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An essential toolkit for every social worker who is online (or wants to be).

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"It's great! Lots of neat resources, plain language, tips and touts...great basic book for anybody's undergraduate/graduate library!!!"

Ogden W. Rogers, Ph.D., ACSW
BSW Program Director, University of Wisconsin—River Falls
Listowner, SOCWORK Internet mailing list

"This is an excellent book and a wonderful resource. It is comprehensive, well written, accessible and immediately useful to both academics and practitioners. It covers the basics along with many more advanced topics. I have found it helpful in my work and my students have found it very useful as well. This is a splendid contribution to the literature on technology and social work."

John McNutt, Ph.D, ACSW
Graduate School of Social Work, Boston College

Thousands of social workers are using the Internet to connect with colleagues, find information to use in their work with clients, and provide services and information. You can, too.

Read this book and learn how you can:

• Connect to the Internet
• Choose an Internet Service Provider
• Use mailing lists and newsgroups
• Surf the World Wide Web
• Network with social work colleagues from around the world
• Find helpful information and resources for your clients
• Advocate online for your favorite causes
• Raise funds for your organization or agency using the Internet
• Search online for a social work job
• Provide a community service by creating your own Web page

You will also find important information about the ethical concerns surrounding electronic communication and provision of online social work services.

PLUS...reviews of over 350 Web sites of interest to social workers and/or their clients.

Gary B. Grant is Associate Dean for External Affairs at the University of Chicago School of Social Service Administration. He has been involved in many innovative projects at SSA that involve social work students and alumni in using the Internet, and he teaches professional development classes there on “Uses of the Internet in Social Work.” In his spare time, Gary serves as a Vice-President with the Hyde Park/Kenwood Community Conference, where he heads a project to build an Internet gateway to the community and to promote uses of the Internet for non-profit organizations and businesses. He co-authored THE NON-PROFIT INTERNET HANDBOOK with Gary Grobman.

Linda May Grobman, ACSW, LSW, is editor and publisher of THE NEW SOCIAL WORKER, the national magazine for social work students and recent graduates, and editor of the book DAYS IN THE LIVES OF SOCIAL WORKERS. Linda has been a social worker in mental health and medical settings, and is a former staff member of the Pennsylvania and Georgia Chapters of the National Association of Social Workers. Linda uses the Internet daily to connect with other social workers around the world, and she has presented workshops on Internet use at national, state, and local gatherings of social workers.

Table of Contents

Preface
Acknowledgments

PART 1: INTRODUCTION TO THE INTERNET

Chapter 1: Why Should Social Workers Care About the Internet?

Chapter 2: The Internet
What is the Internet
How it All Started
How the Internet Works
Who Runs the Internet
Internet Demographics
Internet Applications

Chapter 3: Getting Connected
Computer and Monitor
Modem/ISDN Line
Telephone Line
Internet Service Provider
Communications and Other Software
Internet Telephone

Chapter 4: E-Mail
How E-Mail Works
Benefits of Using E-Mail
Deciphering an E-Mail Address
Finding an E-Mail Address
Signatures
Emoticons
Security and Confidentiality

Chapter 5: Mailing Lists and Usenet Newsgroups
Mailing Lists
Usenet Newsgroups
How to Participate in a Newsgroup
How New Newsgroups Are Started

Chapter 6: The World Wide Web
Anatomy of a URL
How to Open, Bookmark, and Print Web Pages
Frames
The Cache File
Savvy Searching
Search Engine or Directory
Web Rings

Chapter 7: Ethical, Legal, and Personal Issues
Netiquette
Legal Issues
Personal Issues

Chapter 8: That’s It?

