WorldCat.org
- WorldCatWorldCat is the union catalog for searching thousands of libraries’ collections in one place. WorldCat makes it easy for you to browse the world’s libraries from one search box.
- Find Open Access ContentLearn about Open Access in WorldCat Discovery.
Access to HEALWA
- HEALWAHEALWA is an online source free to licensed eligible social workers in Washington State. Social workers need a MSW and a Washington State Social Workers license before access is available. Users will have access to a collection of online databases (e.g., MEDLINE, CINAHL, Cochrane, DynaMed, Natural Medicines, Nursing Reference Center, Visual Dx, and more), over 200 electronic books and full-text articles from over 5000 journals through the HEALWA website.
Get Help
- Text Message us! 509-383-8677 (not 24/7)
- 509-359-2263 JFK Library reference desk (Cheney)
What Changes After Graduation?
- Alumni do not have off-campus access to subscription databases and journals.
- Access to licensed, subscription resources, i.e., databases and journals is available by coming to the JFK Library in person and using our guest computers. You are always welcome to come into the library and use guest stations anytime during regular library hours.
- Alumni can use Library Catalog to find open access articles and books.
- Check your local public library for databases. Some of these may include scholarly, peer reviewed materials.
- Use your local public library interlibrary loan services for the full text of restricted access scholarly journal articles.
What is Open Access?
Open access (OA) refers to freely available, digital, online information. Open access scholarly literature is free of charge and has less restrictive copyright. See SPARC (Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition)
Open Educational Resources (OER) for Social Work
Open Social Work Education (OSWE) is a collaborative project dedicated to creating open educational resources for all standard courses social work by 2025.
- Open Social WorkA collaborative project that addresses open education and open access projects and initiatives in social work.
- Social Work Education from OER CommonsSocial Work education collection resources from OER Commons
Open Access Databases - Search for articles
- BioMed Central (BMC)BioMed Central publishes over 200 open access journals, some of which are relevant to social work, including those in the areas of public health, Alzheimer's, and substance abuse.
- BioMed Central (BMC) Social Sciences journal listIncludes Journal of Ethnic Foods; Life Sciences, Society and Policy; and Measurement Instruments for the Social Sciences
- Child Welfare Information GatewayContains "information, resources, and tools covering topics on child welfare, child abuse and neglect, out-of-home care, adoption, and more" from the Children's Bureau, Administration for Children and Families, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
- ERIC: Educational Resources Information Center (U.S. Dept. of Education) -- 1966-present This link opens in a new window
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Free, government-sponsored version of this comprehensive database for education, indexing journals and magazines, as well as books, videos, conference papers and technical reports. Recent ERIC Documents are linked to full text online. - Google Scholar This link opens in a new window
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Use Google Scholar to search for scholarly articles across the Web (this can be a good complement to subscription databases). Note the citation tracking feature. This link includes Eastern Washington University indicators. You will see "Find it @ EWU" in your results, if we have the article full text in one of our databases.
- National Criminal Justice Reference Service Virtual LibraryNCJRS Virtual Library hosts a collection of over 235,000 information resources on criminal justice subjects, including corrections, courts, drugs, law enforcement, juvenile justice, victims of crime, and related topics. T
- PubMed -- 1946-present This link opens in a new window
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Comprehensive index to all aspects of medicine back to 1946. Freely available from the National Library of Medicine, PubMed includes all MEDLINE content, plus additional selected biomedical sources. Look for the "Check for Full Text at EWU" button within individual PubMed records.
- PubMed Central"PubMed Central (PMC) is a free archive of biomedical and life sciences journal literature at the U.S. National Institutes of Health's National Library of Medicine (NIH/NLM)." PMC is an electronic archive of full-text journal articles while PubMed is a database of citations and abstracts.
- SOCArXivProvides access to preprint articles in the social sciences.
- Social Science Research Network (SSRN)SSRN provides 1,323,163 research papers from 1,516,639 researchers in 70 disciplines. SocArXiv is a repository of articles that have been made available by authors (often referred to as pre-print, post-print, or author accepted).