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LRC resources for public services

Useful books

Human Rights: a Very Short Introduction
Human Rights
How to Survive PTSD and Build Peer Support
Haunted by Combat
Soldier's Heart
Turn the ship around!
Navigation
Unwinnable
Hal Moore
Brothers in arms
Company Commander
Tank Action
Killer in the Kremlin
Gurkha
An Englishman at War: the Wartime Diaries of Stanley Christopherson DSO MC and Bar 1939-1945
Eat the Apple
NSCA's Essentials of Tactical Strength and Conditioning
A Careers Advice Guide: Law Enforcement, Armed Forces, Public Protection and Security
The moral heart of public service
Fighting fit : the complete SAS fitness training guide
Responsibility and Public Services
Media Culture and Society
Police Officer Interview Questions and Answers
Firefighter Interview Questions and Answers
Police Officer

Print books

Below is a range of subjects, with their class mark. Clicking on the links takes you through to a list of resources at that class mark on the library catalogueMatching the class mark to the number on the shelves will show you where you will find the book.

Anatomy and physiology
612
Armed forces
355
Citizenship
323.6
Criminal law
345
Criminology
364
Disaster management
363.348
English legal system
349.42
Fire and rescue service
363.37
Fitness
613.711
Forensics
363.25
Health and safety
363.11
Human rights
323
Policing
363.2
Politics
320.941
Psychology
150
Social policy
361.6
Sociology
301
Study skills
371.3028

 

e-books

The different e-book collections provide access to a number of useful e-books. You can browse some of the titles in the collections below but there are many more available in each e-book database.

If you are accessing the e-books in college simply click on the book's cover image. If you are accessing the e-books from home follow the access instructions for each database below. 

Credo Reference

How to access Credo Reference from off campus
The Encyclopedia of Criminology and Criminal Justice
Collins English Dictionary
Collins English-Polish Dictionary
The Columbia Encyclopedia
Essential Criminology
The Essential Job Interview Handbook
World of Criminal Justice, Gale
Dictionary of Youth Justice
Collins Dictionary of Law
Dictionary of Prisons and Punishment
Dictionary of Probation and Offender Management

Ebook Central

How to access Ebook central from off campus
The Third Sector Delivering Public Services
Public and Third Sector Leadership
Fighting with Pride
Social Media and the Armed Forces
National Public Services, Level 3
BTEC First Public Services (Uniformed) Student Book
BTEC National Uniformed Public Services Book 2
BTEC National Uniformed Public Services : Student Book, Book 1
First Public Services, BTEC Level 2
Key Cases : Criminal Law
Key Cases : the English Legal System
Studying for Success

Gale eBooks

How to access Gale eBooks from off campus
Employment
Personal Finance
Social Skills

English and Maths e-books in Ebook Central

AQA GCSE English Language Grades 1-5 Student Book
AQA GCSE English Language Grades 5-9 Student Book
Mathematics for Dyslexics : Including Dyscalculia