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Library Closure Information

Our new, state-of-the-art library in Stratford will open on Monday 24 June. In order for us to move our collections across, Stratford and Duncan House libraries will be closed from 5pm on Friday 7 June.

Click here for more information on the closures. If you have any queries, please email us at newlibrary@uel.ac.uk.

 


Internet 

 

1. Online Databases

  • Social Care Online
    Social Care Online contains over 40,000 abstracts of books, government reports, research papers and journal articles from the social work, social care literature.  
  • EBSCO Academic Search Complete
    A database offering full text for nearly 5,990 scholarly journals. It covers virtually every area of academic study offering full text information dating as far back as 1985
  • Web of Knowledge
    The Science, Social Science, Arts and Humanities Citation Indexes.
  • For off-campus use an ATHENS account is required for ASSIA, EBSCO Academic Search Complete and Web of Kowledge.. 

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2. Directories

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3. Harvard referencing 2010

Harvard referencing guide 2010

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4. Societies and Organisations

 

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5. UK Government Departments etc

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6. UK Legislation   

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7. Specific Subjects

7a. Domestic Violence

  • Women's Aid
    This is the key national chaiity in England for women and children experiencing physical, sexual and emotional abuse in their home. Has facts, figures and contact nmaes and addresses.

7b. Learning Difficulties

7c. Research Methods and Statistics

7d. Mental Health

7e. Older People and Ageing

  • Age Concern 
  • Centre for Policy on Ageing
    This page is still under construction, but it already contains a set of useful links and resources for researchers in social, economic and biological gerontology. The listing is indexed by category.

7f. Children and Families

7g. Homelessness

  • Shelter 
  • CRISIS
    The page of the national chairty dedicated to the relief of poverty and distress among single homeless people

7h Training materials

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Contact Subject Specialist

The Subject Specialist for Social Work is Robin Stinson who is based both at Docklands and Stratford. For further information, please contact Robin Stinson by mail or call on 020 8223 7445 (Docklands) or on 020 8223 4261 (Stratford). It is probably best if you e-mail me in the first instance.

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