Resource Overview Platform: Proquest Link to Resource Connect to Resource CSA Social Services Abstracts provide bibliographic coverage of current research focused on social work, human services, and related areas, including social welfare, social policy, and community development. Social Services Abstracts is published by Sociological Abstracts, a division of Cambridge Scientific Abstracts. Because this and Sociological Abstracts database cover related material it is highly recommended that both databases be searched together. Major areas of coverage include: Community development Crisis intervention Evaluation research The family and social welfare Gerontology Policy, planning, forecasting Poverty and homelessness Professional issues in social work Social development Social work education Support groups/networks Violence, abuse, neglect Welfare services