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Affordable Textbooks

Social work faculty throughout the United States and abroad adopt NASW Press books for use in the classroom. NASW Press publishes outstanding textbooks that are reasonably priced for undergraduate and graduate students and offers special book discounts on selected texts. You will also find helpful study guides, career planning resources, and practice texts.

Journal Access

NASW Press journals are among the best in the social sciences and are excellent resources for writing assignments. Student members receive Social Work free online as well as substantial discounts on print and online subscriptions to Health & Social Work, Children & Schools, Social Work Research, and Social Work Abstracts.

Online Databases

Our online databases, hosted by Ovid and Ebscohost, offer approximately 60,000 social work and social welfare abstracts for you to employ while researching the profession.

NASW Student Membership

Are you a member of NASW? If not, you should be. NASW is your professional organization and it is your connection to the ideas, information, and people that can help you achieve your full potential. We offer students a remarkable array of benefits for a fraction of regular membership dues. Student members receive the Social Work Advocates and Social Work free online and have access to insurance protection, valuable resources, and excellent discounts. Plus, student representatives on every state chapter and national board of directors represent your interests.

Essential Reference Works 

Every social work student needs The Social Work Dictionary and Encyclopedia of Social Work on their bookshelf. These essential reference works are the definitive sources for social work knowledge, terminology, and history, and are unparalleled study tools for licensing and certification exams. They make perfect gifts for social work students. The NASW Press reference work collection also includes a number of other useful informational and statistical resources.