Social Studies
- General Guides
- Specific Resources
- Dictionaries, Glossaries & Encyclopedic
Sources
- Government resources and statistics
- Hong Kong
- Topical links
- Associations & Organizations
- Governmental units
- Educational institutions
- Organizations related to government
- Other organizations
- Professional
organizations
- Electronic Journals/Books/Reports
- Publishers
- Conferences
- Discussion Groups and Newsgroups
General Guides
Specific Resources
Dictionaries, Glossaries & Encyclopedic Sources
- counselingseattle.com
- Dictionary of Initials, Acronyms, and Abbreviations Used by Counselors and
Social Workers
Government resources and statistics
- Background Notes - these
publications, prepared by U.S. Department of State, include facts about the
land, people, history, government, political conditions, economy, and
foreign relations of independent states, some dependencies, and areas of
special sovereignty. Within each Background Note is a link under "OFFICIAL
NAME" that goes to the respective "country page" containing additional
information
- CIA -
The World Factbook (U.S. Central Intelligence Agency)
- Country Studies
(Federal Research Division, Library of Congress, U.S.)
- Foreign
Government Resources on the Web (University of Michigan Library
Documents Center)
- Government
Publications and Maps : Foreign Governments (Northwestern University
Library)
- Hong
Kong Statistics (Census and Statistics Department, Hong Kong)
- OECD
Factbook (free access via SourceOECD)
- Statistical Abstract of
the U.S.
- Statistical
Databases (United Nations Statistics Division)
- Statistical Sites on the
World Wide Web (compiled by U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor
Statistics)
- United Nations : Departments of the
UN Secretariat and other
Offices and Programmes
- United Nations System of
Organizations - official web locator of Indexes of Websites of the
United Nations System of Organizations
- United Nations Population Information
Network
- United
Nations System Pathfinder - a pathfinder for publications of UN bodies
and specialized agencies (including global studies and reports, handbooks
and guides, bibliographies and indices, international statistical
publications, compilations of treaties, resolutions and documents as well as
annual reports), and some standard reference works published outside of the
UN system
- Yahoo! Directory :
Statistics
Hong Kong
Topical links
Associations & Organizations
Governmental units
Educational institutions
- Centre for Civil Society
and Governance, University of Hong Kong
- The Centre of Urban
Planning and Environmental Management, University of Hong Kong
- Department of Applied Social
Sciences, Hong Kong Polytechnic University
- Department
of Applied Social Studies, City University of Hong Kong
- Department of Government &
International Studies, Hong Kong Baptist University
- Department of Government and
Public Administration, Chinese University of Hong Kong
- Department of Politics and Public
Administration, University of Hong Kong
- Department of Politics and
Sociology, Lingnan University
- Department
of Public and Social Administration, City University of Hong Kong
- Department of Social Work,
Chinese University of Hong Kong
- Department of Social Work,
Hong Kong Baptist University
- Department of Social Work and Social
Administration, University of Hong Kong
- Department of
Sociology, Hong Kong Baptist University
- Department of Sociology,
Chinese University of Hong Kong
- Department of Sociology,
University of Hong Kong
- Division of Social
Science, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
- Hong Kong Institute for the Humanities
and Social Sciences, University of Hong Kong
- Institute of Transport Studies,
University of Hong Kong
- Social Sciences Research Centre,
University of Hong Kong
Organizations related to government
Other organizations
Professional organizations
Electronic Journals/Books/Reports
- The Asia
Pacific Journal of Public Administration
- British Journal of Social Work
- British Medical
Journal - a journal covering issues in health care, social need and
administration
- Center
on Urban Poverty and Social Change : Publications - an array of reports
and publications produced by the Center including lengthy scholarly articles
as well as research summaries
- E-Book: Advances in Social Welfare in
Chinese Societies, 2004 (Department of Social Work, Chinese University of
Hong Kong) (please click "Research Centre & Resources", "E Books" for
viewing the publication)
- Education Bureau: LegCo
Business and Publications/Reports
- Environment, Transport and Works Bureau : LegCo
Matters and Publications
- Hong Kong Journal of Mental Health
(abstracts only)
- Hong Kong Journal of
Psychiatry
- Hong Kong Yearbook(1997- )
- Housing, Planning and Lands Bureau : LegCo Business and Publications
- Improving
Hong Kong's Health Care System : Why and For Whom? (Harvard Report) / 香港醫護改革為何要改？為誰而改？
- International Social Security
Association - containing papers and presentation of its conferences
(please click "Meetings" for locating the papers and presentations)
- Journal of
Youth Studies - also available in the Serials collection of the PolyU
Library (call number: HQ793 .C5)
- Legislative Council Panel
Papers (from Health, Welfare and Food Bureau)
- LSE Centre for the
Analysis of Social Exclusion : Publications (London School of Economics
and Political Science)
- Lyceum Books : Social
Work Book Titles
- National Conference on Social
Welfare Proceedings (1874-1982)
- The New Social Worker
Online - the magazine for social work students and recent graduates
- Project for Research
on Welfare, Work, and Domestic Violence : Publications and Research
Reports (School of Social Work, University of Michigan)
- Social Policy (quarterly)
- Social Policy Research Centre
(University of New South Wales, Australia)
- Social Service
Review(University of Chicago)
- Social Work Access Network
(SWAN) : Social Work Publications List
- Social Work Today Online
- Sociological Research
Online (quarterly)
- Urban
Institute - data, publications and reports etc. on various social and
economic issues
- World
Bank e-Library