Community Services
Subject Specialist
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| Paulina Reinoga | |
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| Moreland Campus Librarian | |
| Phone: | (03) 9094 3324 |
| Email: | preinoga@kangan.edu.au |
Highly Recommended Resources
- Health and Well-being Online Resources
Learning objects created for Kangan students - Directory of Open Access Journals
- The Social Science Encyclopaedia - R 300.03 SOC
- Directory of Australian Associations - R 068.94 DIR
- Law Handbook - R 349.945 LAW
Websites
- Australian Policy Online
- Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute
- Aged and Community Services Australia
- Australian Council of Social Service
- Australian Legal Information Institute
- Brotherhood Library Current Awareness Portal
- Brotherhood of St Laurence
- Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs
- Department of Human Services (Victoria)
- Federal Government entry point
- Infoxchange
- Leader Newspaper
- National Welfare Rights
- Salem Press - On campus access
- Victorian State Government entry point
- World Wide Web Resources for Social Workers
- Yooralla - Community Services for People with Disabilities
- 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. social work) in the keyword search box or look directly on the shelves at these numbers:
| Topic | Shelf number |
|---|---|
| Social groups | 305 |
| Culture and institutions | 306 |
| Communities | 307 |
| Social service | 361.3 |
| Community services, Australia | 361.30994 |
| Social casework | 361.320994 |
| Community organisations | 361.8 |
| Social welfare problems and service | 362 |
Online e.journals, Databases and Magazines
EBSCOhost Australia and New Zealand Reference Centre
Search Australasian magazines, newspapers and books
Titles include: Australian & New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, Australian Journal of Psychology, Country profile, Family Matters, Money Management, Youth Studies
Infotrac: General OneFile
Search articles from a large range of journals.
Titles include: American Journal of Community Psychology, Community Action, Community Care, Family and Community Health
(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).
Reference Resources
Reference Books can only be used in the Library & Learning Centre.
- The Social Science Encyclopaedia - R 300.03 SOC
- Directory of Australian Associations - R 068.94 DIR
- Law Handbook - R 349.945 LAW
- Social work dictionaries
- Directory of Self Help and Social Action Groups - R361.7025 DIR
- Community Referral Directory - R 361.8 COM
Related Subjects
- Community development
- Social action
- Social work
- OH&S
- English as a Second Language
