Hartman, Karen A. Social Policy Resources for Social Work: Grey Literature and the Internet. Behavioral & Social Sciences Librarian, 2006, vol. 25, n. 1, pp. 1-11. [Journal article (Paginated)]
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Accreditation standards for professional schools offering social work degrees mandate curriculum content that provides students with skills to analyze, formulate, and influence social policies. An important source of analytical thinking about social policy is the “grey” literature issued by public policy organizations, think tanks, university-based research institutions, professional organizations, etc., that is increasingly available via the Internet. This research surveys library social work subject pages for content and links related to the social policy grey literature. A coding scheme was developed that counted the number of paths to relevant grey literature from the libraries’ subject guides. The results of the study suggest that there is a great deal of variance across institutions in how much help they provide users. Libraries must do a better job guiding users to the policy organizations that produce reports, briefs, newsletters, etc., that are important to social policy problem solving and implementation.
Item type: | Journal article (Paginated) |
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Keywords: | grey literature, social policy, social work |
Subjects: | I. Information treatment for information services > IZ. None of these, but in this section. H. Information sources, supports, channels. > HB. Gray literature. |
Depositing user: | Karen Hartman |
Date deposited: | 22 Jun 2008 |
Last modified: | 02 Oct 2014 12:11 |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/10760/11766 |
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