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PsycInfo This link opens in a new window This renowned resource for abstracts of scholarly journal articles, book chapters, books, and dissertations, is the largest resource devoted to peer-reviewed literature in behavioral science and mental health.
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SocINDEX w/ Full Text This link opens in a new window The world's most comprehensive and highest quality sociology research database. This database features more than 2.1 million records with subject headings from a 20,000+ term sociological thesaurus designed by subject experts and expert lexicographers.
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Encyclopedia of Social Work, 20th ed. Covers key topics and biographies in the field of Social Work. (NASW and Oxford U Press, 2008)

Sage Knowledge This link opens in a new window Browse research monographs in the Sage Books Collection, Social and Behavioral Sciences reference texts in the Sage Reference Collection, and explore CQ Navigator, the essential social sciences literature review tool. Additional content from CQ Press is also available.

Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia Userful for getting an introduction to a topic. It can be a good first stop when researching--but should not be your last (or only) stop.

Learn How to Write a Review of Literature A concise introduction to writing a review of literature. From the Writing Center at the Univ. of Wisconsin-Madison.
Literature Reviews Explains literature reviews and offers help on how to prepare one in the humanities, social sciences, and sciences. From the Writing Lab at the Univ. of North Carolina-Chapel Hill.
Writing the Literature Review A collection of Web resources providing guides and sample literature reviews. From SUNY Empire State College.