UNT Websites
- Department website: http://sowk.hps.unt.edu/
- UNT catalog page : http://www.unt.edu/catalog/undergrad/rswa.htm
National Association of Social Workers - Code of Ethics
Social Work Professional Associations
- National Association of Social Workers (NASW)(NASW) is the largest membership organization of professional social workers in the world, with 145,000 members. NASW works to enhance the professional growth and development of its members, to create and maintain professional standards, and to advance sound social policies.
- American Association for Psychoanalysis in Clinical Social Work (AAPCSW)AAPCSW "represents the interests of social work psychoanalysts and psycho-analytically informed social workers."
- American Board of Examiners in Clinical Social Work"(ABE) sets national practice standards, issues an advanced-practice credential, and publishes reference information about its board-certified clinicians."
Stay Informed with Social Work News Sites, Podcasts, and Blogs
- Information for Practicea great free source for social work news, open access journal articles, gray literature, and more.
Open Access Journal Databases
- Social Science Research Network (SSNR)SSRN´s eLibrary provides 885,565 research papers from 423,322 researchers across 30 disciplines
- National Academies PressAll books published by the National Academies Press can be downloaded as PDFs for free by registering for a free account. Browse topics like aging, children, youth & families, policy, reviews and evaluations, population and fertility studies, women and minorities.
- SocArXiv.orgOpen archive of the social sciences, provides a free, non-profit, open access platform for social scientists to upload working papers, preprints, and published papers, with the option to link data and code.
- Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ)DOAJ is a community-curated online directory that indexes and provides access to high quality, open access, peer-reviewed journals.
Open Access Social Work Journals
Open Access Social Work Books
- Open Social Work BooksOver 100 open access books relevant to social work education
Project by Matthew DeCarlo, PhD, MSW,
Assistant Professor of Social Work at Stockton University, Kimberly Pendell, MSIS,
Social Work & Social Sciences Librarian
and Associate Professor at Portland State University, and Anne Marie Gruber, Textbook Equity Librarian at the University of Northern Iowa. - Open Access Social Work TextbooksOver 60 open textbooks relevant to social work education.
Project by Matthew DeCarlo, PhD, MSW,
Assistant Professor of Social Work at Stockton University, Kimberly Pendell, MSIS,
Social Work & Social Sciences Librarian
and Associate Professor at Portland State University, and Anne Marie Gruber, Textbook Equity Librarian at the University of Northern Iowa. - Matthew P. DeCarlo (2021) Teaching Note—Adopting, Adapting, and Creating Open Textbooks: A Brief Guide for Faculty, Journal of Social Work Education, DOI: 10.1080/10437797.2021.1992322Teaching note about how to adopt an open textbook or create one of your own.