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Social Work and Sociology

This guide provides resources for performing social work and sociology research at NC A&T.

Evidence-Based Research Tips

Find Scholarly Articles

Any time you use another's work in your research, you need to cite the source with both in-text and reference list citations. American Psychological Association (APA) style is the citation style most commonly used for research in the social sciences. To learn how to cite in APA style, visit the resource linked below.

Advanced Research: Tools for Systematic/Scoping Reviews

As a graduate student or faculty researcher, you may want to perform a review for publication. A scoping review seeks to present an overview of a potentially large and diverse body of literature pertaining to a broad topic, while a systematic review attempts to collate empirical evidence from a relatively smaller number of studies pertaining to a focused research question. For a tool to assist with the review process, visit the link below.