Child Care
Subject Specialist
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| Bec Karge | |
|---|---|
| Broadmeadows Campus Librarian | |
| Phone: | (03) 9094 3326 |
| Email: | bkarge@kangan.edu.au |
Highly Recommended Resources
- Health and Well-being Online Resources
Learning objects created for Kangan students - Oxford Reference Online offers links to a variety of subject-specific resources
(For off-campus access to online resources, please login here with your Kangan Institute student/staff login.)
Websites
- Early Childhood Connections
- Healthy Childcare
- National Childcare Accreditation Council
- Department of Education and Early Childhood Development
- The Australian child care index
- Women's and Children's Health
- OH&S online videos - SafetyCare Montie has many safety programs which can be viewed, topics include fire awareness, personal protection, manual handling.
Catalogue
Search Library Catalogue - enter specific topics (e.g. child care services) in the keyword search box or look directly on the shelves at these numbers:
| Topic | Shelf number |
|---|---|
| Child development | 155.4 |
| Socialisation of children | 303.32 |
| Children (social group) | 305.23 |
| Child care services | 362.7 |
| Children's health | 613.0432 |
| Cooking for children | 641.5622 |
| Child rearing | 649.1 |
| Children's recreation | 790.1922 |
Online e.journals, Databases and Magazines
EBSCOhost Australia and New Zealand Reference Centre
Search Australasian magazines, newspapers and books
Titles include: Australian Journal of Early Childhood, Early Childhood Australia, Practical Parenting
Infotrac: General OneFile
Search articles from a large range of journals.
Titles include: Australian Journal of Early Childhood, Australian Social Work, Children Australia, Early Childhood Australia, Family Matters, Practical Parenting, YC: Young Child
(For off-campus access to online resources, please login here with your Kangan Institute student/staff login.)
Contact your subject specialist to book an online database training session or click on EBSCOhost or click on Infotrac (Power Search).
Dictionaries
- Children and Young Persons Act 1989 - R 348.945 VIC
- Children's Services Act 1996 - R 348.945 VIC
- Paediatric Handbook - R 618.92 PAE
- Rudolph's Fundamentals of Paediatrics - R 618.92 RUD
Related Subjects
- Early childhood education
- Education
- Preschool
- Children and adults
- Child psychology
- OH&S
- English as a Second Language
