Research Guides: Human Development and Family Studies: Books & Dissertations

Some Useful Call Numbers

Books in UH Libraries are shelved by Library of Congress call numbers.

Family Resources call numbers start with HQ503 - HQ1064

Psychology call numbers start with BF

Sociology call numbers start with HM

Social work call numbers start with HV

Map of call number locations as a PDF file.

OneSearch Manoa

OneSearch Manoa

Web-scale discovery tool for finding millions of articles, books, media and more using a single search. Includes the UH Catalog plus a huge index of academic journals on most topics. Also includes conference papers, maps, government documents, music scores, DVDs, archives & manuscripts, and more.

Finding Dissertations and Theses

Dissertations & Theses @ University of Hawaii
Dissertations and Theses at University of Hawaii provides access to complete full text of University of Hawaii theses and dissertations from 1996 to present.

Dissertations and Theses in ScholarSpace
An increasing number of UH Manoa dissertations and theses are available through our open access institutional repository, ScholarSpace. Open access; no login required.

Dissertations & Theses
Includes citations for doctoral and master's work from more than 1,000 graduate schools and universities dating back to 1861. More than 750,000 dissertations and theses from 1997 on have been digitized and are available in pdf format. Citations for dissertations from 1980 forward include abstracts. Note: include the asterisk (*) to include records with an okina in Hawai'i.

More Book Finding Tools

Find eBooks
Search for UH Manoa Library e-books by title keyword, author, or ISBN

WorldCat (via OCLC FirstSearch)
Search thousands of libraries around the world In one location. If the book you find is not available at a UH library, you can use the Request Via ILL link to borrow the book from another Library.

Google Books
Use Google Books to find information about your topic in books the UH Manoa Library may have on the shelves. Google Books provides a way to find information that might otherwise be hidden.
Search in OneSearch for the titles of books that you find in Google Books to see if they are available at the UH Manoa Library shelves.

Ebook Central
Ebook Central is the new home for e-books from EBL and ebrary.
eBook Collection (EBSCOhost)
Search and view the full text of eBooks purchased by the University of Hawaii at Manoa Library, as well as those included in the eBook Public Library Collection.