Welcome to the Research Guide for SER101: Inroduction to Social Welfare. Please use this guide to find resources for your human services paper. Please contact myself or any BCC Librarian if you have any questions.
Social welfare, according to John E. Hansan, Ph.D., founder of the Social Welfare History Project, is defined broadly as "…the range of organized activities that seek to alleviate, prevent, or contribute to the solution of social problems or to promote the well-being of individuals, groups, or communities.”