OPAC

Open access ebooks

Social Work Journals

Economic & Political Weekly

The Central Library is subscribing the print copy of Economic & Political Weekly since 2024.

Sage Journals

SAGE publishes nine important journals related to the field of social work.

In campus access: Access here

Off campus access: Access here

Wiley Journals

Wiley publishes around 13 important journals related to the social work field of study.

In campus access: Access here

Off campus access: Access here

Taylor & Francis Online

Taylor & Francis publishes 19 key journals related to the field of social work.

In campus access: Access here

Off campus access: Access here

Census India

Gazettes and Gazetteers

World Bank Open Data

Data.gov

HealthData.gov

Detroit Open Data

"Awesome Public Datasets"

OECD Data

SocArXiv

SocArXiv is a repository of articles that have been made available by authors (often referred to as pre-print, post-print, or author accepted). SocArXiv has content across multiple disciplines, and includes a social work specific category.

PsycArXiv

PsycArXiv is also a disciplinary repository. PsycArXiv includes clinical psychology, developmental psychology and other related areas.

PubMed

PubMed is a federally supported database of health-sciences related articles, including psychology, psychiatry, and public health. PubMed Central is a subset of PubMed and is composed of all open access articles.

Experiences in Close Relationships-Revised (ECR-R) Adult Attachment Questionnaire

Information on the Experiences in Close Relationships-Revised (ECR-R) Adult Attachment Questionnaire. R. Chris Fraley, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Geriatric Depression Scale

Stanford/VA/NIA Aging Clinical Research Center

Psychological Maltreatment of Women Inventory

Richard M. Tolman, School of Social Work, University of Michigan

Rand Health-Surveys and Tools

These surveys are public documents, available without charge, for non-commercial purposes. Provided by the Rand Corporation, a nonprofit institution that seeks to improve policy and decision-making through research and analysis.

Relationship Scales Questionnaire (RSQ)

Self-Report Measures

All of these scales are being made available here for use in research and teaching applications. All are available without charge and without any need for permission. Download or print them from the linked pages.

OATD (Open Access Theses and Dissertations)

OATD.org is a global indexing service for open access graduate theses and dissertations. It aggregates metadata from over 1,100 institutions and currently indexes more than 7 million records.

NDLTD Global ETD Search

Hosted by the Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations, this portal allows free, worldwide search and access to electronic theses and dissertations (ETDs).

Open Dissertations (EBSCO)

EBSCO Open Dissertations expands the availability and visibility of electronic theses and dissertations. It includes American Doctoral Dissertations and records from 1955 to present, facilitating discovery and citation in institutional repositories for global students and researchers.

ProQuest Dissertations & Theses

ProQuest offers one of the largest commercial collections of dissertations and theses worldwide, with millions of records across disciplines.

ShodhGangotri (INFLIBNET)

ShodhGangotri is an INFLIBNET initiative hosting synopses and research proposals submitted by Indian scholars before starting their PhD or research work. It reveals ongoing research topics and directions in India, helping avoid duplication and fostering scholarly collaboration.

ShodhGanga (INFLIBNET)

ShodhGanga is the companion repository that collects completed theses and dissertations from Indian universities.

Directory of Open Access Journal

Directory of Open Access ebooks

Directory of Open Access Repositories

Project Gutenberg

Open Educational Resources (OER) Directory

NDLI

National Digital Library of India (NDLI) is a virtual repository of learning resources with search/browse facilities, sponsored and mentored by Ministry of Education, Government of India, through its National Mission on Education through Information and Communication Technology (NMEICT) and developed, operated and maintained from Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur.

e-PG Pathsala

It is an educational dedicated portal available in open access. This portal is an MHRD Project that is being developed by dedicated team of NME-ICT department under the guidelines of UGC. The prime objective is to meet curriculum and course content to fulfill the requirement of every postgraduate learner.

Dimensions.ai

Developed by Digital Science & Research Solutions Ltd., Dimensions is an integrated research information platform that links publications, grants, patents, datasets, and clinical trials, providing both discovery and analytics capabilities.

Google Scholar

A freely accessible academic search engine indexing scholarly articles, theses, books, conference papers, and patents across disciplines. It offers citation tracking and author profiles to aid research visibility.

Clarivate Master Journal List (MJL)

The Clarivate MJL is an authoritative directory of peer-reviewed journals that are indexed in the Web of Science. It enables researchers to search and verify journals by discipline, publisher, ISSN, impact metrics, and coverage history. Inclusion in this list signifies adherence to high editorial standards, international peer review, and robust citation performance.

Scopus

Scopus is a comprehensive subscription-based abstract and citation database curated by Elsevier. It indexes peer-reviewed journals, books, conference proceedings, and patents across science, technology, medicine, social science, and the arts and humanities. Scopus is widely used for literature discovery, research analytics, citation tracking, author profiling, and journal evaluation via CiteScore, SJR (SCImago Journal Rank), and SNIP metrics.

