SiD Desk & Reception Relocation At Bedford

The SiD desk at Bedford and the campus reception will be moving to the new Gateway Building and these services will be live at this location as of Monday the 26th January.  

The SiD desk is located on the first floor. 

Upcoming Study Hub Workshops

The Academic Liaison Librarians will be running workshops at University Square and Bedford throughout this term to support you in your studies.

Citing and referencing clinic - confused about citing and referencing? Come along to this session to get your questions answered.

RefWorks - come and learn how to use the RefWorks software to manage your references.

Dissertation support clinic - are you working on your dissertation at the moment? Come along for help with finding and using resources.

Using DISCOVER - come and learn how to search for journal articles, books, conference papers and more with our search tool, DISCOVER.

It’s not on DISCOVER! - DISCOVER is a good starting point for your research, but you will find useful information in other databases too; come along to this session to find out more.

It’s free to attend and no need to book, just turn up. To see what’s happening where and when, check the Study Hub What’s On calendar at http://lrweb.beds.ac.uk/studyhub/whats-on.

Bedford sessions all take place in the Library as follows:

Date	Time	Session                               Room
Monday 26th January	12-1pm	RefWorks                            Training Suite 1
Friday 30th January	12-1pm	Citing and referencing clinic  Training Suite 1
Weds 4th February	1-2pm	Dissertation support clinic     Training Suite 1
Fri 6th February	12-1pm	Using DISCOVER               Training Suite 2
Weds 11th February	1-2pm	It’s not on DISCOVER!       Training Suite 1
Fri 13th February	1-2pm	Citing and referencing clinic   Training Suite 2
Weds 18th February	1-2pm	Dissertation support clinic      Training Suite 1
Friday 20th February	12-1pm	RefWorks                              Training Suite 1
Weds 25th February	1-2pm	Using DISCOVER                Training Suite 2
Fri 27th February	12-1pm	It’s not on DISCOVER!        Training Suite 1
Weds 4th March	1-2pm	Dissertation support clinic       Training Suite 1
Fri 6th March	12-1pm	Citing and referencing clinic     Training Suite 1
Weds 11th March	1-2pm	RefWorks                               Training Suite 1
Fri 13th March	12-1pm	Using DISCOVER                 Training Suite 1
Mon 16th March	12-1pm	It’s not on DISCOVER!         Training Suite 1

 

 

More New Books For January 2015

The following books are now available from the Library. Click on a title to find out more.

• Adler, P.A. and Adler, P. (eds.) (2012) Constructiond of deviance: social power, context and interaction. 7th edn. Belmont, Calif: Cengage.
• Eck, J.E. and Weisburd, D. (1995) Crime and place. Boulder, CO: Lynne Rienner.
• Newburn, T. (2013) Criminology. 2nd edn. Abingdon, Oxon: Routledge.
• Boyd, D.G. and Bee, H.L. (2014) The developing child. 13th edn. Harrow: Pearson Education.
• Aveyard, H (2014) Doing a literature review in health and social care. 3rd edn. Maidenhead: McGraw Hill.

More Children Go Missing From Foster Carers

Ofsted statistics show that there was a large increase in numbers of children going missing from foster care.

Children went missing from foster care on 13,305 occasions in 2013-14 - a 36% rise on the previous year.
Nearly six out of 10 missing cases were from independent fostering agencies, rather than a local authority, which have just under a third of placements.

According to the Ofsted statistics, during the year 2013-14, 4,245 children and young people were reported to have gone missing from foster care - 900 more than in the previous year.

Contact with family or friends was the reason given in nearly half (6,596) the cases. And most of them went missing for less than a day.

However, 528 of these children who did go missing were deemed to be at risk of sexual exploitation, and 431 of the cases were said to be linked to substance misuse.

There was also a big increase last year in foster placements breaking down - up 21% on the previous year to 5,240. Although there has been a change in the way these are counted.

Study Hub at Bedford Campus

I am hosting drop-ins at the Study Hub (Level 1 of Bedford Library) every Tuesday between 1.00 - 2.00 pm.

Please feel free to "drop-in" if you'd like any quick library-related support, e.g. researching, referencing, DISCOVER, finding journal articles....

New Ebooks for January 2015

The following new ebooks are now available from the library:

• Freeman, M. (ed.) (2011) Children's rights: progress and perspectives; essays from the International Journal of Children's Rights. Leiden, Boston: Martinus Nijhoff.
• Miller, L. (2012) Counselling skills for social work. 2nd edn. London: Sage.
• Green, J. (2010) Creating the therapeutic relationship in counselling and psychotherapy. Exeter: Learning Matters.
• O'Byrne, D.J. (2003) Human rights: an introduction. Harlow: Longman.
• Rafter, N. (ed.) (2009) The origins of criminology. Abingdon: Routledge.
• Ferguson, I. (2008) Reclaiming social work: challenging neo-liberalism and promoting social justice. London: Sage.
• Kushner, T. and Knox, K. (1999) Refugees in an age of genocide: global, national and local perspectives during the twentieth century. London: Frank Cass.
• Hall, L. and Lloyd, S. (1993) Surviving child sexual abouse: a handbook for helping women challenge their past. 2nd edn. Abingdon: RoutledgeFalmer.
• Mercer, J. (2006) Understanding attachment: parenting, childcare and emotional development. Westport, Conn. Praeger.
• Alderson, P. (2008) Young children's rights: exploring beliefs, principles and practice. 2nd edn. London: Jessica Kingsley.