Library Resources for Distance Education Students in Social Work
Ask us 
Angela Bardeen
Behavioral and Social Sciences Librarian
Davis Library
bardeen@email.unc.edu
962-1151
Document Delivery and Interlibrary Loan
Would you like a book from one of our libraries mailed to you? Can't find the article you need online? You can request books, articles and other materials through our Carolina BLU Services.
The first time you log in, you will need to fill in your account information. Make sure to select "Distance Education" by "status".
Cooperating Libraries
You can use your One Card to check out materials at any of these libraries.
Finding Articles 
Academic Search Premier
Multidisciplinary database covering wide range of academic areas. A great place to start searches.
PsycINFO
Comprehensive collection of
academic psychological work and relevant materials from related disciplines.
PubMed
Contains citations and links to full text from MEDLINE and additional life science journals.
Social Services Abstracts
Indexes and abstracts current journals and other works, in the disciplines of social work, human services, and related areas.
Social Work Abstracts
Produced by the National Association of Social Workers, Inc., contains records,spanning 1977 to the present, from social work and other related journals.
Google Scholar
Provides a search of scholarly literature across many disciplines and sources, including theses, books, abstracts and articles.
More Article Databases
Search by title or subject area.
Evidenced-Based Practice Resources
The Campbell Collaboration
An international research network that produces systematic reviews of social interventions.
Cochrane Library
Includes the full text of the regularly updated systematic reviews of the effects of health care prepared by The Cochrane Collaboration.
Finding Standardized Measurements 
Guide to Tests, Surveys, and Measures
This in-depth guide will assist you in finding reviews, and sometimes the actual tests and measures.
Mental Measurements Yearbook
This is a comprehensive guide with reviews to over 2,000 contemporary testing instruments.
HAPI (Health and Psychosocial Instruments)
Provides ready access to information on measurement instruments in the health fields and psychosocial sciences.
Electronic Reserves
Encyclopedia of
Social Work 
Books and Journals
Browse Journals 
Browse major social work-related research journals
Journal of Sociology and Social Welfare
Citing 
APA Style Website
Create your own personal article database and automatically format reference lists.
