Library Resources and Services for Social Work
Ask us 
Angela Bardeen
Social Sciences Reference Librarian
Davis Library
bardeen@email.unc.edu
962-1151
Document Delivery and Interlibrary Loan
Would you like a book from one of our libraries pulled and held for? Can't find the article, book, or report you need at our library? You can request books, articles and other materials through our Carolina BLU Services.
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.
Sociological Abstracts
Sociological Abstracts provides access to the world's literature in sociology and related disciplines.
ISI Citation Database
Provides access to several major citation indexes including the Social Sciences Citation Index
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 
In Print: Davis Reference HV35.S6
Browse Journals 
Browse major social work-related research journals
Journal of Sociology and Social Welfare
Books and Journals
Citing 
APA Style Website
Create your own personal article database and automatically format reference lists.
Google Scholar
