Social Work

Co-published by the National Association of Social Workers and Oxford University Press, the 20th edition of the Encyclopedia of Social Work is widely considered the cornerstone of reference in its field. This new edition includes coverage of areas that have come to the fore since the 1995 publication of the 19th edition, including demographic changes from immigration, technology, the implications of managed care, faith-based assistance, evidence-based practice, gerontology, and trauma and disast

Coverage of social work issues.

Used by health professionals, social workers, and forensic and legal specialists to diagnose and classify mental disorders. Includes links to handbooks, as well 5th edition text revision

Social Work Online is a multimedia resource that combines video—compelling documentaries and client demonstrations—with relevant text content to illustrate the complex and challenging realities social work students will face as practitioners.

Counseling and Therapy in Video provides faculty and students with a first-hand look at the realities of working with clients and the challenges associated with putting theoretical concepts into practice. These collections provide a thorough grounding in dozens of therapeutic methods and diagnoses, insight into the human condition, and training in skills such as reflection and empathy while working with specific populations such as veterans and teens.

Counseling and Psychotherapy Transcripts, Client Narratives, and Reference Works is a searchable collection containing real transcripts of counseling and therapy sessions and first-person narratives illuminating the experience of mental illness and treatment, as well as reference works to contextualize the primary material.

Provides a deep look into the client-therapist office, allowing readers to follow the progress and setbacks of clients over the course of multiple therapy sessions. This collection features a diverse set of clients, a wide range of presenting issues, and multiple therapeutic approaches. Because all content was recorded in 2012 or later, Volume II features contemporary issues and the most up-to-date therapeutic approaches to treat them.

The Video Journal of Counseling and Therapy provides access to the latest research and best practice methods in the fields of counseling, mental health, and psychology through contemporary presentations, lectures, and workshops from renowned counselors, psychologists, and practitioners.

This resource provides access to thousands of videos from major educational film producers and distributors in a wide variety of subject areas. Subject content includes education, communication, film studies, engineering, foreign languages, humanities, gender studies, sociology, psychology, health sciences, the arts and more.

Nursing and Mental Health in Video features over 240 videos of the most common mental health disorders nurses may encounter – whether in a primary care setting, emergency room, medical, psychiatric or other. Faculty can easily integrate these 2-22 minute long videos within lectures, discussion groups, tests, and distance learning programs, better preparing students for their nursing careers.

Psychological experiments of the 20th and 21st centuries, e.g., Zimbardo’s Stanford Prison Experiment, Milgram’s Obedience to Authority, Bandura’s Bobo Doll Experiment, and Loftus’s eyewitness testimony research. Audio and video recordings of original experiments with primary source documents.

This collection offers streaming videos which show actual psychotherapy sessions, and experts discuss their thoughts behind their interventions.