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Social Policy and Practice (Ovid)
Social Policy and Practice (Ovid)

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Social Policy and Practice is a one-stop-shop for research, analysis and discussion of health and social policy.

It brings together information from five of the UK’s leading collections of social policy and practice resources providing access to difficult-to-obtain resources including documents and publications from national and regional government departments, public agencies, local authorities, third-sector organisations, consultancy and professional bodies, academic think tanks and research departments.
 

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Over 320,000 bibliographic records, with a significant number citing important "grey literature" sources such as semi-published reports, surveys and statistics.

Access information from the UK’s leading collections of social policy and practice resources, including:

  • NSPCC Library –  safeguarding, child protection, child abuse and neglect.
  • Planex – IDOX Knowledge Exchange - focused on social policy.

Also includes the full archives of:

  • AgeInfo - Centre for Policy on Ageing (to March 2024)
  • Social Care Online - Social Care Institute for Excellence (to December 2022)
  • Child Data - National Children’s Bureau (to January 2018)
  • Greater London Authority Library (to April 2014)

Coverage is extensive and includes:

- Public and social policy
- Public health
- Social care
- Community development
- Mental and community health
- Homelessness
- Housing
- Crime
- Equalities
- Law and order
- Children and families
- Older People

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