You will be expected to use academic sources in your assignments. Many of these academic sources will come from books and journal articles.
Books are particularly useful for an introduction to or broad overview of a topic. The Library has both print books and E-Books and you will find both by searching Library Search.
In the library, books about the same subject are assigned the same shelfmark number which you will find on the spine of each book and listed on the catalogue. Here is a selection of shelfmarks for Social Work: 
Social Work 361.3
Social Work: British Law 344.10432
Elderly people: Social Welfare 362.6
Children: Deprivation 362.7
Child abuse 362.76
Psychology 150
Kimberlin Library's Special Collections comprises the Archive and Rare Books. The following collection may be of interest to students of Social Work:
Centre for Social Action (reference D/050): papers of the Centre for Social Action which is based in the School of Applied Social Studies as part of the Faculty of Health and Life Sciences at De Montfort University. The Centre supports and facilitates research, evaluation, training and consultancy in health, community work and social care. The collection includes articles, conference papers and reports authored by staff and students of the Centre; photographs of summer schools, conferences, CSA Board members, and workshops in Russia and Ukraine; leaflets and flyers advertising the work of the Centre; brochure “CSA Review 1994-1999”; newsletters; and correspondence and administrative papers, particularly relating to the running of training sessions and summer schools.
Special Collections also holds several collections relating to Youth Work, please see here
For more information about accessing Special Collections please see here
Use journals to find:
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