TabbedOverviewSocial Care Online is the UK's largest collection of information on social work and social care. It currently contains over 150,000 items. The database provides abstracts of journal articles, books, reports and online resources. Links to the full text of selected documents, reports and articles are included (where freely available online). A wide variety of materials are covered, including: research reports and articles; policy documents; practice guidance; standards; statistics; and training material. Social Care Online was launched in its present form in May 2005. It also contains content which originates from the National Institute for Social Work library dating from the 1980s. Social Care Online is a product of the Social Care Institute for Excellence (SCIE). Provider: The Social Care Institute for ExcellencePosted: Sep 21, 2015 12:00pmUpdated: Oct 6, 2015 2:54pmSourceThis entry is sourced from the Jisc Academic Database Assessment Tool (ADAT). Much of that information was originally provided to ADAT by the database vendor as of November 2012. CRL is not responsible for, nor does it make any claim as to, the accuracy of the information. DetailsCollection ContentSubject Areas: Social SciencesResource Types: Bibliographical citationsBooksPrint journalsSpecificationsInclusion Policy Core subject areas covered include all aspects of social work and social care. This covers: families, children, young people government and social policy mental health and mental health care people, groups and communities (including older people and black and minority ethnic people) physical and learning disabilities social care social work and social workers Material is also selectively covered in the supporting subject areas of: benefits and personal finance criminal justice, law and rights education (covered very selectively for books and articles, with a tight focus on social care issues, including mental health, social exclusion, school exclusion and policy issues around inclusive learning) training and employment health and health care housing local government management and organisational development psychology Core journal titles are indexed cover to cover. Other journal titles are selectively indexed to reflect the UK and social care focus of the database. Geographical Coverage Geographical coverage of the database focuses on UK material, or material of relevance to social work an social care in the UK. International material, primarily North American and European, is also included if: it is relevant to social work and social care in the UK; the subject matter is not well covered in UK literature; it is a comparative study; or it contains overviews of the situation in other countries. Gap Fill Policy We try to fill any gaps in current journal runs if there are any missing issues. However, we do not attempt to back fill journal titles to volume 1. Update Frequency Daily. Keywords and Indexes All material is indexed using terms from in-house thesaurus. A pdf copy of the thesaurus is available to download. Terms and Provider DetailsProvider: The Social Care Institute for Excellence Website: http://www.scie.org.ukMain Address: First floor, Kinnaird House 1 Pall Mall East London SW1Y 5BP United Kingdom Community RatingsPlatform and user interface: 0 Your rating: None 0 No votes yet Content scope and completeness: 0 Your rating: None 0 No votes yet Cost and price-structure: 0 Your rating: None 0 No votes yet Print
Website: http://www.scie.org.ukMain Address: First floor, Kinnaird House 1 Pall Mall East London SW1Y 5BP United Kingdom