Research Guides: Social Work: Websites

Websites

Data Search Engines:

Data & Statistics:

Census
- United States Census Bureau: This website offers resources, such as tables and maps, with demographic information the US Census Bureau.
Disability
- CDC Data and Statistics on Disability and Health: The CDC offers comprehensive data sets on common disabilities and impairments. Data for healthcare cost and disability prevalence are categorized by state.
Drug & Crime
- United Nations Office on Drug and Crime (UNODC): UNODC regularly updates global statistical series on crime, criminal justice, drug trafficking and prices, drug production, and drug use.
Marriage & Divorce
- National Center for Health Statistics: Marriage and divorce rates, mortality by martial status, and attitudes.
Domestic Violence
- The National Coalition Against Domestic Violence: This link contains state-by-state statistics and fact sheets on domestic violence.
Child Abuse & Neglect
- Child Welfare Information Gateway: "These resources present the most recent national and State statistics and data on the reporting and occurrence of child abuse and neglect" (Children's Bureau, n.d.).
Homelessness
- United States Interagency Council on Homelessness: State-by-state data on homelessness.
- National Alliance to End Homelessness: Statistics on the ethnicities, gender, and risk factors for people experiencing homelessness in the United States.

Resources:

Children's Bureau (n.d.). Child abuse and neglect statistics. www.childwelfare.gov/topics/systemwide/statistics/can/

Searching Government Websites

USA.gov:

"It's like Google for the Government! This search engine for government websites includes results from federal, state, and local government websites" (Donlin, 2021).

References:

Donlin, M. (2021, May 24). Social work resources. LibGuides. esu.libguides.com/c.php?g=840447&p=7245174

U.S. Department of Health & Human Services. (n.d.) Social services. HHS. www.hhs.gov/programs/social-services/index.html

News Evaluation: The following websites serve to check the credibility of news sources.

FactCheck: "We are a nonpartisan, nonprofit 'consumer advocate' for voters that aims to reduce the level of deception and confusion in U.S. politics. We monitor the factual accuracy of what is said by major U.S. political players" (The Annenberg Public Policy Center, 2021).
All Sides: All Sides rates news articles as "from the right," "from the left," or "from the middle." You can search articles from within these categories, as well.
Media Bias Fact Check: This website generates reports on biased news information. It lists online news sources according to their level of bias, and whether they lean to the left or the right. You will also find a list of the least-biased online news sources.

References:

The Annenberg Public Policy Center. (2021). Our mission. FactCheck. www.factcheck.org/about/our-mission/