Suggested Books, Readings, and Videos
The Encyclopedia of Social Work by Call Number: ebookISBN: 9780195310368Publication Date: Updated monthlyThis online platform of the classic reference work includes more than 800 articles covering all aspects of social work, from practice and interventions, social environments, social conditions and challenges, to social policy and history. New articles and revisions to existing articles are added regularly.
Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders DSM-5 by Call Number: ebookISBN: 9780890425541Publication Date: 2013-05-22The DSM-5 is the most comprehensive, current, and critical resource for clinical practice available to today's mental health clinicians and researchers of all orientations. The information contained in the manual is also valuable to other physicians and health professionals, including psychologists, counselors, nurses, and occupational and rehabilitation therapists, as well as social workers and forensic and legal specialists.
- Social Work OnlineSocial Work Online is a first-of-its-kind resource that pairs recently published social work textbooks along with compelling documentaries clinical demonstration videos, and engaging lectures that illustrate the complex and challenging realities social work students will face as practitioners.
Video Collections
- Sage Video: Business & Management and Social WorkFeatures original and licensed video showcasing social work skills, practices, populations, challenges, and research. It aims to showcase the skills necessary to become a social worker; give insights into different client groups at the micro, mezzo, and macro levels; and elevate understanding of how theory and policy relate to practice.
- Counseling and Therapy in VideoVideos on the topics including the realities of working with clients and the challenges associated with putting theoretical concepts into practice, grounding in dozens of therapeutic methods and diagnoses, documentaries providing training in skills such as reflection and empathy, new and emerging areas (such as cyberbullying, mindfulness, and social media), and the current therapy environment (such as veterans, eating disorders, and autism).
- Counseling and Therapy Online: Current PracticesA multimedia collection that addresses current best practices for counseling and therapy. Includes transcripts of real therapy sessions, video presentations by practicing therapists as well as presentations and publications by renowned academic therapists.
- Nursing and Mental Health in VideoFeatures over 240 videos of the most common mental health disorders nurses may encounter – whether in a primary care setting, emergency room, medical, psychiatric or other.
- Ethnographic Video OnlineA comprehensive online resource for the visual study of human culture, behavior and society around the world. The collections contain over 1,300 hours of streaming video, including ethnographic films, documentaries, select feature films, and previously unpublished fieldwork. It’s also a resource for a study of the discipline itself: By placing examples of traditional ethnographic methodologies alongside indigenous-made films representing previously overlooked perspectives, scholars, teachers and students of anthropology can gain a sense of the discipline’s history and of its future direction. Includes access to Volumes 1 - 4.