Welcome to your Social Services and Social Work Subject Research Guide
Watch the video to meet your Academic and Digital Library Liaison – Stephanie Fair, then have a look in the sections below to find useful and relevant resources for your course.
If you are not able to find what you are looking for please contact your Academic Digital Library Liaison, listed at the bottom of the page, who will be happy to help you with all library and subject research needs.
Key Ebooks
Care in Practice
eBook
Values and Ethics For Care
Practice eBook
Psychology for social
work eBook
Working with Drug and
Alcohol Users eBook
Promoting Children’s Rights in
Social Work and Social Care
Mental Health Care: A Care Worker
Handbook eBook
Developing reflective practice
eBook
Supporting Positive Behaviour
eBook
Extended Diploma in Health & Social Care
Fundametals of Care
Social Work theories and methods eBook
Religion Belief and Social Work eBook
Library Search
eCore is an essential tool for finding, via one single search box, information from the physical and online library resources available to you, including:
- Research Starters
- Library catalogue
- Ebooks
- Magazines articles
- News and newspaper articles
- Encyclopedia articles
- Additional Online Resources
Codes of Practice and Care Standards
Podcasts
Podcasts are a good way to keep up with the latest discussions and trends related to your field of study. Here you can find relevant Podcasts, from trusted organisations and authors, for your subject area.
- Why health care is a feminist issue
- Language in Social Care
- Race and Ethnicity in Social Care
- Person-Centred Care and Autism Care
- Mental Health: Conditions and Experiences
- What is Trauma-Informed Care?
- Understanding the Science (and affect) of Addiction
- Sociology and “Youth Violence” – How should we respond
- Promoting the Rights and Wellbeing of people, families and communities
New Ebook
What are the different theories of grief? How can you support people experiencing loss and grief?
This handbook provides a comprehensive guide to counselling and supporting people experiencing loss and grief. It introduces the different models and theories of grief, how theory relates to practice and what the essential skills are, and how to work with people in practice. Working with families, understanding diversity and assessing clients are all covered, as well as a chapter on personal and professional development. Case studies and real life examples demonstrate skills in action, and each chapter concludes with notes for trainers.
ClickView
ClickView is Edinburgh College’s media player. It contains TV & Radio programmes recorded from free-to-air channels and Audio & Video produced by staff.
For sign in guidance, please visit our Clickview page.
Here are some relevant videos for your subject area.
- Effective Communication in Health and Social Care
- Me and My Mental Health
- David Harewood: Psychosis and Me
- Will the NHS care for me?
- Living with Dementia
- Sally Magnusson: Alzheimer’s, a Cure and Me
- Understanding Autism, Dispelling Myths
- Understanding Grief and Loss
- Who Cares? (ACE) Breaking the Cycle
- What is Sociology?
- Sociology: Conflict Theory
- Darren McGarvey’s Class Wars
- Sociology: Socialisation
- Darren McGarvey: Addictions
- Dispatches: Homessless, Povery and addiction
Online Resources
Credo
A useful resource for all subject areas, featuring reference works such as encyclopedias and dictionaries alongside textbooks.
You can display your search results in a traditional list layout, or you can choose to have them displayed in a concept map where linking themes, people, and events can be explored easily to expand upon your research topic.
Issues Online
Issues Online provides key information and statistics about the Social Issues of today.
Click here for an access Guide.
Gale
Using Gales PowerSearch you can search across newspapers, scholarly journals, and general reference magazines for content on all topics and subjects. Read current and historical newspaper coverage from local, national and international press, browse general magazine content, and explore articles from scholarly journals and other authoritative sources.
Online Courses
Harvard Referencing Course
Our online course (approx. 30min) provides a simple introduction to referencing and plagiarism using the Harvard system of referencing. If you are new to referencing this is the ideal place to start. We provide introductory guidance on what referencing is, why you need to reference, and how to correctly reference some of the most common sources in your assignments.
The course is divided into 7 sections. Sections have short activities that you can undertake to test your own understanding of the topics you have read about.
Research Skills Course
Information finding and ‘googling’ are very regular parts of our everyday lives, but being asked to research as part of your studies involves a much more specific and systematic approach to the general ‘information finding’ we are used to.
There are many skills that need to be developed in order to conduct effective and efficient research, and this short course will give you an introduction to what we mean by research and provide you with opportunities to develop general research skills.
AI Guide for Students
As AI becomes increasingly integrated into our daily lives, Edinburgh College is aware of the impact this could have on the student experience.
Whilst there are many applications of AI which could be beneficial to your studies, it is also crucial that you are aware of the drawbacks and limitations of this emerging and constantly developing technology, and that you are mindful of the biases, ethical and data considerations inherent in its use.
Support
Contact Stephanie Fair at stephanie.fair@edinburghcollege.ac.uk
Find contact information for the Library team by visiting our Contact and Support page