Books are a good source of information as they can be easier to understand than journal articles, and still be reliable and trustworthy. However books may contain less up-to-date information than journal articles as it often takes longer for books to be written and published.
Books provide:
Searching for books:
Reviewing books for research:
Use Search to find relevant books available through the Library.
Search by topic or key words e.g. child development |
Search by book title and/or author e.g. programming planning early childhood arthur |
General collection: e.g. 372.21 MAC. Use this call number to find the book on the shelf. If the book is at another campus, you can place a hold to have it sent to your preferred borrowing campus.
Academic Reserve: e.g. AR 372.21 ART. Items with AR before the call number are on Academic Reserve. These items can be borrowed from the Library desk and used in that Library only.
Storybooks: e.g. SB SEU. Picture books have the prefix SB before the call number. Story Books can be borrowed for 28 days for taking on placement. They can be placed on hold to be sent to your preferred borrowing campus.
Unavailable/at another campus: Place a hold to be in the queue to get an unavailable (popular!) item, or to have the item sent to another Library branch for free. See Hold instructions here.
The number on the spine of the book corresponds to a subject. You can find resources covering similar topics by browsing around that number.
The longer the number, the more specific the subject. E.g. 362.712 Child Care versus 362.7120994 Child Care in Australia
To find a specific resource, you need the full call number. That may include letters before and after the number. E.g. DVD 791.4372 FIR
Letter at the start of the call number:
SB storybook collection (E.g. SB DAR)
AR Academic Reserve collection located behind the service desk (E.g. AR 372.21 PLA)
DVD DVD collection documentaries, educational videos, movies and tv shows (E.g. DVD 305.231 ABC)
Topic | Call Number |
Developmental psychology | 155.4 |
Australian society | 301.0994 |
Child development | 305.23 |
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, knowledge and culture | 305.89915 |
Children's rights | 323.352 |
Care of children | 362.712 |
Child abuse and neglect | 362.76 |
Education | 370 |
Special education | 371.9 |
Early education curricula | 372.19 |
Early childhood education | 372.21 |
Science and technology | 372.35 |
Health, safety and social skills | 372.37 |
Reading | 372.4 |
The arts | 372.5 |
Language arts (communication skills) | 372.6 |
Mathematics | 372.7 |
Civics education | 372.83 |
Physical education | 372.86 |
Music education | 372.87 |
Social studies education | 372.89 |
Curriculum | 375 |
Child health, illnesses and disabilities | 618.92 |
Child rearing | 649.1 |