Books for social work are mainly shelved in the HV area on level 8 of the Central Library. As social work is very interdisciplinary, material may also be found in BF (psychology), HM (sociology), R (medical) and J (political science) sections.
Recommended reading may be in the High Demand collection.
Most of the recent books are in electronic format and can be found by searching MultiSearch
| HV | Social service. Social and public welfare. Criminology (level 8) |
| 1 - 4 | Periodicals |
| 10-11 | Social work as a profession, study & teaching, social work education, research methods for social work |
| 16 - 28 | Philanthropy |
| 29 | Writing and communication skills |
| 40-41 | General works & textbooks - theory, policy, management |
| 43 | Social case work |
| 45 | Social group work |
| 72 - 525 | Social service by country |
| 515.5 | Social service - New Zealand |
| 551 - 639 | Social service - disasters |
| 640 - 645 | Refugees |
| 687 - 696 | Medical/clinical social work |
| 697 - 700 | Families |
| 701 - 1420 | Children |
| 1421 - 1441 | Youth |
| 1442 - 1448 | Women |
| 1449 - 1493 | Older people |
| 1551 - 3024 | People with disabilities |
| 4023 - 4470 | Poverty |
| 4480 - 4630 | Homelessness |
| 4708 - 4943 | Animal rights, ethics and welfare |
| 4997 - 5000 | Substance abuse |
| 5001 - 5722 | Alcoholism |
| 5800 - 5840 | Drug abuse |
| HV | Criminology (level 8) |
| 6250 - 6250 | Victims of crimes |
| 6251 - 6773 | Crimes and offences |
| 6543 - 6548 | Suicide |
| 6556 - 6593 | Sex crimes |
| 6570 | Sexual abuse |
| 6626.5 | Child abuse |
| 6708 - 6722 | Gambling |
| HV | Criminal justice and administration (level 8) |
| 7428 | Social work in criminal justice |
| 7431 | Prevention of crime |
| 7551 - 8280 | Police |
| 8301- 9960 | Penology. Prisons. Corrections. |
| 9051 - 9230 | Young offenders |
| 9261 - 9430 | Corrections reform |
| BF | Psychology (level 11) |
| 636 - 637 | Applied Psychology |
| 637 .C | Counselling |
| 712 - 724 | Developmental Psychology |
| HB | Economic theory (Law Library) |
| 846 - 846 | Welfare theory |
| HM | Sociology (General and theoretical) (level 8) |
| 401 - 417 | Periodicals |
| 425 | Dictionaries. Encyclopedias |
| 435 - 477 | History of sociology |
| 478 - 479 | Biography |
| 481 - 538 | Theory. Method. |
| 548 | Economic sociology |
| 554 | War. Conflict resolution |
| 571 - 586 | Study and teaching. Research |
| 621 - 656 | Culture |
| 661-691 | Social control |
| 701 | Social systems |
| 706 | Social structure |
| 708 | Social capital |
| 711-753 | Social groups |
| 756-781 | Community |
| 786-806 | Organizational sociology |
| 811-817 | Deviant behaviour. Social deviance |
| 821 | Social stratification. Social inequality. Equality |
| 826 | Social institutions |
| 831-886 | Social change |
| 851 | Information society |
| 881 | Social movements |
| 886 | Violence |
| 1011-1281 | Social psychology |
| HN | Social history and conditions. Social problems. Social reform. (level 8) |
| 1 | Periodicals |
| 8 - 19 | History |
| 17.5 | Social reform literature 1945- |
| 25 | Statistics. Social indicators. Quality of life |
| 28 | Theory. Method. Relation to other subjects |
| 29 | Study and teaching. Research |
| 49 .C6 | Community development. Rural development |
| 930.5 | New Zealand |
| 930.7-939 | Pacific |
| 978 - 981 | Developing countries |
| HN | Social history and conditions (level 8) |
| 930.5 | Social history and conditions - New Zealand |
| HQ | The Family (level 8) |
| 503 - 1064 | The family |
| 755.5 - 759 | Parenthood |
| 768.8 - 792 | Children |
| 793 - 799.2 | Adolescence |
| 799.95 - 799.97 | Adulthood |
| 809 - 809.3 | Family violence |
| 1060 - 1064 | Older people |
| 1088 - 1090 | Men |
| 1101 - 2030 | Women |
| LB | Education (level 6) |
| 3013.25 - 3013.5 | Violence in schools, bullying, school social work |
| R | Medicine and health (level 4) |
| RA 418 - 418.5 | Medicine and society |
| RA 643.75 | AIDS (Public aspects) |
| RA 645.3 | Home health care services |
| RA 790 - 790.85 | Mental health (Public aspects) |
| RC 455.4 | Mental illness (Special aspects) |
| RC 467 | Clinical psychology |
| RC 475 - 481 | Counselling and psychotherapy |
| RC 488 | Group therapy |
| RC 552 .E18 | Eating disorders |
| RC 560 .S47 | Sexual offences |
| RC 563 - 568 | Substance abuse. Addictive behaviour |
| RC 569.5 .F3 | Violence, Family |
| RC 569.7 - 574 | Developmental disabilities |
| RC 607 | AIDS (Medical aspects) |
| RJ 499 - 507 | Child psychiatry |
