Major papers presented at the Conference on Research Utilization in Social Work Education are compiled in this sourcebook. The conference focused on six topics that reviewed the state of the art of research utilization and suggested directions for the future. The papers included are: Understanding Research Utilization in Social Work (Stuart A. Kirk); Understanding the Utilization of Research in Social Work and Other Applied Professions (Richard L. Simpson); Research Priorities in Social Work Education: A Communication to Colleagues (Jerry S. Turem); Identifying Research Priorities in Social Work Education (David M. Austin); Gaps and Linkages in Research Utilization: Enhancing Utilization Through a Research and Development Approach (Jack Rothman); Improving the Quality and Increasing the Productivity of Social Work Research (Dorothy Miller); Incorporating Research into Macro Social Work Practice and Education (Irwin Epstein and Tony Tripodi); Incorporating Research into Education for Clinical Practice in Social Work: Toward A Clinical Science (Scott Briar); On Research and Practice Teaching in Social Work (John R. Schuerman); Specifying Curriculum Goals for Research in Social Work Education (Anne Minahan); Strategies and Tactics for Increasing Research Production and Utilization in Social Work Education (John L. Bushnell and Gregory M. St. L. O'Brian); and Social Science Knowledge and Social Work Practice (Martin Rein and Sandra Tanenbaum). A list of conference participants and a copy of the conference agenda are appended. (SF)