Social Work Library

Located in the Columbia School of Social Work, the Social Work Library contains more than 75,000 volumes, comprising one of the world's premiere social work and social services collections. It provides comprehensive coverage of the various areas of social work including child welfare, gerontology, health and health care, international social welfare, marriage and the family, and social policy.

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Health and psychosocial instruments

The Social Agency Collection

DSM-5

Sage Video: Social Work

Sage Research Methods

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Aug 17, 2026

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Aug 11, 2026

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The Libraries' Journal Publishing program released 273 new articles across 22 journals from July 2025 through June 2026, including new issues from Al-ʿUsur al-Wusta and the Columbia Journal of Law & the Arts.

Aug 11, 2026

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The Studies in Applied Linguistics & TESOL (SALT) journal, published in collaboration with the Libraries' Journal Publishing Partnership program, releases a new issue with a forum that "explores how language ability can be defined and assessed in ways that more closely reflect the demands of 21st-century communication."

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