Welcome to your library subject page. This has been compiled by your subject librarian and is here to help you find information for your studies and research. It is not an exhaustive list of everything available, but will point you in the right direction.
OneSearch is a good place to start your research. However as you progress through your course you will need to develop your searching skills to incorporate other sources.
Watch the tutorial below for an introduction to searching or access our Finding Information page for more advice.
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You can also sign up to our webinar for guidance on how you can develop your search skills.
We have selected some key eresources and individual journal titles to help you locate relevant material for your subject.
Eresources allow you to search across multiple sources at one time eg a range of journal articles. Some eresources are subject specific and provide more tailored results.
In addition to these key eresources you can also explore our full A-Z of eresources.
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Community Care Informs | Aimed at social care professions who work with children and with adults, Community Care Inform pulls together policy, guides, research, case law and legislation on a wide range of topics, from adoption to mental health and welfare rights. You will need to use the Shibboleth login on and off campus to get access to the full-text |
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SocIndex | Comprehensive high quality sociological journal collection, mostly full text. |
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Cinahl | Contains many articles on health and wellbeing |
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Education Source |
The world’s largest and most complete collection of full text educational journals, covering all levels of education, from early childhood to higher education. Watch this video to learn how to use and search in Education Source:Watch 'Eresources for Education - Education Source' | Microsoft Stream |
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PsycARTICLES | Full text database relating to psychology |
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Sage Premier | Includes a good range of journals useful for WCF |
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Taylor and Francis | Includes good range of journal useful for WCF |
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Proquest Social Sciences | Many articles on social science and social care |
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A multi-disciplinary full text database of over 5,500 journals. | |
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Cochrane Reviews | Provides systematic reviews of clinical based evidence on the effectiveness of specific interventions. An intervention can range from a non smoking campaign to counselling or medication. Your results will be a mixture of reviews and clinical trials. It will depend on your topic as to whether there will be a relevant review |
Browse or search inside key journal titles for your subject below. For a full range of titles check our A-Z of journals via Journals Search.
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A quarterly peer-reviewed journal that focuses on family child, adolescent, and family psychology. | |
| CAMH publishes reviews, original articles, and pilot reports of innovative approaches, interventions, clinical methods and service developments. | ||
| Child Development |
Published by the international and interdisciplinary Society for Research in Child Development (SRCD). | |
| Child: Care, Health & Development |
An international, peer-reviewed journal which publishes papers dealing with all aspects of the health and development of children and young people. | |
| Children and Society |
Research and debate on all aspects of childhood and policies and services for children and young people children and young people. | |
| Children and Young People Now |
A Magazine covering childcare and early years, education, health, social care, youth justice, and youth work. | |
| The Journal publishes internationally excellent new work relating to any aspect of the geographies of children, young people and families. | ||
| Infant and Child Development |
Infant and Child Development: prenatal, childhood, adolescence, emerging adulthood. | |
| International Journal of Early Years Education |
Offers a comparative perspective on early years research and major new initiatives in the care and education of young children. | |
| Early Childhood Education Journal |
Articles cover the social, physical, emotional, and intellectual development of children age birth to 8 years. | |
| International Journal of Early Childhood |
Research with a focus on young children and children’s early education and care, across various social and cultural contexts, with a focus on children aged from birth to 8 years. | |
| Interdisciplinary and provides an essential interface for researchers, academicians, attorneys, clinicians, and practitioners. | ||
| The journal addresses a variety of issues, including the psychological, sociological, health, gender, culture, economic and educational aspects of children and adolescents in developed and developing countries. | ||
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Advancing the study of child & adolescent mental health. | |
| British Youth Council | Independent charity run for and by young people representing their views to central and local government, political parties, pressure groups and the media. | |
| Children's Society | Leading children's charity which provides child protection with a network of children's charities across the UK, specialises in kids charity and childhood guidance. | |
| DrugWise | is the UK's leading independent centre of expertise on drugs and the national membership organisation for the drug field. | |
| infed | Exploring informal education, lifelong learning, social pedagogy and social action. | |
| National Children's Bureau | NCB is the leading national charity which supports children, young people and families and those who work with them. | |
| National Youth Agency | NYA works in partnership with public, private and voluntary sector organisations to support and improve services for young people. | |
| Social Care online | A portal to the UK's most extensive collection of social work and social care information. | |
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UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health
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The Institute of Child Health pursues an integrated, multidisciplinary approach to enhance understanding, diagnosis, therapy and prevention of childhood disease. A broad range of paediatric issues are covered. | |
| Youth Justice Board | Practitioner guidance for all those working for or with youth justice services. | |
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