SOW 6404: Social Work Research: Home

Spring 2022 Semester Hours (Boca Raton):

The library building is open for the Spring 2022 semester from 7:40 am - 12:00 midnight, Monday-Thursday, 10:30 am - 6 pm on Saturday, and noon - midnight on Sunday (see our hours page for any changes).

It's easy to reach us! 

• Ask a Librarian (Sunday-Thursday 10 am-midnight; Friday/Saturday 10 am-5 pm)
• Lib2Go resources
• Subject Specialist/Liaisons
• Request a Research Consultation 
• Virtual Office Hours (by appointment)
• Retrieve Books (Boca Raton)

Partner Campus Library Hours:​

Following this session you should know how to:

• Log into OpenAthens (when, how and why)
• Use the FAU Library Catalog to locate books and other materials owned by the Library
• Know what a peer-reviewed article is and determine if a journal is peer-reviewed 
• Understand the difference between electronic journals and databases 
• Become aware of and use the most important databases for conducting literature reviews in the discipline of social work 
• Use the "Find it at FAU" button to connect to full-text articles in different databases 
• Search multiple databases at one time using OneSearch
• Locate other authors that have cited an article of interest using Web of Science
• Cite your sources
• Get additional help