Journal articles are excellent sources for current and scholarly information. They are found in journals. Journals are mostly accessed via library databases.
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EBSCOhost. Includes multiple databases with a wide subject coverage. Search individual databases or select multiple databases and search at one time. Relevant databases are:
Sociology Source Ultimate covers aspects of human behavior and interaction. Topics range from gender identity, marriage and family, to demographics, political sociology, religion and socio-cultural anthropology
Click here for an EBSCOhost guide.
ERIC. The Education Resources Information Center (ERIC) is an online library of educational research and information, supported by the Institute of Education Sciences of the U.S. Department of Education. It includes resources on social work.
Gale Database Suite. Contains full text articles and reference sources including interactive databases. Search across a wide range of academic topics or select specialised individual databases such as Psychology.
Index New Zealand (INNZ) Indexes articles published in New Zealand. You can filter to research articles. Mostly abstracts, with some full text available.
ProQuest Academic. Provides access to databases across all major subject areas including social science. The collection includes dissertations, working papers and scholarly journals. It also holds the Whitireia Journal of Nursing, Health and Social Services (2020- present) previously known as Whitireia Nursing & Health Journal (2013 – 2019), Whitireia Nursing Journal (1994 - 2012).
Science Direct. Provides articles on scientific, technical and health research, including social work.
Wiley Online Library. Full text access to The Journal of Advanced Nursing. All others have abstracts only. Covers subjects areas such as nursing, health, social, and physical sciences.
EBSCOhost databases specific to nursing and allied health:
CINAHL Complete covers nursing and allied health topics with full text journals. Includes Counselling Psychology Quarterly
CINAHL Ultimate is the definitive resource for nursing and allied health research, providing full text as well as quick lessons, evidence-based care sheets, CEU models and research instruments.
Health Source: Nursing/Academic provides access to scholarly full text journals focusing on many medical disciplines
MEDLINE Complete provides authoritative medical information on medicine, nursing, the health care system, pre-clinical sciences, and much more
Psychology and Behavioral Sciences Collection covers information concerning topics in emotional and behavioral characteristics, psychiatry & psychology, mental processes, anthropology, and observational & experimental methods
Sociology Source Ultimate covers aspects of human behavior and interaction. Topics range from gender identity, marriage and family, to demographics, political sociology, religion and socio-cultural anthropology
Clinicalkey for Nursing. Supports nurses and health professionals by providing up to date evidence-based and point of care clinical information. Includes ebooks, journals, drug information, clinical overviews and more.
Click here for a guide on how to access, use and troubleshoot the Clinicalkey databases.
Gale OneFile: Contemporary Women's Issues has current and historical content on issues that influence women's lives
Gale OneFile Psychology has authoritative journal articles supporting research in all fields of psychology.
New Zealand Council for Educational Research (NZCER) is an independent educational research organisation with a bicultural focus and an international reputation for producing quality educational research and research-based resources, such as children's wellbeing, learning during lockdown.
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A selection of articles on a variety of topics. Copy and paste the article title into the search box on the library homepage. Click the down arrow next to the search box to select the Search Everything filter.
Appleby, J. (2020). Clinical social work in Aotearoa New Zealand: Origins, practice, and future implications. Aotearoa New Zealand Social Work, 32(4), 103-115. https://doi.org/10.11157/anzswj-vol32iss4id798
Booysen, P., & Staniforth, B. (2017). Counselling in social work: A legitimate role? Aotearoa New Zealand Social Work, 29(1), 16-27. https://doi.org/10.11157/anzswj-vol29iss1id214
Bruning, L., Hay, K., & O'Donoghue, K. (2024). The string to my kite: How supervision contributes to the development of a newly qualified social workers professional identity. Aotearoa New Zealand Social Work, 36(1), 89-101.
Hollis-English, A. (2015). Theories in Māori social work: Indigenous approaches to working with and for indigenous people. Aotearoa New Zealand Social Work, 27(4), 5-15.
Kapelj, A. (2022). Professional boundaries that promote dignity and rights in social work practice. Ethics and Social Welfare, 16(4), 450-456. https://doi.org/10.1080/17496535.2022.2033396
O'Donoghue, K., Wong Yuh Ju, P., & Tsui, M. (2018). Constructing an evidence-informed social work supervision model. European Journal of Social Work, 21(3), 348-358. https://doi.org/10.1080/13691457.2017.1341387
O'Donoghue, K. (2022). Registered social workers’ supervision across areas of practice in Aotearoa New Zealand. Aotearoa New Zealand Social Work, 34(1), 36-54. https://doi.org/10.11157/anzswj-vol34iss1id878
Rollins, W. (2020). Social worker-client relationships: Social worker perspectives. Australian Social Work, 73(4), 395-407. https://doi.org/10.1080/0312407X.2019.1669687
Here is a selection of relevant journals. Some require you to log in with your institutional email address and network password (same password as Moodle), others are open access.
To locate articles on a specific topic, see the Finding information and research tab.
Whitireia Journal of Nursing, Health and Social Services is published annually. It has a website where issues are freely available from 2012-present.
History of name change
Aotearoa New Zealand Social Work Journal (ANZSW)
Australian and New Zealand Journal of Family Therapy
Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health
British Journal of Guidance & Counselling
International Journal of Narrative Therapy and Community Work
Journal for Social Action in Counseling and Psychology
Journal of Indigenous Wellbeing
Journal of Social Work Practice in the Addictions
Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment
New Zealand Journal of Psychology
Perspectives in Psychiatric Care