Subject guide Social Work
The Social Work Subject Guide contain tips on databases, books and web resources and more useful items.
Use the library's databases to search for information on a specific topic. Databases may contain abstracts and full text of journal articles, conference papers, reports and more.
You can search our databases and journals when you are off-campus, either via our database links or via the University Remote desktop.
Metasearch - search several databases at the same time
Discovery and Google Scholar are search tools that you can use to make a broad search in many databases at the same time.
Discovery is an integrated search service which covers many of the library's subscribed databases. Follow the links to access full text. Refine your search to Academic journals to find articles published in peer-reviewed journals.
Google Scholar is a web search engine that indexes free academic web resources as well as many publishers' journal archives. Use the library's Google Scholar link to get full text links for journals that the library subscribes to. You may need to enable library links for the University of Gävle under Settings.
Databases
PsycINFO
External link.
Scholarly research findings in psychology and related fields.
Scopus External link.
Contains references and abstracts of journal articles, conference papers and other publications in all subject areas. Follow the links to access full text. Scopus also contains citation information, which means that you can search for a specific paper or author to see papers in Scopus that have cited it.
SwePub External link.
Academic publications at Swedish universities. Search among scholarly articles, conference papers and dissertations etc.
Web of Science External link.
Contains references and abstracts of journal articles, conference papers and other publications in all subject areas. Follow the links to access full text. Web of Science also contains citation information, which means that you can search for a specific paper or author to see papers in Web of Science that have cited it.
You can find more databases on the Databases A to Z page.
Printed books
Search for the library's printed books in our catalogue.
To the library catalogue External link.
If you cannot find the book in our catalogue, search for it in the Swedish national library catalogue Libris. In Libris you will find books, dissertations and other materials from Swedish university and research libraries.
E-books
E-books are digital versions of books, which you can read on computers, mobile phones or tablets. You can read and download the books from home, if you log in with your user account first. You don't need a library card to read our e-books.
Dissertations and Student theses
Dissertations
Search for dissertations from Swedish universities External link.
Search dissertations from American universities External link.
Student theses
Search student theses written and published at the University of Gävle External link.
Search for student theses from Swedish universities External link.
You can get search help at library's information desk when it is staffed. You can also call 026-64 85 48 or send an email to biblioteket@hig.se.
If you are working on a thesis or report and need more help, you can make an appointment for guidance in information searching.
The Writing Centre will help you to improve your writing skills concerning the academic writing process.
Do you need more knowledge about information retrieval?
In our digital education material "The Search Guide", we guide you through the different steps of information retrieval and teach you how to better plan your search. Go through all the material or choose what interests you.
This page was last updated 2025-01-10