Bibliography of Social Service

The following bibliography has been developed in connection with courses on social service in the Department of Psychology of the University of Pennsylvania. Its aim is to furnish a background for studying the heterogeneous mass of activities known as the modern "Social Service Movement". General biological, psychological, and sociological knowledge is presupposedreferences avowedly technical in any of these subjects are mainly to the applied branches. Current references, in general omitted, may be easily secured by consulting the general bibliographical sources and periodicals in section V. Aside from the more general references, the scope is quite obviously limited to the needs of the social worker in a psychological clinic, or in some closely allied work, such as special class visiting, school clinics, or hospital social work, though the last requires technical information on many other lines, such as baby hygiene, care of convalescents, etc. No attempt has been made to do more than indicate the existence of special problems met by the workers in philanthropic organizations, such as family rehabilitation, child placing, etc. Even the special references how-