LibGuides: Social work: Dissertations and research

Support for research students

Are you a research student?

The research guidance page will point you to information and guidance about the library resources and services available for research students at UoG.

Research in Practice

Research in Practice : Topics
Each topic area includes learning resources, publications, workshops and more to support evidence-informed practice with children and families, young people and adults.

CORE

CORE
CORE provides access to the world’s largest collection of open access research papers, collecting and indexing research from repositories and journals.

Research theses

EThOS This link opens in a new window
EThOS is the UK's national thesis service which aims to maximise the visibility and availability of the UK's doctoral research theses. Users are required to register with EThOS to download or order theses.

Dissertation database

UoG Dissertations

Past copies of UoG undergraduate and taught postgraduate social work dissertations can be found in the dissertation database

UoG Dissertation Database This link opens in a new window
A database of past University of Gloucestershire undergraduate and taught postgraduate dissertations or final year projects.
Only selected dissertations of the approved standard (60%+) have been uploaded. Dissertations can be viewed but download options have been disabled.
Dissertations can be browsed by subject, school and level using the Search facility.

Searching for past UoG dissertations

Evidence based reviews

Campbell Collaboration
The Campbell Collaboration is an international social science research network that produces high quality, open and policy-relevant evidence syntheses, plain language summaries and policy briefs.
EPPI Centre - Evidence for Policy and Practice
Conduct systematic reviews across health, education, welfare and other public policy sectors.

Referencing dissertations and theses

Referencing theses and dissertations - UoG Harvard

Research repositories

UoG Research Repository This link opens in a new window
The UoG Research Repository is a storage and distribution service for the University’s research and publishing outputs whether articles, conference papers, book contributions, artefacts or video.

Special Collections and Archives

There are a number of University special collections available for research use

University Archives
Bristol and Gloucestershire Archaeological Society Library
Local Heritage Initiative Archive
Gloucestershire Poets, Writers and Artists Collection,
ITN Image Archive
Artists' Books Collection.

Search the Special Collections and Archives catalogue.