Social Work : Books & E-books

Books in the Jerry Falwell Library are organized according to the Library of Congress system.  If you would like to browse the shelves, here are some suggestions of relevant Library of Congress subject headings.  

• BF: Psychology
• GN: Anthropology
• HN: Social History and Conditions. Social Problems. Social Reform.
• HQ: The Family. Marriage. Women
• HT: Communities. Classes. Races.
• HV: Social Pathology. Social and Public Welfare. Criminology
• RC: Internal Medicine

However, you would usually have more comprehensive results by browsing the electronic catalog, which will bring back results from the Book Tower, the robotic storage system, and books that are available electronically.

Using the search box on the library homepage (www.liberty.edu/library), select the Books heading. You can then limit your search to show E-books only.  We also have some E-book databases which you can search directly within. I've included some relevant e-book databases below.

We provide online access to the latest version of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders

This resource is used by health professionals, social workers, and forensic and legal specialists to diagnose and classify mental disorders.  To access the DSM-V, open a new tab or window and then follow the steps outlined below.

1. Navigate to the main library website at www.liberty.edu/library.
2. Under the search bar, click Advanced Search.
3. In the first search field, type “Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders”.  Be sure to put quotation marks around the phrase, since this action will allow the search engine to search for this particular phrase rather than each word within the phrase.  You may leave the Search field as the default “All Fields”.
4. Scroll down and under "Refine your search", check the box entitled "Full text online".
5. Hit the Search button at the bottom of the page.