Camden SWPS2, Social Welfare Policy and Services II
Spring 2025
STARTING POINTS
Here are resources that may help you determine your paper topic.
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2018 Green BookUpdated version. This important resource from the House Ways and Means Committee provides descriptions and historical information on major social and economic programs, e.g., TANF, Medicare, Social Security, etc.
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Major Federal Legislation Concerned with Child Protection, Child Welfare, and AdoptionThis fact book traces federal child welfare legislation from CAPTA, 1974, through May, 2019..
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Comprehensive Handbook of Social Work and Social WelfareSee the section, Social Policy and Policy Practice
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Social Security: Major Decisions in the House and Senate Since 1935Congressional Research Service, October, 2016
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CQ ResearcherThis resource provides 24-page reports. Useful for background information. Select the "Browse Topics" link.
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- Use AND to combine your concepts, e.g., child abuse AND alcohol (AND must be in caps)
- Use OR to combine synonyms, related terms, e.g., domestic violence OR family violence (OR must be in caps)
- Use the * (asterik) to search for the root word and any ending, e.g., parent* will retrieve parent, parents, parenthood, parenting.
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- On the results list page, choose the "Resource Type" facet on the left-hand side and choose "Books".
- To specifically find E-books, on the results list page on the left, under "Limit to" select "Available Online", and under "Resource Type" choose "Books"
- See also Refining Results
- Use Advanced Search to limit your search to specific fields, like title, author, or subject (select Books from Resource type on the right).