Social
Care Online
The
Social Care Institute for Excellence (SCIE) has launched Social
Care Online - the UK's most extensive database of social care
information.
Formerly
the electronic Library for Social Care (eLSC), which included
CareData, Social Care Online is free and easy to use.
The
database contains tens of thousands of pieces of information including
good practice guidance, government publications, inspection reports,
legislation, service user knowledge, social care practice reports,
standards documents and training material, consultation documents,
directories of other social care resources and organisations,
and free access to other major social care databases and websites.
Director
of Knowledge Services at SCIE, Diane Gwynne-Smith, who led the
development of Social Care Online, believes it will be a crucial
tool for all people working in social care.
"Social
Care Online is social care's equivalent of Google. Whatever it
is you want to find, whether you're a practitioner, student, researcher
or service user, you'll find it all with a click of a button.
It's a virtual warehouse of information and it's free so everyone
can access it."
Social
care practitioners will be able to use Social Care Online to inform
their practice and to find out about the latest legislation and
debates. It will be particularly useful for registered social
workers who can use it to help fulfil their post-registration
training and learning obligations.
It
is also a must for students who can use it to research their essays
and dissertations, while researchers and academics can use it
as the first stop in their literature surveys.
You
can find results both by browsing social care topics and also
by creating your own search query. There are different levels
of searching available, ranging from a simple search for people
who are 'feeling' their way around and who want a quick and easy
response, to a complex search that can search for this and not
that, with a side order of that but not this.
Updated
daily by SCIE's experienced information managers, Social Care
Online offers unrivalled free access and ease of use.
Social
Care Online is free. To access it go to www.scie-socialcareonline.org.uk.
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The Social Care Institute for Excellence (SCIE) was launched in
October 2001 as part of the Government's drive to improve social
care. We are an independent registered charity, governed by a
board of trustees. Our role is to develop and promote knowledge
about good practice in social care across England, Wales and Northern
Ireland. For more information about SCIE visit scie.org.uk.
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