Social Work Library Resources Carol Watwood Health Sciences Librarian

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Borrowing Library Books Check out books for 4 weeks. Print journals don’t circulate; copies 10 cents a page. WKU’s e-journals download or copy free. Extended Library Services serves distance learners. Extended Library Services

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Scholarly Journals Also called “Peer-Reviewed” or “Refereed” journals. Articles written by scholars in the field using technical language. Little or no advertising. Articles contain charts, graphs, and references (bibliographies) citing the authors' sources. Articles reviewed before publication for quality and accuracy by several scholars in the same field.

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Printing an online article Click printer icon to open print dialog box and click “OK” to print

Printing a list of articles Click “add to folder” then click folder icon -or- Use browser “print” command

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Research Guides – Social Work

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