LIBRARY
HUS 121: Introduction to Human Services: Recommended Resources
This course explores the field of human services, its history, concepts, delivery strategies, and values. The course also examines the various roles of human services workers in contemporary society.
Databases
- EBSCO This link opens in a new window
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Scholarly, multi-disciplinary full-text databases (indexes). EBSCO also contains the following subject-specific databases: ATLA, Business Source Premier, CPLI, ERIC, History Reference Center, Literature Reference Center Plus, MLA Directory of Periodicals, MLA International Bibliography, PsycArticles, and PsycINFO. Click "All EBSCOhost Reference Databases" link and checkmark databases/indexes to search more than one database at a time. - ProQuest One This link opens in a new windowAcademic multi-disciplinary databases that contain full-text, scholarly articles for research in: the arts, business, current events/news, health and medicine, history, literature and languages, science and technology, and the social sciences.
- Sage Journals This link opens in a new window
Covers subject areas including business, humanities, social sciences, and science, technology, medicine and more. Full text articles are available from 1999 to the present.To limit your search to full text articles only, use the Advanced Seach option "SAGE Journals Available to Me."
Recommended Specific Journals
Journal of Technology in Human Services is included in EBSCO or search within the journal by clicking on the link.
Journal of Health and Human Services is included in EBSCO and ProQuest or search within the journal by clicking on the link.
Journal of Human Services is included in EBSCO or search within this journal by clicking on the link.
Recommended Ebooks
Addressing Racial Disproportionality and Disparities in Human Services by ISBN: 9780231537070Publication Date: 2014-11-25The first book to examine disproportionality across various systems of care and multiple ethnic populations.
Human Services Dictionary by ISBN: 9781135942991Publication Date: 2012-10-12Written in an interesting, accessible and informative manner, with 1600 entries this book is an ideal reference for human service professionals and students preparing for exams. Special features include: extensive cross-referencing, a directory of human service organizations, short biographies of important figures in the profession, a short history of human services, and specialized and slang terms specific to the human service profession.
