Information Competencies for Social Work Students
Intro || 1. Basic Skills || 2. Research Process Skills || 3. Critical Thinking Skills || 4. Advanced Research Skills || 5. Policy Practice and Advocacy Skills || 6. Professional Organizations and Job Search Resources || 7. Local Resources
7. Know Your Local Resources
- Census of Population and Housing
Census Lookup 1990
American Factfinder 2000 - Electronic information relevant to the local community
- Audience Specific
The Senior Alliance (Southern and Western Wayne County, Michigan - Issue Specific
Childhood Asthma Task Force in Flint, Michigan - Organized by Subject
MAIN Metropolitan Austin Interactive Network
- Audience Specific
- Web sites for/with/about local organizations and the community as a whole
- Economic and cultural profile to attract business and investment
Traverse City, Michigan Chamber of Commerce - Neighborhoods
Seattle Public Access Network Neighborhoods - Statistical maps
Environmental Systems Research Institute's Internet Mapping Sites
- Economic and cultural profile to attract business and investment
- Digitized static collections of documents or artifacts
American Memory Project - Digitized collection of documents or artifacts which grows and changes
Municipal Codes Online
Washington DC PSA 108 Crime Prevention - Electronic directories of dynamic information
- Local Job listings and resumes
JobSmart - Information and Referral Databases
Detroit Public Library's TIP database online
Arkansas Resource Information CyberCenter - Transportation Schedules and Routes
Ann Arbor Transit Authority - E-commerce and online transaction applications
- Volunteer recruitment
ImpactOnline's VolunteerMatch
- Volunteer recruitment
- Webcasts of local event
- Traffic
Michigan Intelligent Transportation List of Real Time Traffic Sites
- Local Job listings and resumes
Send corrections and suggestions to the EBSS Social Work/Social Welfare Committee Chair
Social Work/Social Welfare Committee Web Resources || Social Work/Social Welfare Committee || EBSS
