LibGuides: Social work, Social care and Community Studies: Practice and technical information

Social work and care practice databases

The databases below contains information related to social work and care practice.

Child Development & Adolescent Studies This link opens in a new window
Abstracting database covering the development of children and young people up to age 21, Child Development & Adolescent Studies includes journals, technical reports books and theses from biomedical and social sciences.
Community Care Inform Adult This link opens in a new window
From off-campus please select the Institution login
Community Care Inform Adults contains practice-related information for social work professionals working with vulnerable adults. This includes guidance to key pieces of legislation, articles and practice guides.
Community Care Inform Children This link opens in a new window
From off-campus please select the Institution login
Community Care Inform Children contains practice-related information for social work professionals working with vulnerable children. This includes guidance to key pieces of legislation, articles and practice guides.
Research in practice for adults This link opens in a new window
The first time you use this site, go to the Sign In link, then choose the Sign Up option at the bottom: please use your Sheffield Hallam email for the Sign Up form and create your own password
This resource brings together research and practitioner expertise to support evidence-informed practice. Professionals at all levels with benefit from a wide range of resources and learning material.
Research in practice for children This link opens in a new window
The first time you use this site, go to the Sign In link, then choose the Sign Up option at the bottom: please use your Sheffield Hallam email for the Sign Up form and create your own password
This resource brings together research and practitioner expertise to support evidence-informed practice. Professionals at all levels with benefit from a wide range of resources and learning material.

Legal Sources

UK Legislation This link opens in a new window
Comprehensive full text database of UK legislation from 1267 to the present. Managed by the National Archives
Public Bills before Parliament This link opens in a new window
This page provides links to the complete text of bills currently before Parliament listed in alphabetical order by title.
Details of the bill and debates connected to it are provided. When a bill is passed it becomes an Act, the text of which can then be found via the OPSI website.
Westlaw UK This link opens in a new window
Westlaw is an international database of full text primary resources including UK and EU legislation and case law, in addition to selected books and full-text journals.
You only need to create an account and login with it if you want to save searches on Westlaw.
Includes comprehensive coverage of English law reports and selected transcripts of unreported cases and a case citator.
It provides the full text of a wide range of UK law journals.
It also contains the full database of the Legal Journals Index, which is an index to approximately 400 UK law journals.
Lexis Plus This link opens in a new window
Lexis Plus (previously Lexis Library) contains a wide range of databases of full text legal resources, including statutes, statutory instruments and cases. It provides extensive coverage of English, U.S., Commonwealth and European Union primary and secondary materials. In addition, it provides access to journals and e-books.
Lexis Plus also gives access to information on the following practice areas: company and commercial; employment; family; financial services; litigation; personal injury; private client property; public sector; tax and accountancy, with many full text U.K. journals. Also included is a wide range of UK newspapers.

Maps and demographic data

Digimap Ordnance Survey Data Collection This link opens in a new window
Digimap allows you to produce and annotate a variety of custom maps, including Ordnance Survey maps.
Particularly useful is the Society view, which provides a quick and simple way to view census data for a chosen area.

Social Care Institute for Excellence: Strengths Based Approaches Resources

Strengths Based Approaches Resources from Social Care Institute for Excellence
Strengths-based (or asset-based) approaches focus on individuals’ strengths (including personal strengths and social and community networks) and not on their deficits. Strengths-based practice is holistic and multidisciplinary and works with the individual to promote their wellbeing. It is outcomes led and not services led. These resources describe how SBAs work in a variety of interventions and settings and provides information on how to enable and implement SBAs.
What is the Social Care Institute for Excellence?
You can find out more about the organisation and mission in the About section of their website.