SHU Library guides (for students on courses validated by Sheffield Hallam)
Books in Barnsley College libraries are shelved in a carefully selected order which aims to place books on similar subjects together using Dewey Decimal Classification:
Here is a list of where to start looking for the books on the library shelf for health and social care. To identify specific titles or find other subject areas on the shelves use Heritage, our catalogue.
| 150 | Psychology |
| 300.72 | Social research methods |
| 301 | Sociology |
| 302 | Social psychology |
| 306.461 | Sociology of health and illness |
| 361 | Health and social care |
| 361.3 | Social Work |
| 361.61 | Social Policy |
| 362.1 | Health services |
| 362.1072 | Research methods for health services |
| 370 | Education |
| 378.170281 | How to succeed at university |
| 570 | Biology |
| 610.19 | Health psychology |
| 610.73 | Nursing |
| 612 | Anatomy and physiology |
| 646.89 | Abnormal psychology |
| 650.14 | How to get the job you want |
| 658 | Managers and management |
| 808.066 | Academic writing |
OpenAthens lists all the online databases for courses at Barnsley College. For health and social care you might like to start by ticking the boxes in front of the resources shown below to add them to your Favourites. Start searching by clicking on the database name. Descriptions under each database name give you key information on what it covers and how to make the most of this resource.
Remember, if you are doing a course validated by Sheffield Hallam University you also have access to some of their online resource collections. For more information ask at the HE Library helpdesk.
These databases contain a wide range of academic sources. If you are not finding the information you want, learn more about searching online. Help pages will also be available within each database, or ask a librarian helibrary@barnsley.ac.uk.
Online is the best way to search and find articles for your research, but we also have a selection of print serials you can look at in Barnsley College libraries to keep up-to-date with Government policy and professional practice:
Department of Health and Social Care
Public Health England
BBC News
The Guardian: Society
UK Research and Innovation gateway– Research projects from the ESRC (Economic and Social Research Council) and other Government funded bodies.
Cochrane Collaboration and Library – Reviews of the research evidence for better health decisions.
Campbell Collaboration and Library – Systemic reviews for social care.
Evidence Search – UK based health search site with some free online papers and citation details of other sources.
NICE Clinical Knowledge Summaries
| Monday | 8.30am - 8.00pm |
| Tuesday | 8.30am - 8.00pm |
| Wednesday | 8.30am - 8.00pm |
| Thursday | 8.30am - 8.00pm |
| Friday | 8.30am - 4.30pm |