New Books for Social Sciences – Winter/Spring 2021/22
We’ve added some new books and eBooks onto Library Search which arrived in December, January and February. You can find them all on our New Resources for School of Social Sciences – Winter –...
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Early Years Foundation Stage Updates
If you’re studying Childhood Studies, Childhood and Society Studies, primary education or PGCE in early years you will be interested in new guidance and an update on the statutory framework for early years. The early...
Safeguarding Practice Update
The Department of Health and Social Care published a new report on 28 January 2022 Revisiting Safeguarding Practice which includes guidance and the law on keeping adults safe. If you are studying social work...
New Books for Social Sciences – Autumn/Winter 2021/22
We’ve added some new books and eBooks onto Library Search which arrived in September, October and November. You can find them all on our New Resources for School of Social Sciences – Autumn –...
5 steps to a successful literature search
When you’re searching for information for your studies it is best to devise a search strategy. Follow these 5 steps to building your search: Before you start your search - make a plan! Identify...
Finding open access academic research (without needing to log in)
*This post has been edited following the resolution of IT issues that the University experienced in October 2021.* Next week is Open Access Week all over the world, but at University of Sunderland we're...
A new database – Open Society Justice Initiative
The Open Society Justice Initiative is part of the Open Society Foundations. It aims to provide expert legal support for Open Society’s mission and values through strategic human rights litigation and other legal work...
New Books for Social Sciences – June
Take a wander through the latest eBooks and books we’ve added to our Social Sciences collection in June on our New Resources for School of Social Sciences Spring – Summer 2020/21 list. Here are...
LGBTQI+ New Archives
Studying MSc Inequality and Society? Visit our Inequality and Society Useful Resources list where we have added two new archives on LGBTQI+. The archives are both in the LGBTQI+ section and are: The Digital...
Shape Early Years and Children’s Reading
Are you engaged in teaching children reading skills? Do you want to widen the reading material you use in an early years setting or in primary school? Then we’ll share with you our hot...
Health Information Week
It’s Health Information Week from 5-11 July 2021 so why not celebrate the week by browsing through our eBooks in Health and Social Care? We have added to the collection published from 2016 to...
New Books and eBooks for Social Sciences – May
Take a look at the latest books and eBooks we’ve added to the Social Sciences collections in May on our New Resources for School of Social Sciences Spring – Summer 2020/21 list. Here is...
Celebrate Pride Month
June is Pride Month and to celebrate walk through our parade of eBooks on LGBTQI+ which we added to the collection from 2020 to date. If you’d like to find out more about LGBTQI+...
Web Scraping for Researchers
Are you researcher? Are you using website stories and news articles in your research? Then you might find it worth attending a free webinar Web Scraping with Google Chrome on 24 June 2021. The...
Strengths-Based Approach to Social Work
Interested in how to create a strengths-based approach in Social Work? Why not attend the free Social Care Institute for Excellence (SCIE)’s upcoming free webinar Developing Strengths-Based Places – the Next Steps for Strengths-Based...