The "NASW Register of Clinical Social Workers," 11th Edition identifies social workers who are qualified providers of mental health services and who have met national standards for education and experience established by the NASW Competence Certification Commission on recommendation of the Committee on Clinical Social Work. The "NASW Register" lists clinical social workers at two levels of experience and expertise.  The "Qualified Clinical Social Worker" credential recognizes social workers with a minimum of two years of post-master's supervised experience in clinical social work. The "NASW Diplomate in Clinical Social Work" is the advanced clinical specialization credential established by the NASW Board of Directors. The "NASW Diplomate" requirements include a minimum of five years of clinical social work experience. Access the database on campus from the Ely Library Home page at:  http://www.lib.wsc.ma.edu/ under Quick Links to Databases or from off campus by clicking on Off Campus Access.
 

To Construct a Search:

1. Select one or more fields in which to search, or leave the selection as the default, "Words Anywhere".  Searching by Keyword(s) and Author are available in this database.
2. Type a word or phrase in the text entry area. Refer to Valid Search Statements  for examples of the types of searches you can enter.
3. If desired, narrow your search by a Limit Field.
4. Click Start Search. WebSPIRS performs the search and retrieves the Results List.
5. Search Builder allows you to do Boolean searching in multiple fields.

Below are the types of searches you can create in the Search page.

Term: dyslexia Term with truncation or wildcards: trauma* , wom?n Previous search request number: #3 Number, in quotes if equal to previous search number: 1989 , "2" , "#5" Letters and numbers combined: 3m Phrase: behavioral management

Phrase with hyphens: drug-abuse Phrase with operator in quotes: death "near" experience Term or phrase limited to a field: smith in nm Multiple terms combined with operators: adolescents or teenagers or young adultsAny of the above, grouped with parentheses for clarity: (dog or 1) near puppy   (Using Search Builder)

Combining Previous Searches:  You will have the option to combine previous searches in this system. To do so,

• Scroll down to see Search History, the complete list of searches already done.
• Click beside the searches you want combined, keeping in mind that any search with a small number of results will come out even smaller (often "0") when combined with other terms.

The Index allows you to find out if a term or name is in the database, and if so, how to spell it correctly.  Click on the Index button at the top of your screen.  Enter your search term in the search box and click display.  Following your word when it appears in the list will be a number in parentheses.  This represents the number of records containing that term.  Bring it to the Search screen by clicking on the term.  This is a good way to locate a Social Worker by name.
Note:  NASW Register of Clinical Social Workersdoes not have an online thesaurus.

To View the Full Text of a Record:

• Click on View Complete Record.
• Or you can Click Change Display, then select the box next to Complete Record, then click on Confirm Changes. The records will be re-displayed with the full text.

To mark records:

• Click in the box next to the record number, such as Record 1 of 235, for any record that you want to mark.

To print records:

• After marking records of interest, click the Print button in the citation screen [CAUTION:  Do Not Use the Netscape Print Feature yet, as this may log you out of the database]. WebSPIRS displays the Print Records page, which allows you to select and format records for printing.  Click Print Records, then click OK at the Print dialog page.

To save records:

• Click the Save button that appears at the top of your retrieved records.  WebSPIRS displays the Save Records page, which allows you to select and format records for saving to a disk.  [CAUTION:  If you use the Netscape Save Feature you must change the file name extention to .txt]. Click Save Records, enter a file name, then click Save.

To E-mail records:

• Click E-mail. At the Mail Records page,  select and format the records to e-mail. Be sure to include the full address:  username@foma.wsc.ma.edu

To change display options:

• Click Change Display to determine how many records to display on a page, which field names to display, how records are sorted, and which fields to displayed.