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Web Sites for Social Work
- The
Alan Guttmacher Institute
- This page is a source of information about
sexual behavior, pregnancy and birth, prevention and contraception,
abortion, sexually transmitted diseases, teenage sexual practices
and pregnancies, and law and public policy.
- Children, Youth and Family Consortium (University of
Minnesota)
- Electronic clearinghouse of research on the health,
education, and well-being of children, youth and families, both in
Minnesota & nationwide. Provides links to key MN sites, child
care sites, and data sites.
- CLASP -
Center for Law and Social Policy
- CLASP is a national non-profit organization
with expertise in both law and policy affecting the poor. Through
education, policy research, and advocacy, CLASP seeks to improve
the economic security of low-income families with children and
secure access for low-income persons to the civil justice system.
Includes the State Policy
Documentation Project
- Datanet
- Datanet is an online system consisting of summarized
statistical information designed to serve Minnesota's governments,
businesses, schools, nonprofit agencies and citizens. The system
contains statistics about social, economic and demographic conditions
in Minnesota. Datanet is part of Minnesota
Planning.
- Department of Education
- Department of Justice
- Excellent resource for legal documents. See section
under "Publications and Documents." Then go to "Legal Documents."
- Department of Labor
- To find material on a specific policy go to
"Program and Services" then to Keyword link.
- Domestic
Abuse Laws in Minnesota: An Overview. Revised.
- By Judith Zollar, Research Department,
Minnesota House of Representatives. August 1998.
- Minnesota State Document (PDF file requiring
Adobe
Acrobat Reader)
- Drug
Enforcement in the United States
- From Syracuse University and Transactional
Records Clearing house (TRAC), this comprehensive site offers
access to information on drug enforcement in the United States,
including background information on the Drug Enforcement Agency,
text of the criminal statutes it enforces, and statistics on
prosecutions and convictions.
- Electronic Journal of Social Work
- Peer reviewed ejournal available for free.
- FedStats
- While this is a statistics Web site, the "Agencies" link offers an
outstanding listing of government agencies and programs.
- Gun
Points 1997: Firearm Forfeitures in Minnesota Minnesota
Planning, Criminal Justice Center. July 1998.
- Minnesota State Document **Note: May be
a .pdf file and require Adobe Acrobat Reader**
- How
Safe is Minnesota? Report Card Minnesota Department of Public
Safety. January 1998.
- Minnesota State Document **Note: May be
a .pdf file and require Adobe Acrobat Reader**
- Hull House Museum
- Offers a biography and chronology of Jane
Addams. Also provides bibliographies of works about Jane Addams and
Hull House.
- Influencing State Policy
- Check the resources link.
- Latino Social Workers Organization
- MeL
Social Issues & Social Services
- Provides relevant links selected and maintained
by the Michigan Electronic Library.
- Mincava: Minnesota Center Against Violence and Abuse
- Offers numerous links to resources on violence.
- Minnesota Department of Children, Family, and Learning
- State department of education. "Continuous
Improvement Process" provides valuable education statistics by
district i.e. student background, test scores etc.
- Minnesota Department of Health
- Good source for health statistics: diseases, county
health profiles, mental health data, abortions, population estimates,
refugee arrivals, immunizations, etc.
- Minnesota Kids Initiative
- "Gateway to data about the health, education,
and social well-being of the state's children and youth." Includes
information on adoption, foster care, health, criminal justice,
and KidsCount
Minnesota with information on health care, housing, welfare
benefits etc. for children.
- Minnesota Planning
- A state agency, provides timely information
about critical issues to policy-makers and the public. Offers
"IssueWatch" which presents summaries of trends & issues that
could affect government spending & policy. Also provides Search
engine for all MN web sites.
- Minnesota State Law Library
- Search the library catalog, find Minnesota legal
resources, and gain access to library information and
publications.
- The Minnesota State Legislature
- Use this site to search for Minnesota legislative
information.
- National Association of Social Workers
- Provides links to numerous sites.
- National
Clearinghouse on Child Abuse and Neglect Information
- A national resource for professionals seeking
information on the prevention, identification, and treatment
of child abuse and neglect.
- National Council of La Raza
- Organization's goal is to reduce poverty and discrimination, and
improve life opportunities for Hispanic Americans. Testimony to
Congress written by a St. Olaf graduate is found at
http://nclr.policy.net/proactive/newsroom/release.vtml?id=20560d.
- NorthStar: Minnesota Government and Resources
- The main Minnesota access point for web materials.
Offers links to all state agencies.
- Social Science Information Gateway
- This UK-based service aims to provide a
trusted source of selected, high quality Internet information for
researchers and practitioners in the social sciences, business and
law. Sections on Education, Social Welfare, Women's Studies, etc.
- Social
Work History Station
- Offers a historical overview of The
Settlements (1880-1900), The Progressives (1900-1920), The
Professionals (1920s), & The Crisis (1930s).
- Social
Work and Social Services Web Sites
- Online resources of interest to social
workers and those in the social services fields. Maintained
by the George Warren Brown School of Social Work.
- Social Work and Social Services Web Site
- A service of the George Warren Brown School of Social
Work at Washington University in St. Louis, MO. It lists "a wide
variety of online resources of interest to social workers and those
in the social services fields."
- Sociology
of Death and Dying
- An extensive guide to sociological thanatology
compiled by Michael C. Kearl, Professor of Sociology and Anthropology
at Trinity University.
- University of Michigan Documents Center
- Comprehensive compilation of data from
government and other sources searchable by general topics such as
agriculture, foreign governments, and health. Also includes an
extensive list of specific topics.
- Women of Color Web
- "Sponsored by the Global Reproductive Health
Forum at the Harvard School of Public Health....Dedicated to
providing access to writings and online resources by and about women
of color in America. The materials emphasize issues relating to
feminism, sexuality, and reproductive health...Links to
research,syllabi, and bibliography sites ."
- World
Wide Web Resources for Social Workers
- Offers 55,000 links to resources related
to social work, social welfare, and social problems. Focuses
on full text scientific, technical and policy reports. Jointly
sponsored by New York University's Ehrenkranz School of Social
Work and the Division of Social Work and Behavioral Science
& Mount Sinai School of Medicine.
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