LibGuides: Social Work Research for Graduate Students: Policies in Other Countries

International Information

CIA World Factbook
Information about demographics, government, climate, history, and more about all the countries in the world.

Finding a Country's Official Website
This guide gives directions on finding country codes and searching for official government websites of non-US countries.
Eurostat
Leading provider of statistical information about Europe and the statistical office of the European Union.
United Nations Demographic Yearbook
Statistics based on survey responses collected by the United Nations from more than 230 countries.

Westlaw Campus Research
A legal research database that provides an array of interconnected primary and analytical law content and includes some international legal sources. Part of the Database Offerings in GALILEO, Georgia’s Virtual Library.

In addition, search the GIL-Find Catalog by going to the Odum Library home page and selecting the Books & Journals tab. Using the Advanced Search will help you search by social policy and country for books on these topics. Keep in mind that Interlibrary Loan and GIL-Express are available for ordering books from other campus libraries.

Journal Articles

Social Work Abstracts
Provides articles dealing with all aspects of the social work field, including theory and practice, areas of service and social issues and problems on subjects such as therapy, education, human services, addictions, child and family welfare, mental health, civil and legal rights, and more.
Part of the Database Offerings in GALILEO, Georgia’s Virtual Library.

Dissertations and Theses

Dissertations and Theses Full Text Global (ProQuest)
Extensive full-text database of dissertations and theses in a wide variety of fields, including social policy.

Finding Dissertations and Theses
Consult this page for directions on searching for and locating dissertations and theses from global locations and for those completed by VSU graduate students. This guide also provides information on submitting VSU dissertations and theses.

openDOAR
Placing search terms in quotation marks and including the word "dissertation" can be a very effective strategy for using openDOAR's Custom Search function.