About this Guide
This guide was created for SK313-BR students. It provides information about how to research your assignment topics and cite your sources.
Finding Research About Your Topic
Slides - Academic Sources Explained
a. Finding Peer-reviewed Articles
Searching for academic or scholarly research usually means searching for peer-reviewed articles.
- The Social Work subject guide is where you'll find article databases such as Social Services Abstracts
Video - Finding Articles on a Topic (5:58)
b. Finding Books
Search the Omni (the Library search tool) to find books on your topic.
- We have over 1,034,573 ebook titles!
Video - Finding Books in Omni
Citing Sources in APA
Purdue's APA Formatting and Style Guide (7th Edition) is a fantastic resource with lots of examples.
Scholarly Reading Strategies
Slides - Learn to Read Like a Peer Reviewer
Questions?
Please get in touch, I'll be happy to help: Meredith Fischer, Social Work Librarian, mefischer@wlu.ca