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SSWR's 15th Annual Conference "Emerging Horizons for Social Work Research"
January 12-16, 2011 I Tampa Marriott Waterside Hotel and Marina I Tampa, FL
The SSWR Annual Conference offers a scientific program that reflects a broad range of research interests, from workshops on the latest quantitative and qualitative research methodologies to symposia featuring studies in child welfare, aging, mental health, welfare reform, substance abuse, and HIV/AIDS.Over 500 symposia, workshop, roundtable, paper and poster presentations.Preconference workshops (in conjunction with the Institute for the Advancement of Social Work Research) designed to enhance methods expertise and grant-writing skills.Preconference programs and a networking reception especially for doctoral students.

Organizations/Societies

• Action Network for Social Work Education and Research (ANSWER)
• Alcohol Research Mentoring System (ARMS) Program
• American Evaluation Association
• American Psychological Association
• American Public Health Association
• American Sociological Association
• Association of Baccalaureate Social Work Program Directors (BPD)
• Australian Association of Social Workers
• Bertha Capen Reynolds Society
• British Association of Social Workers
• Canadian Association of Social Workers
• Council on Social Work Education  http
• Danish Association of Social Workers
• Group for the Advancement of Doctoral Education
• Hong Kong Social Workers Association
• Institute for the Advancement of Social Work Research
• Institute for Geriatric Social Work (IGSW)
• Irish Association of Social Workers
• Israeli Association Of Social Workers
• Latino Social Workers Organization
• National Association of Puerto Rican/Hispanic Social Workers
• National Association of Social Workers
• National Center for Social Work Research Act
• National Network for Social Work Managers
• National Organization of Forensic Social Work
• Society for Social Work Leadership in Health Care

US Government

• Department of Commerce
• Department of Education
• Department of Health & Human Services
• USDHHS Grants Net
• Department of Justice
• Department of Labor
• Department of Veterans Affairs
• General Accounting Office
• House of Representatives
• Library of Congress
• Senate
• Social Security Administration
• Electronic Activist [contact information for U.S. senators and representatives, governors, and some state legislatures]
• Federal Telephone Directories

Funding

• 4researchers (a NIH supported project)
• NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts
• The Foundation Center
• The Grantsmanship Center
• American Cancer Society Funding Opportunities for Social Work Training, Research and Career Development
• American Cancer Society Doctoral Training Grants in Oncology Social Work (Annual Deadline: October 15)
• Fahs-Beck Funding Opportunities for Research and Experimentation

Meta-Indexes (including links to journals)

• Social Work Access Network
• SOSIG: Social Welfare
• World Wide Web Resources for Social Workers

Search

• PubMed
• Euroseek
• Google
• NorthernLight
• Fast

Reference

• Online Calculators
• Central Intelligence Agency World Factbook
• Current Controlled Trials
• Merck Manuals
• Online Dictionaries
• Online Dictionary of the Social Sciences
• ref.desk

Research Methods/Statistics

• Social Sciences Resources
• SAS
• SPSS
• World-Wide Web Virtual Library - Biostatistics
• World-Wide Web Virtual Library - Statistics

Social Work Reseach Centers

• WWWRSW List

Social Work Research Development Center

• Portland State University
• University of Michigan
• University of Tennessee
• University of Washington
• Washington University