Newman University Library: Working with Children, Young People and Families: Books, e-books and chapters

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Referencing Guide
Video Guides
Upcoming Workshops
Inter-Library Loans

E-book suggestions from the Education Librarians

Key concepts in family studies

The invention of childhood

Key Thinkers in Childhood Studies

Understanding research with children and young people

Research methods for social work: a problem-based approach

Decolonizing methodologies: research and indigenous peoples 3rd edn.

Promoting equality: working with diversity and difference

Anti-discriminatory practice: equality, diversity and social justice 7th edn.

Guide to books and e-books

For books and e-books Library Search will:

tell you whether we have an e-book, a print book, or both and how many copies we have
tell you where you can find a print book on our shelves using the shelfmark
link directly to the e-book if it is available

Library Search can also allow you to search for books outside of the Birmingham Newman Library collection and order an inter-library loan.

Finding books in the Library

A 'shelfmark' or 'call number' is a number that tells you where a book an be found in the library. Our main lending collection is on Level 2. Each row of shelves has a poster on the end that tells you what shelfmarks can be found there.

You can use the table on this page to see the general areas that main topics in your subject are shelved. Sometimes, casually browsing the shelves can turn up some great resources!

A shelfmark with two or three letters preceding it means that the book is not shelved in the main collection.

SE means it will be in our School Experience Collection on Level 0
LH means it will be in the Local History Collection on Level 2
REF or JHN is for the Reference or John Henry Birmingham Newman Collections on Level 1. You cannot borrow books from these collections: they can only be used in the Library.

Shelf locations

Main subject	Shelfmark
Social policy	361.61
Abused and neglected children	362.76
Child development - general	305.231
Child development - psychological, cognitive, social	155.4
Child development - physical	612.65
Children and society	362.7
Citizenship	370.115
Early years education and care	372.21
Educational research	370.72
Emotional difficulties of school children	371.94
Government control in Education	379.15
Multicultural and bilingual children	371.97
Primary education	372
Psychology - general	150
Psychology - education	370.15
School children guidance and counselling	371.4
Secondary education	373
Social research methods	300.72
Sociology - general	301
Sociology - education	370.19
Special needs and advocacy	371.9
Study skills	378.17
Teacher-parent relations	371.103

Last reviewed: 14 November 2023