PART 2: SPECIFIC SOCIAL WORK USES OF THE INTERNET

Chapter 9: Introduction to Social Work on the Internet

Chapter 10: Professional Development and Connecting to an Internet Social Work Community
Online Conferences and Continuing Education
Online Professional Communities and Professional Organizations
Networking
Online Journals

Chapter 11: Networking and Finding Resources Through Online Services
America Online
Prodigy
Compuserve
Making a Decision

Chapter 12: Staying Linked, Online

Chapter 13: Using the Internet With and On Behalf of Clients
Learning About One’s Condition or Needs
Life Skill Resources Online
Client Networking
Examples
Finding Referral Resources

Chapter 14: Clinical Social Work, Computers, and Cyberspace
Keeping in Touch
Making Difficult Communication Less Painful
A New Medium
Referrals
Support Groups
Online Promotion
Finding Information
Convenience
Novelty
Caveats

Chapter 15: Ethics and Other Problems of Social Work Online
Do Social Work and the Internet Mix?
Competence
Confidentiality
Informed Consent
Online Therapy
Online Group Concerns
Plagiarism
Codes of Ethics Online
Ethics Under Construction

Chapter 16: Fund-Raising Online
Educating Yourself About Fund-Raising
Creative Fund-Raising Ideas
Prospect Research
Finding Funding Sources
News, Articles, and Publications On Fund-Raising and Philanthropy
Using E-Mail to Attract and Solicit Support
Usng a Web Site to Attract and Solicit Support

Chapter 17: Social Policy and Advocacy Online
Getting the Word Out About Your Advocacy Efforts

Chapter 18: Job Search on the Internet
Where to Start
Making Contact
Employment Search Sites
Finding Internships
The Long-Distance Approach
Publishing Résumés on the WWW

Chapter 19: Social Work Education and Research
Exploring Social Work Schools Through the Internet
Using the Internet in Your Social Work Studies
Social Work Student Interactions
For Faculty: Using the Internet for Teaching, Scholarship, and Breaching the Ivory Towers
The Social Work School Administrator: Connectivity to Colleagues
The Social Work Graduate

Chapter 20: Publishing on the Web
Advantages of Publishing on the Web
Potential Uses of Web Publishing
Disadvantages of Web Publishing
HTML? What’s That?
If You Build It, Will They Come?
Once They Come, Will They Come Again?
Going Online
Domain Names
Obtaining a Domain Name
Web Publishing in Action
Some Final Considerations
Web Publishing Resources
More Web Page Design Tips
A Sample, Simple Web Page

Chapter 21: Human Behavior in the Cyber Environment
What Barriers Are There to Objectively Evaluating the Risks of the Internet?
So What is the Internet Community Really Like?
How Do People “Meet” or Encounter One Another Online?
Do People Take On Different Online Personas?
Overuse of the Internet
Pornography and Other Controversial Content Available Online
Privacy Online
Conclusion

Afterword: Where Do We Go From Here?

PART 3: REVIEWS OF WEB SITES OF INTEREST TO SOCIAL WORKERS
Adoption
Aging
AIDS
Books/Bookstores Online
Children and Youth
Community
Corrections
Death and Dying
Disabilities
Disaster/Humanitarian Relief
Disease-Specific Organizations
Employment
Families
Funding
Gay/Lesbian
Government Sites
Health Care
Higher Education
Homelessness/Housing
Hunger
Internet Search Engines and Directories
Men’s Issues
Mental Health
Non-Profit/Association Management
Personal Web Pages
Publications
Race/Ethnicity
Religion-Sponsored
Research—General
Research—Professional
Social Justice/Activism
Social Work—General
Social Work Licensing/Credentials
Social Work Organizations
Substance Abuse
Support/Self-Help
Technology
Veterans/Military
Violence
Volunteerism
Women

Appendix A: State Home Pages on the World Wide Web

Appendix B: My Internet Bookmarks

Appendix C: My Internet Projects

Glossary

Additional Reading Resources

Index

Alphabetical Index of Web Reviews

ISBN: 0-9653653-5-2
Library of Congress Catalog Number 98-90255
Publication Date: 1998
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