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- Accessing the literature
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- Accessing your reading lists
- Databases For My Subject
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- Charities
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- How to critically evaluate a webpage
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- Getting the best from Google Scholar
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- Social Enquiry (ASS022 1)
- Sociology of Deviance (ASS022 2)
- Forensic Mental Health
- Identity & Structure (ASS021 1)
- Contemporary Social Theory
- The Nature of Social Theory (ASS021 2)
- Crime, Punishment & Justice (ASS025 2)
- Global News and Media Audiences (ASS023 2)
- Sociology of Health & Illness (ASS016 3)
- Contempoary issues in criminology
- Contemporary issues in criminology
- Contemporary Society & Education (ASS020 1)
- Human Development
- Evidence Based Practice (EBP) for Social Care
- Dissertation in Criminology (ASS020 3)
- Working with Diversity & Difference
- Criminology & Sociology BA Special Study
- Mental Health in Practice
- Understanding the Welfare State & Education
- Poverty & Social Exclusion
- Introduction to Theories and Issues in Criminology (ASS021 1)
- Adult Social & Community Care
- Current Issues in Adult Services
- Introduction to the Social Sciences
- Introduction to Social Work Legislation
- Critical Ethical and Reflective Practice
- Working Together: Theories, Methods and Skills for Intervention
- Developing Academic & Professional Skills
- Working with Children Young People and Families: Core Concepts
- The Organisational and Disciplinary Nature of Professional Practice
- Assistive Status
- Finding information
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- Books
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- Journal articles
- Magazines
- Statistics
- Useful classmarks for the Applied Social Sciences
- Newspaper articles
- Audio visual resources
- Web resources
- Reference books
- Legal materials
- Research reports
- Research Project (ASS01 3)
- Conference papers
- Human Development
- Government Reports
- Working with Diversity & Difference
- Books
- Academic & non academic
- Mental Health in Practice
- E books
- Journal articles
- Extended Practice Placement
- Poverty & Social Exclusion
- Statistics
- Newspaper articles
- Adult Social & Community Care
- Current Issues in Adult Services
- Reference books
- Legal materials
- Contemporary Society & Education
- Introduction to the Social Sciences
- Introduction to Social Work Legislation
- Critical Ethical and Reflective Practice
- Working Together: Theories, Methods and Skills for Intervention
- Developing Academic & Professional Skills
- Working with Children Young People and Families: Core Concepts
- The Organisational and Disciplinary Nature of Professional Practice
- Findinginformation
- Full text databases
- Dissertation Binding
- Referencing and plagiarism
- Search tips & tricks
- Accessing the literature
- Dissertations and research
- About us
Web resources
Web resources
| Advantages | Disadvantages |
| Relatively easy to find information on any topic | Much of the information is of very poor quality & is therefore unsuitable for academic research |
| Available 24:7 | Only a tiny proportion of scholarly research material is freely available on the web |
| Overuse of the Internet & ignoring library materials is one of the main ways in which students lose marks or even fail units. |
Evaluating websites
Much of what is freely available material on the web is not of good enough quality for academic research. It's important to learn how to evaluate the information you find. Click on a heading below to find out more.
- How to critically evaluate a web page - takes you step by step through determining the quality of a site. Also includes some online tutorials.
- Domain names and country codes - you can tell a lot about the quality of a website by looking at its web address (URL). Listed here are some of the most common domain names, country codes and what they mean to help you to decide whether you can trust the information.
Library on social media