SCImago Journal & Country Rank (SJR)

SCImago is a free online platform that provides journal and country rankings derived from Scopus data. The SCImago Journal Rank (SJR) is a metric reflecting the scientific influence of journals by accounting for both the number of citations and the prestige of the citing journals. Journals and research institutions can be compared using filters for discipline, region, and metric values, supporting bibliometric and impact analysis.

Connected Papers

Developed by Connected Papers Ltd., this tool helps researchers explore and visualize relationships between academic papers. It generates a graph of related literature based on co-citation and similarity analysis, enabling efficient literature discovery.

Research Rabbit

Developed by ResearchRabbit, Inc., Research Rabbit is a literature discovery and visualization platform that helps track research topics, authors, and papers over time. It provides personalized recommendations and collaborative research features.

Litmaps

Developed by Litmaps Ltd., Litmaps enables researchers to visualize citation networks, track the evolution of ideas, and discover new relevant literature through interactive mapping of academic publications.

Mendeley

Developed by Elsevier, Mendeley is a reference manager and academic social network that helps researchers organize citations, collaborate online, and discover research. It offers citation styles, PDF annotation, and cloud synchronization.

JASP

Developed by the JASP Team at the University of Amsterdam, JASP is an open-source statistical software that provides both classical and Bayesian analysis. Its intuitive interface is designed to make advanced statistical methods accessible to researchers.

PSPP

Developed by the GNU Project, PSPP is a free, open-source alternative to SPSS for statistical analysis. It supports descriptive statistics, correlation, regression, and non-parametric tests, and can handle large datasets efficiently.

Overleaf

Overleaf is a collaborative online LaTeX editor designed for scientific and technical writing, enabling users to easily create, format, and share documents for research, learning, and publication.

ExCITATION

ExCITATION is a browser extension for Google Scholar designed to help academics and researchers quickly identify leading journals and important studies by providing journal rankings, citation sorting, and instant abstract previews.

KNOWSDGS SDG mapping tool

The KNOWSDGS SDG mapping tool is an advanced platform created by the EU's Joint Research Centre to identify, map, and analyze research and policy connections to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (UNSDGs).

ResearchGate

ResearchGate is a commercial social networking platform specifically designed for scientists and researchers to share academic papers, ask and answer research-related questions, and find collaborators worldwide. Founded in 2008, it has grown to host over 150 million publication pages and connect more than 20 million researchers. Researchers create profiles to showcase their work, share full-text articles, and track the impact of their research through metrics like reads and citations. The platform also includes a Q&A knowledgebase for scholarly discussions.

VOSviewer

Developed by the Centre for Science and Technology Studies (CWTS), Leiden University, VOSviewer is a software tool for creating and visualizing bibliometric networks. It is widely used for mapping co-authorship, citation, and keyword networks in research analysis.

Bibliometrix

An R-based open-source tool for comprehensive bibliometric and scientometric analysis. It supports data import from major databases like Scopus, Web of Science, and PubMed, and offers statistical, network, and thematic mapping functionalities.

CiteSpace

A Java-based application for visualizing and analyzing trends and patterns in scientific literature. CiteSpace is used for detecting emerging topics, mapping knowledge domains, and identifying critical articles in a research field.

CiteScore (CS)

CiteScore measures the average citations received per document published in a journal over a four-year period. It helps assess a journal's scholarly impact and influence.

JCR Impact Factor 2024

Published by Clarivate Analytics, the Journal Citation Reports (JCR) Impact Factor indicates the average number of citations to recent articles published in a specific journal. It is a widely recognized metric for evaluating journal performance.

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

The SCImago Journal Rank (SJR) indicator, developed by SCImago Lab and based on Scopus data, measures a journal's prestige by considering both the number of citations and the importance of the citing journals.

Open Policy Finder

Developed by Jisc (UK), this tool helps researchers and institutions locate and compare open access policies from publishers and funding agencies. It supports compliance with funder mandates and promotes transparency in scholarly publishing.

UGC Regulation and Research Integrity

This document outlines the University Grants Commission (UGC) guidelines on promoting ethics and academic integrity in higher education. It details best practices for maintaining research quality, avoiding misconduct, and ensuring adherence to ethical standards.

Elsevier Journal Finder

A free tool that helps authors match their manuscript to Elsevier journals based on the title, abstract, and keywords, along with information on scope, impact, and submission guidelines.

Taylor & Francis Journal Suggester

Assists authors in finding suitable Taylor & Francis journals by analyzing their manuscript details and suggesting relevant matches.

Springer Journal Finder

Provides a searchable database of Springer journals, enabling authors to filter by discipline, scope, and impact to identify the most relevant publication outlet.

Wiley Journal Finder

Matches manuscripts to suitable Wiley journals using title, abstract, and keyword analysis, with details on scope, acceptance rates, and submission requirements.

JANE (Journal/Author Name Estimator)

A free journal recommendation tool primarily for biomedical and life sciences. It matches manuscript content to journals indexed in PubMed, helping authors identify relevant publication venues.