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Centre for Interdisciplinary Studies of Children, Families and Society

This guide will help you discover key resources such as books, journal articles, relevant databases and other relevant information that supports your Interdisciplinary Studies of Children, Families and Society.

Find Books

The library collects books to support your studies. More recently we are purchasing mainly ebooks. This page presents four main categories of books: New Books, Key Textbooks / Short Loan Books, Reference Books and Open Textbooks.

You can find books in the library by using uKwazi. Online books can be accessed by clicking on the relevant link on uKwazi.

Physical books are shelved according to the Dewey Decimal Classification (DDC) System and Children, Families and Society are mainly located on Level 11 on the following subjects and DDC numbers:

 

                                                                         

Topic Shelf number
Child development 155.4
Children and young people 305.23
Early childhood education 372.21
Ethics 174
Families 306.85
Law 340-346
Mental health services 362.2
Poverty 362.5
Psychology 150-158
Social work 361.3
Social problems and services 360's
Sociology 301-306
Youth work 362.7083

 

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