About Social Care Online

Social work students

If your field of study is social care, Social Care Online is the place to find material for your essays and research for your dissertations. You can even find good practice information to assist you on your practice placements and use the skills tutorials to improve your research skills. Or just use it to better understand the issues to get yourself to the top of the class.

Find out how Chris Taylor uses Social Care Online for his social work degree.

Researchers and academics

More and more academics and researchers are making Social Care Online the first stop in teir literature searches. With over 90,000 referenced abstracts, increasing the amount of full text articles, research reviews, research briefings and more, you're guaranteed to get your project off to a good start. And you can be confident of the quality, with each piece of information referenced, abstracted and indexed by SCIE's experienced information professionals.

Find out how Research Fellow Lesley Grayson uses Social Care Online.

Social care managers and practitioners

When you're drowning in casework, you need access to accurate and up-to-date information - fast. Social Care Online offers access to thousands of resources on good practice and topical research briefings. And it's an excellent way to fulfil your post-registration training and learning obligations. With study, reading and training on the approved list issued by the social care councils, Social Care Online offers a huge choice at the click of a button.

Social Care Online is especially useful for registered social workers; use it to help fulfil your post-registration training and learning obligations.

Find out how social worker Marie Diggins uses Social Care Online.

Librarians and information professionals

Next time you're asked that tricky reference question or you are asked to do a literature search, you can feel confident you'll get the answer. Browse, do a simple search, or enter a complex search string to meet all your customers' needs.

Service users and carers

If you're a service user or a carer you may want to find out more about the issues affecting you. Find out what other people think, read up about best practice in the types of services you receive or provide, or just improve your knowledge to help you become an informed consumer.