Social Care Researching

SCIE have published Bibliographical Databases for Social Care Searching, J. Clapton, 2010, a report on the use of bibliographic databases, coverage and strategies, for researching in the field of social care. Among others the report recommends Social Care Online, Child Data, Psychinfo and Applied Social Science Information and Abstracts (ASSIA), all of which are available via our Social Work Electronic Services page. The report recommends search coverage of a minimum of eight databases to ensure in depth research. Our Articles and Search on the Suprimo Catalogue page, can help you with this, and you can now compile customised bundle of databases to cross search using the Find Databases function. Ask at the library enquiry desk for further help.

Literature review of attitudes towards violent extremism amongst Muslim communities in the UK

Research conducted by S. Sheikh et al, for The Department for Communities and Local Government. The report concludes that here are major gaps in the availablility of quality research data on the subject and inconsistencies in terminology used around the subject of violent extremism. The authors make recommendations that future research should involve muslims in the design and delivery and point out that muslim communities seek to be actively involved in any work which challenges those who support violent extremism.

Intute - internet social worker

The Intute gateway for social sciences offers a free online research tutorial for university students at Internet Social Worker.