535
• International Handbook on Social Work Education - edited by Thomas D. Watts, Doreen Elliott, and Nazneen S. Mayadas, (paper) opens new windowcall # HV11. I565
• Social Work Almanac - by Leon H. Ginsberg, (paper) opens new windowcall # HV90.G53
• opens new windowSocial Work Student's Research Handbook - by Dominique Moyse Steinberg (alternative link)

Other Key Texts

• opens new windowAdvocacy Skills for Health and Social Care Professionals - by Neil Bateman
• opens new windowAfrican-American Social Workers & Social Policy - edited by Tricia B. Bent-Goodley
• Aging and Caregiving: Theory, Research, and Policy - edited by David E. Biegel and Arthur Blum, (paper) opens new windowcall # HV1461. A49
• opens new windowAging and Ethnicity: Knowledge and Services - by Donald E. Gelfand, (paper) opens new windowcall # HQ1064.U5 G378
• opens new windowThe Anthropology of Welfare-- edited by Ian R. Edgar and Andrew Russell
• opens new windowBeyond the Foster Care System: The Future for Teens - by Betsy Krebs and Paul Pitcoff
• opens new windowBuilding Strengths and Skills: A Collaborative Approach to Working with Clients - by Jacqueline Corcoran
• opens new windowChild Welfare for the Twenty-First Century SocINDEX with Full Text
  edited by Gerald P. Mallon and Peg McCartt Gess
• opens new windowCommunity Practice Theories and Skills for Social Workers ebrary
  by David A. Hardcastle, Patricia R. Powers, and Stanley Wenocur
• opens new windowCompetence in Social Work Practice: A Practical Guide for Students and Professionals ebrary
  edited by Kieran O'Hagan
• opens new windowConstructing Clienthood in Social Work and Human Services: Interaction, Identities, and Practices ebrary
  edited by Chris Hall, et al.
• opens new windowDeveloping Practice Guidelines for Social Work Intervention: Issues Methods, and Research Agenda ebrary
  edited by Aaron Rosen and Enola K. Proctor
• opens new windowDisability Issues for Social Workers & Human Services Professionals in the Twenty-First Century SocINDEX with Full Text
  by John W. Murphy and John T. Pardeck
• opens new windowEthics in Social Work: A Context of Caring SocINDEX with Full Text
  by Marvin D. Feit
• opens new windowFractured Cities: Social Exclusion, Urban Violence & Contested Spaces in Latin America SocINDEX with Full Text
  by Kees Koonings and Dirk Kruijt
• Gerontological Social Work Practice in Long-Term Care edited by George S. Getzel and M. Joanna Mellor - (paper) opens new windowcall # HV1451.G47
• opens new windowGerontological Social Work Supervision SocINDEX with Full Text
• opens new windowGood Practice with Vulnerable Adults ebrary
  edited by Jacki Pritchard
• opens new windowGroups That Work: Structure and Process ebrary
  by Paul H. Ephross and Thomas V. Vassil
• opens new windowInfluence of Religious Beliefs on Social Interaction SocINDEX with Full Text
  by Yongling Xue
• opens new windowIntroducing Advocacy: The first Book of Speaking Up ebrary
  by John Tufail and Kate Lyon
• opens new windowLong-term Care and Medicare Policy ebrary
  edited by David Blumthal, et al.
• opens new windowPolicy, People, and the New Professional: De-Professionalisation and Re-Professionalisation in Care and Welfare ebrary
  edited by Willem Duyvendak, Trudie Knijn, and Monique Kremer
• opens new windowRelational Social Work: Toward Networking and Societal Practices ebrary
  by Fabio Folgheraiter
• opens new windowReligion & Social Justice for Immigrants SocINDEX with Full Text
  by Pierrette Hondagneu-Sotelo; also in opens new windowebrary
• opens new windowSocial Work and Evidence-Based Practice ebrary
  edited by David Bromfield Smith
• opens new windowSocial Work and Social Exclusion: The Idea of Practice ebrary
  by Michael Sheppard
• Social Work and Disadvantage: Addressing the Roots of Stigma through Association ebrary
  edited by Peter Burke and Jonathan Parker
• opens new windowSocial Work Diagnosis in Contemporary Practice ebrary
  edited by Francis J. Turner
• opens new windowSocial Work in the Health Field: A Care Perspective SocINDEX with Full Text
  by Lois A. Fort Cowles
• opens new windowSocial Work Practice: Concepts, Processes, and Interviewing ebrary
  by Marion Bogo
• opens new windowSocial Work Practice in Community-Based Health Care SocINDEX with Full Text
  by Marcia Egan and Goldie Kadushin
• opens new windowSocial Work Practice in the Military SocINDEX with Full Text
  by James G. Daley
• opens new windowSocial Work Practice with African American Families SocINDEX with Full Text
  edited by Cheryl Waites
• opens new windowSocial Work Practice with the Asian American Elderly SocINDEX with Full Text
  by Namkee G. Choi
• Social Work Services in Schools by Paula Allen-Meares, Robert O. Washington, and Betty L. Welsh - (paper) opens new windowcall # LB3013.4. A45
• opens new windowSocial Work Skills: A Practice Handbook ebrary
  by Pamela Trevithick
• opens new windowSocial Work Values and Ethics, 3rd ed., ebrary
  by Frederic G. Reamer
• opens new windowSocial Work with Children and Families: Getting into Practice ebrary
  by Ian Butler and Gwenda Roberts
• opens new windowSociology for Social Workers and Probation Officers ebrary
  by Viviene E. Cree
• opens new windowTranspersonal Perspectives on Spirituality in Social Work SocINDEX with Full Text
  edited by Edward R Canda and Elizabeth D Smith
• opens new windowThe Value Base of Social Work and Social Care ebrary
  edited by Adam Barnard, Nigel Horner and Jim Wild