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Provides access to high quality, peer reviewed, interdisciplinary journals in the social sciences including cultural studies, economics, anthropology, politics, and much more.
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MEDLINE is produced by the National Library of Medicine and covers medical literature from 1950 in the areas of biology and life sciences. This link is to the PubMed (free .gov) interface. PubMed comprises more than 30 million citations for biomedical literature from MEDLINE, life science journals, and online books.
National Conference on Social Work (1874-1982)
These proceedings were issued under earlier names of the Conference as follows: 1874, Conference of Boards of Public Charities; 1875-1879, Conference of Charities; 1880-1881, Conference of Charities and Correction; 1882-1916, National Conference of Charities and Correction; 1917-1956, National Conference of Social Work; 1957-, National Conference on Social Welfare.

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National Association of Social Workers (NASW)
"Founded in 1955, the National Association of Social Workers (NASW) is the largest membership organization of professional social workers in the world, with more than 120,000 members. NASW works to enhance the professional growth and development of its members, to create and maintain professional standards, and to advance sound social policies."
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)
"The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality's (AHRQ) mission is to produce evidence to make health care safer, higher quality, more accessible, equitable, and affordable, and to work within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and with other partners to make sure that the evidence is understood and used. We accomplish our mission by focusing on our three core competencies."
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)
"The Evidence-Based Practices Resource Center provides communities, clinicians, policy-makers and others with the information and tools to incorporate evidence-based practices into their communities or clinical settings."
Information for Practice
"To help social service professionals throughout the world conveniently maintain an awareness of news regarding the profession and emerging scholarship."

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