LibGuides: MSW-5000 v2: Week 2 Resources

Week 2 Required Resources

Cox, L., Tice, C., and Lond, D. (2021). Introduction to social work: An advocacy-based profession (3rd ed.). Sage Publishing.

Read Chapter 2

This chapter describes the significant developments of social work as a profession. Pay close attention to the resources used for this chapter. They are valuable references for your work as you move through the program.

Access your Redshelf book by clicking on the Getting Started module in your course, or click on the Bookshelf link at the top of your course.

Interactive Timeline of NASW
National Association of Social Workers. (n.d.). Interactive timeline of NASW. socialworkers.org.
This project focuses on the development of social work and the later creation of NASW. It is interactive and allows you to move up and down the timeline to view how each development impacted the growing profession of social work.
NASW Pioneers Biography Index
NASW Pioneers Biography Index
NASW Foundation. (n.d.). NASW pioneers biography index. Retrieved from https://www.naswfoundation.org/Our-Work/NASW-Social-Work-Pioneers/NASW-Social-Workers-Pioneers-Bio-Index

The National Association of Social Workers Foundation is pleased to present the NASW Social Work Pioneers® (NASW, n.d). NASW Pioneers are social workers who have explored new territories and built outposts for human services on many frontiers (NASW, n.d). Some are well known, while others are less famous outside their immediate colleagues, and the region where they live and work(NASW, n.d). But each one has made an important contribution to the social work profession, and to social policies through service, teaching, writing, research, program development, administration, or legislation (NASW, n.d). The NASW Pioneers have paved the way for thousands of other social workers to contribute to the betterment of the human condition; and they are role models for future generations of social workers (NASW, n.d).

Week 2 Optional Resource

Social Welfare History Project
VCU Libraries Social Welfare History Project. (2025, March 18). Social welfare history project. socialwelfare.library.vcu.edu.
This is an extensive compilation of information about the development of social work and social welfare. The site is interactive, and includes vast information about individuals, organizations, legislation and social factors contributing to the development of social work and social welfare.