Brown School Reference Librarian
Lori Siegel
she/her
Contact:
Lori Siegel
Reference Librarian
Brown Hall, Room 301A
lsiegel@wustl.edu
(314) 935-4064
Brown School Library
Brown Hall, Room 300
brownlibrary@wustl.edu
(314) 935-6633
Reference Librarian
Brown Hall, Room 301A
lsiegel@wustl.edu
(314) 935-4064
Brown School Library
Brown Hall, Room 300
brownlibrary@wustl.edu
(314) 935-6633
Subjects: Social Work
Boxes on This Books Page
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Useful Links for Books
Selected Free Electronic Books
Useful Links for Books
- WUSTL's Library Catalog for Finding BooksBooks in the Danforth/West and medical campus libraries with links to the MOBIUS books. https://spokane.wustl.edu/
- AccessMedicineOver 50 key medical e-books. Off-campus access is restricted to current WUSTL students/faculty/staff. https://libguides.wustl.edu/az.php?q=accessmedicine
- AccessSurgerySurgical e-books. Off-campus access is restricted to current WUSTL students/faculty/staff. https://libguides.wustl.edu/az.php?q=accesssurgery
- Books@OvidMedical, Nursing, and Pharmacology e-books. Off-campus access is restricted to current WUSTL students/faculty/staff. https://libguides.wustl.edu/az.php?a=all&q=books@ovid
- Catalog of U.S. Government PublicationsMany recent items are available online. https://catalog.gpo.gov
- CRCnetBASE (Taylor and Francis Publisher)Over 5,000 full-text books, including health, policy, science, social science, and technology. Change the T&F eBooks dropdown arrow to: All eBook Collections. After your search results display, apply the limit: Content I have access to. Off-campus access is restricted to current WUSTL students, faculty, and staff. https://libguides.wustl.edu/az.php?q=crcnetbase&p=1
- Ebook Collection (Ebsco)E-books purchased by WUSTL or available through MOBIUS (“eMO Books Online”). Off-campus access is restricted to current WUSTL students/faculty/staff. https://libguides.wustl.edu/az.php?q=ebook%20collection%20(ebsco)
- GovInfo.govSite for the official version of many congressional, judicial, and some executive branch documents & books. https://www.govinfo.gov/
- Internet E-books that are Free to ReadThe Multidisciplinary box in the Alumni section of this research guide. Collections of e-books that are free to read through the Internet. https://libguides.wustl.edu/c.php?g=46890&p=301116#s-lg-box-888611
- National Academies PressPublications of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. Covers agriculture, behavioral & social sciences, biography & autobiography, biology & life sciences, information technology, earth sciences, education, energy, engineering & technology, environment, food & nutrition, health & medicine, industry & labor, math, chemistry, physics, space & aeronautics, statistics, transportation & infrastructure. https://nap.nationalacademies.org/
- Online Books or E-booksResearch guide describes e-book resources at WUSTL, websites for locating electronic books, instructions on using various platforms, and tips for using e-readers. https://libguides.wustl.edu/ebooks
- Open Social Work: Education: Open Textbooks for Social Workhttps://opensocialwork.org/education/textbooks/
- O'Reilly Online Learning: Academic EditionMore than 47,000 full-text e-books. Off-campus access is restricted to current WUSTL students, faculty, and staff. https://libguides.wustl.edu/az.php?q=o%27reilly&p=1
- OverDrive Audiobook Collection This link opens in a new windowAccess to downloadable audiobooks. For access on mobile devices download the Libby app. Click more below for instructions on creating an OverDrive account with your wustl.edu email.
- Oxford Bibliographies Online: Social Work This link opens in a new windowListing of important materials from all areas of social work selected by scholars and experts in their disciplines. The bibliography is regularly updated and linked to material owned by WUSTL. Off-campus access is restricted to current WUSTL students/faculty/staff.
- Oxford Reference OnlineContains hundreds of reference books published by Oxford University Press including dictionaries, health, policy, science & technology, and the social sciences. Apply the limit: Show books in my subscription. Off-campus access is restricted to current WUSTL students, faculty, and staff. https://libguides.wustl.edu/az.php?q=oxford%20reference%20online&p=1
- ProQuest Ebook CentralAfter search results display, apply the limit: Owned and subscribed to by my library. Off-campus access is restricted to current WUSTL students/faculty/staff. https://libguides.wustl.edu/az.php?q=proquest%20ebook
- Reference Books and E-books at WUSTLSelected reference books and e-books at WUSTL that relate to social work, social policy, and public health. https://libguides.wustl.edu/c.php?g=46890&p=301059#s-lg-box-894791
- SAGE Research Methods This link opens in a new windowSelected full text e-books on social-related research methods. Off-campus access is restricted to current WUSTL students/faculty/staff.
