Research Guides: Social Work: Welfare Policy Research

Policy Research

Journal articles are primary and constantly updated research literature for policy analysis because journal articles provide research based evidence to track the development and implement of a policy for social work practice.

Social Services Abstracts should be use by social work students.
More databases can also be used.

A Framework for Analyzing a Policy Issue

What's the issue?
Historical perspective
What's going on here?
What can be done?
Concluding observations

Encyclopedias provide essential background information about a policy, but information is not updated because of the publications dates are older.

Encyclopedia of Drug Policy by Mark A. R. Kleiman (Editor); James E. Hawdon (Editor)
ISBN: 9781412976954
Publication Date: 2011-01-12
The Encyclopedia of Social Work by Terry Mizrahi; Larry E. Davis
ISBN: 9780195306613
Publication Date: 2008-04-17
Health Care Policy and Politics a to Z by Julie Rovner
ISBN: 9780872897762
Publication Date: 2008-09-24
Social Policy
ISBN: 9781414412641
Publication Date: 2006
Social Welfare Policy Analysis and Choices by Hobart A. Burch
Call Number: coming soon
ISBN: 9780789006035
Publication Date: 1998-11-12

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