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Social Work Related eBooks

The Dynamics of the Social Worker-Client Relationship

"...n-depth contemporary approach to the many ways in which social workers can develop, maintain, and rebuild constructive working relationships with clients who display various psychological symptoms."

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Looking for a book in the Library? Search the Library Catalog for books and eBooks. Enter keywords, authors, titles, subjects or other terms to find what you are looking for. Note that you can also find articles and audio visual materials in the Catalog. To limit your results, select Library Catalog (Excludes Articles) from the drop down menu to the right of the search window.

Consider using the Advanced Search option to limit or expand your search further.

Accessing eBooks

For eBooks, visit the Downloading eBooks tutorial for information on how to access the Library's collection of electronic books. Access requires logging in using your Blackboard username and password. 

Search Terms

The words you use to search for books and other resources matter. They will determine your search results. Be creative as you develop your list of search terminology. Consider synonyms and try to think of as many ways of saying the same thing as possible. Placing your terms in quotation marks will ensure the term is searched for as a phrase. McNichols Campus librarians are available to help develop search strategies.

Some potential terms that may help your social work research include:

  • bullying
  • adoption
  • foster care
  • racial discrimination
  • domestic violence
  • addiction treatment
  • case management
  • advocacy

Borrow from Another Library

Can't find what you are looking for in our Library? The Library offers interlibrary loan services to University of Detroit Mercy students, faculty, and staff. 

This form allows you to request the title from another Library. Our staff will process your request and let you know when the title arrives at the Library, usually within 7-14 days.

Social Work Related Titles

The Social Work Field Placement

Helps students to integrate social work education with field placement learning experiences in a purposeful, reflective, and unified manner This authoritative text is designed to help BSW and MSW students structure their field placement learning around the nine CSWE profession social work competencies to maximize their field placement learning opportunities.