Selected Free Electronic Books
The following are free to read on the screen. Contact the copyright holder if you wish to use or adapt the information. Additional electronic books are in the Alumni Resources tab.
- Alumni Resources Tabhttps://libguides.wustl.edu/c.php?g=46890&p=301117
- American Indian and Alaska Native Roundtable on Long Term Care: Final Report 2002The Indian Health Service (IHS), in partnership with the Administration on Aging (AoA) and the National Indian Council on Aging (NICOA), held a Roundtable Conference on American Indian and Alaska Native Long Term Care on April 11, 12, 2002. Prepared by: Jo Ann Kauffman, Kauffman and Associates, Inc. under contract with the Indian Health Service (IHS). Copyright: Kauffman and Associates, Inc. Received permission to post the PDF.
- The Children’s Bureau Legacy: Ensuring the Right to ChildhoodWritten and published by: Children’s Bureau, U.S. Department of Health & Human Services. https://www.childwelfare.gov/pubPDFs/cb_ebook.pdf This item is in the public domain.
- Cost analysis in program evaluation: A guide for child welfare researchers and service providersWritten by: Calculating the Costs of Child Welfare Services Workgroup. Published by: Children’s Bureau, Administration for Children and Families, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. https://www.acf.hhs.gov/sites/default/files/documents/cb/cost_analysis_guide.pdf This item is in the public domain.
- The Labor Market for Social Workers: A First LookWritten by: Michael C. Barth and Yvon Pho for The John A. Hartford Foundation, Inc. Published by: The John A. Hartford Foundation, Inc. Copyright: The John A. Hartford Foundation. Received permission to post the PDF.
- Prevention Resource Guide (2021-2022)Written and published by: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Children’s Bureau, Office on Child Abuse and Neglect. "... seeks to highlight the innovative ways that communities around the country are doing purposeful prevention work to help children and families thrive..." https://www.childwelfare.gov/topics/preventing/preventionmonth/resources/resource-guide/ This item is in the public domain.
- Resident Centered Community-Building: What Makes it Different?: A Report from the Connecting Communities Learning Exchange (2013)Published by the Aspen Institute, Roundtable on Community Change. Copyright: Connecting Communities Learning Exchange. https://www.aspeninstitute.org/publications/resident-centered-community-building-what-makes-it-different/
- Social Work & the Affordable Care Act: Maximizing the Profession’s Role in Health Reform2015? Written by: Christina Andrews and Teri Browne. Published by: Society for Social Work Leadership in Health Care. Copyright: Society for Social Work Leadership in Health Care. Received permission to post the PDF. https://libguides.wustl.edu/ld.php?content_id=10384268
- Unaffordable America: Poverty, Housing, and Eviction (2015).Written by: Matthew Desmond. Published by: Institute for Research on Poverty, University of Wisconsin-Madison. Fast Focus No. 22-2015. Copyright: Regents of the University of Wisconsin System on behalf of the Institute for Research on Poverty. https://www.irp.wisc.edu/publications/fastfocus/pdfs/FF22-2015.pdf
- Universal Coverage of Long-Term Care in the United States: Can We Get There from Here? (2012).Editors: Douglas Wolf and Nancy Folbre. Published by: Russell Sage Foundation. Copyright: Russell Sage Foundation. https://www.russellsage.org/publications/universal-coverage-long-term-care-united-states
- What We Believe: A History of the George Warren Brown School of Social Work, 1909-2007 (2008).Written by: Candace O'Connor. Published by: Washington University in St. Louis. Copyright: Washington University in St. Louis. https://wustl.box.com/s/3k1944fvgur1sssykv84fn45np9e5o4s
- The WIC Program: Background, Trends, and Economic Issues, 2009 EditionWritten by: Victor Oliveira and Elizabeth Frazao. Published by: United States Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service. Economic Research Report Number 73. https://www.ers.usda.gov/publications/pub-details/?pubid=46177 This item is in the public domain.
- The WIC Program: Background, Trends, and Economic Issues, 2015 EditionWritten by: Victor Oliveira and Elizabeth Frazao. Published by: United States Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service. Economic Information Bulletin Number 134. https://www.ers.usda.gov/publications/pub-details/?pubid=43927 This item is in the public domain.