Journals & eJournals
Social Work Periodicals
Looking for a specific journal, magazine, or newspaper title? Search for journals here to find out if we provides full-text coverage.
Also see the list of suggested titles.
Search the Library Catalog
How to Find Journals in the Catalog
Navigate to the library catalog by choosing Catalog ⇒ Go to the Catalog from the navigation bar.
In the catalog, select the Resources dropdown menu and choose the option eJournals A–Z List.
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Dropdown Menu in the Library Catalog
When the search junction appears, select the tab labeled Journals.
Search or browse:
Search the eJournals A–Z List to find out if Northwestern provides full-text coverage.
Alternatively, select the Browse tab to see a complete list of journal titles.
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Options in the Periodical Search Junction
Navigate to the library catalog by choosing Catalog ⇒ Go to the Catalog from the navigation bar.
Choose the Advanced Search option.
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Advanced Search
Under Search Index, select Title. Then type the name of the journal you want to find in the Search Term bar.
Specify Journal/Magazine under Format and conduct your search.
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The Advanced Search Screen
While in an EBSCO database, select the tab labeled Publications to browse or search the publication list.
You can subscribe to receive updates from a particular journal by selecting the RSS icon () to the left of the journal’s title.
Publications Window in an EBSCO Database
Suggested Journals
These journals may be useful.
This is not a comprehensive list, but a set of starting points. In a research database, you can search by Journal Name in conjunction with your other search terms.
- Child & Adolescent Social Work Journal
Original articles for clinical social workers. Includes theory, research, and, social policy issues.
- Clinical Social Work Journal
Articles for teachers and those in clinical social work on historical, theoretical or practice-oriented clinical practice, interdisciplinary in authorship, scope, and content.
- Health & Social Work
Presents articles dealing with all aspects of health of professional concern to social workers, improving social work practice and extending knowledge in the field of health.
- Journal of Baccalaureate Social Work
Emphasizes the contributions of the baccalaureate community in promoting the continuing development & excellence of baccalaureate social work education & practice.
- Journal of Evidence-Based Social Work
Examines the fast-growing use of evidence-based practice in everyday care, identifying & evaluating cutting-edge theory, techniques, & strategies.
- Journal of Family Social Work
Serves as a forum for family practitioners, scholars, and educators in social work concerning sexual and marital counseling.
- Journal of Forensic Social Work
Official journal of the National Organization of Forensic Social Work (NOFSW).
- Journal of Multicultural Social Work
The latest state-of-the-art research and theory on social work issues, practice and problems with the aim of developing knowledge and promoting understanding of the impact of culture, ethnicity, race, and class on the individual, group, and community.
- Journal of Social Work Education
Concerned with education in social work and social welfare relevant to social work professional education at the undergraduate, master’s, and postgraduate levels.
- Journal of Social Work in End-of-Life & Palliative Care
Explores issues crucial to caring for terminally ill patients & their families.
- Journal of Social Work in Long-Term Care
Provides specialized information for practitioners in the fields of social work, gerontology, & health care.
- Journal of Social Work Practice
Provides a unique forum for the application of current understanding of unconscious processes to social work practice with individuals, couples, families, & other caretakers.
- Journal of Social Work Practice in the Addictions
Designed to help social work practitioners stay abreast of the latest developments in the field of addictions.
- Journal of Social Work Research & Evaluation
Social Work Research & Evaluation applies systematically developed research knowledge to social work practice and emphasizes the “doing” of social work as a reciprocal avenue for generating research evidence and social work knowledge.
- Journal of Social Work Values & Ethics
The Journal of Social Work Values and Ethics examines the ethical and values issues that affect and are interwoven with social work practice, research, and theory development.
- Journal of the Society for Social Work and Research
Focuses on research on social problems, programs, and policies.
- Social Work
Publishes articles on all aspects of social work and social welfare that yield new insights into established practices, evaluate new techniques and research, examine current social problems, or provide critical analysis on problems in the profession.
- Social Work in Mental Health
Offers quality articles on clinical practice, education, research, collaborative relationships, mental health policy & the delivery of mental health care services.
