"Social Casework" is designed as a primary resource for social workers throughout the world. Its contributors are significant practitioners and scholars in the human services. Although there have been annual indexes to the journal since its inception in 1920, this cumulative index should prove a useful development for followers of social work literature. It strives to provide a resource for scholars, researchers, students and practitioners in the field, as well as for those working in related human service areas. The cumulative index covers all issues from 1920, when the journal was known as "The Family", through to 1976 when it became "Social Casework: The Journal of Contemporary Social Work". In the years 1980-1989, "Social Casework" once again succeeded in representing the interests and concerns of a decade. The journal"s articles offered readers material for academic discussion and professional policy making in such important areas as the family, social service research, decentralization, multiculturalism, the aged, abuse and violence, acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS), and relationships between workers and clients. In addition, new sections - "Forum", added in 1979, and "Case Study", introduced in 1988 - provided the opportunity for readers to make personal statements about professional issues. The cumulative index contains an historical overview of the journal and its significance, with four separate indexes: subject; author; title; and book review. It allows easy reference to the material included in the journal over the past 70 years, and aims to facilitate the use of historical perspective in dealing with current social work.