Adult Social & Community Care

Essential Printed Text

• Means, R. (2003) Community care: policy and practice. 3rd edn. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan.

Useful Electronic Texts

• Brown, K. (ed.) (2006) Vulnerable adults and community care. Exeter: Learning Matters.
• Clayton, C., Madden, M. and Potts, L. (eds.) (2007) Towards understanding community : people and places. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan.
• Glasby, J. and Littlechild, R. (2002) Social work and direct payments. Bristol: Policy.
• Mandelstam, M. (2005) Community care practice and the law. 3rd ed. London, Jessica Kingsley.

Electronic Journals

• Journal of Social Policy
• Critical Social Policy
• Policy and Politics
• Disability & Society
• British Journal of Social Work
• Health & Social Care in the Community

Professional Magazines

• Community Care

Databases and Electronic Resources

• Ebscohost Research Databases

Use Ebscohost to find journal articles. You can search several Ebscohost databases simultaneously. Be sure to tick the box for full text to find only material that is available in electronic full text. Particularly useful Ebscohost databases for this module are:

• Academic Search Elite
• E-journals
• British Nursing Index
• CINAHL
• SocINDEX
• PsycINFO

• Sage Premier Find full text electronic journal articles published by Sage.
• Social Care Online Use this free database from SCIE to find good quality documents on the web, e.g. UK Government reports, circulars etc. Be sure to tick the box for full text to limit your search to electronically available material.

• NewsBank Newspapers UK Many broadsheet newspapers (e.g. The Guardian, The Times, The Independent) may also contain useful material. Search all the national and many of the local UK and Ireland newspapers for the last 10 years simultaneously using NewsBank.

Useful Websites

• Applied Social Studies Subject Guide: Statistics

A guide to some of the most useful sources of statistics on the web; compiled by your subject librarians.

• Applied Social Studies Subject Guide: Government Websites

UK Government websites provide a wide range of information from press releases to White Papers, free for the cost of printing. At this page you'll find links to some of the most useful Government websites.

• Applied Social Studies Subject Guide: Charities and other non-governmental organisations

Numerous large charities in the field of social care also have useful websites. Find some of the best at the above site.

• Social Care Institute for Excellence (SCIE)

This is an independent charity funded by the Department of Health. The website contains a wealth of freely available documents and research.

• Research in Practice for Adults

This is a national research organisation for adult social care. Its mission is to promote the use of evidence informed policy and practice in adult social care. The site contains a huge amount of freely downloadable material including projects, research summaries, a resource bank and publications.