NCB Library and Information Service
NCB’s Library and Information Service has a comprehensive
and multi-disciplinary collection of books, journals and grey
literature on all aspects of children and young people's social
care, health and education. It is the largest collection of
resources about children and young people’s issues in the UK.
The collection contains over 30,000
publications, 450 British and international journal titles and a
database of child care organisations. Most of the resources in the
collection are published in the UK but we do collect some European
and international material. We have a large statistical collection
and aim to collect all government legislation relating to children.
Our Journal Holdings List
[PDF 279KB] provides information about the Library's current
and past journal and newspaper holdings. The Library also produces
a listing of NCB's current projects and
specialist services [PDF 49KB].
The Library is open to
visitors by appointment. Members can use it for free, non-members
for a fee of £10 per day. We also run an Enquiry Line.
Complementing our main Library are two
specialist collections: the Children's Play Information
Service (CPIS) and the PSHE & Citizenship Information
Service (PSHECIS). The Early Childhood Unit also provides an
online Information
Gateway.
We produce a free weekly resource for NCB
Members – our Policy and Parliamentary
Information Digest.
Further information on:
Enquiries and Visits
Policy & Parliamentary Information
Digest
CPIS
PSHECIS
ECU Information Gateway
Library Publications and Subscription Services
We offer a wide range of subscription services and publications as
well as NCB's flagship resource ChildData. For further
information, please use the side
menu.
ChildData - NCB's
established resource giving you online access to a catalogue of
over 78,000 records of books, reports and journal articles;
press coverage of children's issues; a directory of child care
organisations; and details of forthcoming major conferences and
events.
ChildData Abstracts - Monthly update of
all new books, pamphlets, government publications and journal
articles indexed on ChildData
ChildStats -
Quarterly review of current statistics on children and young
people, including statistics published in Hansard
Children in the News
- Daily and weekly abstracting service covering articles, features
and law reports appearing in the national press
Highlights - Widely
acclaimed research summaries including key legislation -
downloadable from the NCB members' website
Student Reading
Lists - We offer over 20 titles in this popular series aimed at
supporting student course work
Conferences and
Events - A monthly listing of major national and international
events up to two years ahead, with contact details.
Literature Searches
- We can also provide customised literature searching via our
in-house database, ChildData