SOWK 2013
Books for Introduction to Social Work

The following books can all be located within the library by searching by author, editor, or title here.

Berkman, B. (Ed.). (2006). Handbook of social work in health and
     aging. Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Burfoot, A. & Lord, S. (Eds.). (2006). Killing women: The visual culture
     of gender and violence. Waterloo, Ont.: Wilfred Laurier University
     Press.

Burke, P. (Ed.). (2007). Social work and disadvantage: Addressing the
     roots of stigma through association. London: Jessica Kingsley
     Publishers.

Carter, C. (2006). Social work and women's health: Resources on
     health empowerment, advocacy, and literacy. Alexandira, Va:
     Council on Social Work Education.

Clarke-Stewart, A. & Dunn, J. (Eds.). (2006) Families count: Effects on
     child and adolescent development. Cambridge: Cambridge University
     Press.

Currie, J. (2006). The invisible safety net: Protecting the nation's poor
      children and families. Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press.

Delgado, M. (2007). Social work with latinos: A cultural assets
     paradigm. Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Dorias, M. (2002). Don't tell: The sexual abuse of boys. (I.D. Meyer,
     Trans.). Montreal: McGill-Queen's University Press.

Garbarino, J. (2006). See Jane hit: Why girls are growing more violent and what can be done about it. New York: Penguin Press.

Ginsberg, L. (Ed.). (2005). Social work in rural communities. Alexandria
      Va: Council on Social Work Education.

Goodman, A. (2007). Social work with drug and substance misusers.
     Exeter: Learning Matters.

Krebs, B. & Pitcoff, P. (2006). Beyond the foster care system: The future
     for teens. New Brunswick, N.J.: Rutgers University Press.

Messinger, L. & Morrow, D. (Eds.). (2006). Case studies on sexual
     orientation and gender expression in social work practice. New
     York: Columbia University Press.

Payne, R. K. (2005). A framework for understanding poverty. Highlands,
     Tx: Aha! Process, Inc.

Popple, P. & Vecchiolla, F. (2007.) Child welfare social work:
     An introduction. Boston: Pearson/Allyn and Bacon.

Reamer, F. G. (2006). Social work values and ethics. New York:
     Columbia University Press.

Roberts, A. (Ed.). (1983). Social work in juvenile and criminal justice
     settings. Springfield, Il: C.C. Thomas.

Rowan, E. (2006). Understanding child sexual abuse. Jackson: University
     of Mississippi Press.

Waldfogel, J. (2006). What children need. Cambridge, Ma: Harvard
     University Press.

Following APA style rules

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Many other disciplines (including psychology, the behavioral sciences, nursing, personnel administration and many areas within education) have adopted this as their professional writing standard as well.

In an academic environment, you will often be expected to conform to this standard when writing. At this point, you should be mostly concerned with creating an accurate reference list using proper format and providing citations within the text to give credit for an idea or concept to the source from which you got it.

Print:

Publication manual of the American Psychological Association (5th ed.). (2001). Washington, D.C.: American Psychological Association.

The library owns several copies of the style guide; however, only the 4th edition circulates (can be checked out). There are five copies of the 5th edition in reference and one on reserve. ( BF76.7 .P83 2001)

Websites:

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Using APA format (Purdue University) - this comprehensive guide summarizes the print version of the book. Click on Your Reference List to find examples of the proper format to use when listing sources you used.

Long Island University's Citation Style Guide

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