Introduction to Social Work: Find Books & Media

The following items are all available in the APU collection. Click on the item title link to get more information from the library catalog, and click on the item image to find it on Amazon.

The books listed in this section are available online via EBSCO eBook Collection or Ebrary. The links will take you into the catalog record. Simply click the link in the record to access the book. If you are off-campus (and an APU student, staff or faculty member), you may need to create an account before you are able to access the material in these collections.

Having a hard time using the library catalog? You might want to take a look at the handout above on finding resources by subject, or you might want to try the links below. These will take you into the library catalog right to a list of resources.

TIP: Once you've clicked on one of the links below and you're in the library catalog, click on the LINK+ button to the right to see similar books available in LINK+ libraries.

LINK+ is a library catalog for the holdings of 60+ libraries, including APU Libraries. APU faculty, staff and students may request for free anything in LINK+ that has the status of "Available." Allow 2-4 business days for delivery. For more information, go to the LINK+ section of the library website.

WorldCat allows you to search the collections of more than 10,000 libraries around the world. To request items, look up the publication information in WorldCat, then fill out the Interlibrary Loan Request form on the APU Libraries web site. Requested items will be mailed to Regional Campus students' home addresses - they will be held for pick-up by Azusa campus students.

NOTE: Please check APU's holdings and LINK+ before using this option - you cannot use interlibrary loan if APU or LINK+ has the item you want.

If you'd like to see which DVDs we have for the subjects in the 'Searches to Get You Started' boxes, follow these instructions:

• Go to the 'Basic' search in the library catalog
• Choose 'Subject' from the drop-down menu on the left
• Enter one of the subject phrases from the 'Searches to Get You Started' box into the search box
• Choose 'Videos/DVDs' from the drop-down menu on the right
• Click 'Submit'

NOTE:  DVDs are noted as 'Media DVDs' in the Location section of a particular result - video tapes are noted as 'Media Videos.'

Search Strategies:

• In the advanced search, combine two concepts: 1) a subject from one of the "Searches to Get You Started" boxes, and 2) term(s) related to statistics (as in the example below), an international perspective, or legislation. If your search doesn't return any results in the APU library catalog, try the same search in the LINK+ catalog (advanced search).


• To find specific types of information related to your issues, try adding the following phrases to your search (see the example below):
  • international OR global* OR world
  • law* OR legislat*
  • demograph* OR research OR statistic*

Search Tip:

• By using an asterisk, your results will have words that start with the letters before the asterisk (i.e. legislate, legislates, legislation, etc.) – this is a good way to get at word variations.

Having a hard time using the library catalog? You might want to take a look at the handout above on finding resources by subject, or you might want to try the links below. These will take you into the library catalog right to a list of resources.

TIP: Once you've clicked on one of the links below and you're in the library catalog, click on the LINK+ button to the right to see similar books available in LINK+ libraries.

While the most current information for these issues will be found in the journal article databases or on the Internet, books can provide valuable background information to help you understand the issue more fully. Click on the links below to find library resources on topics related to legislative issues.

TIP: Once you've clicked on one of the links below and you're in the library catalog, click on the LINK+ button to the right to see similar books available in LINK+ libraries.