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.

Top Ten Electronic Books For Social Sciences

Over the past year Learning Resources operated a patron driven acquisitions service. The entire catalogue of ebooks from Dawsonera (our main supplier) was added to the catalogue and any ebook which was accessed more than twice was automatically purchased for the library. Below are the top 10 ebooks purchased under the schem by social science students.

1. Treveithick, P. (2012) Social work skills and knowledge: a practice handbook.  OUP. (93 views)
2. Richardson, J. and Ryder, R. (eds.) (2012) Gypsies and travellers: empowerment and inclusion in British Society. Policy. (78 views)
3. Teater, B. (2010) An introduction to applying social work theories and methods. OUP. (75 views)
4. Vanderstoep, S.W. and Johnson, D.D. (2009) Research methods for everyday life: blending qualitative and quantitative approaches. Wiley. (74 views)
5. Denscombe, M. (2009) Ground rules for social research: guidelines for good practice. OUP. (71 views)
6. Burke, R.H. (2009) An introduction to criminological theory. Willan. (60 views)
7. Denscombe, M. (2012) Research proposals: a practical guide. OUP. (55 views)
8. Daguerre, A. and Nativel, C. (2006) When children become parents. Policy. (54 views)
9. Stafford, A. (2011) Child protection systems in the United Kingdom. Jessica Kingsley. (52 views)     
10. Smith, D. (2010) A new response to youth crime. Willan. (48 views)