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Social Work: Textbooks & eBooks

Subjects and Shelfmarks in the Library

Subject Sub-sections

Class number

Community Care

361.8

Depression

616.8527

Development Psychology

155

Disability

362.4

Drug Abuse

362.29

Drug Dependence: Medicine

616.86

Elderly People: Social care

362.6

Equality:Social aspects and diversity

305

Ethnic groups:Social welfare

362.84

Health care/centres

362.1

Health Psychology

616.89

Human Biology

612

Law: Social Work

344.0313

Medicine

613

Mental health

362.2

Mental health nursing

616.89

Psychology-health professionals

150.246

Social research

300.72

Social work

361.3

Sociology

301

Sociology of health

306.461

Study skills for HE

371.30281

Wellbeing

616.89

Cannot Find What You Are Looking For?

  • Is the book out on loan? - Place a hold
  • Is the book at another library site? - Place a hold
  • Is the book not held by the library at all? - Use the Inter library loan service to borrow it from another library
  • Recommend a book? - Contact your Subject Specialist or Librarian if you would like to recommend a book we should buy for the library. 

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If you are looking for a book which is not held in any of our libraries, you can ask us to borrow it from another library through the Inter-Library Loans system.

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Textbooks & eBooks

The Library has a huge range of textbook and eBook titles to meet your needs.

Textbooks can be a great place to start your research, but remember that demand can be high, so you'll need to plan in advance.  Use the Library Catalogue to check what books the library has available.

eBooks are a quick and easy way to access material.  They are available on or off campus and can be used 24 hours a day.  If you own a tablet device, these books can be viewed easily wherever you have a connection to the internet.  These titles also allow limited printing.

You can access our textbook and eBook collections through the Library Catalogue

Ebooks are included in the library catalogue, however, you may also wish to use the ebook platforms themselves.

Unless otherwise indicated, to access these ebooks platforms click on the link and enter your Network username and password when prompted:

E-book selection - To view more available ebooks please search the Library Catalogue online resources.

Call Numbers Explained

When you enter the details of the item that you want on the Library Catalogue it will display a call number that tells you where the item is shelved.

The call number will usually look something like this:

306.47 GEL 

The combinations of letters and numbers gives a location based on the subject content of the item.  The items are arranged on the shelves using the call numbers.

The library floor plan will show you where items with particular call numbers are stored.