Books – Browsing the shelves Most of the books on pregnancy and childbirth are found in the 618.2 area. Books about the physical development of the baby are found in the 612.6 area. Books about caring for your baby are in the Parenting area at 649.
Magazines Little Treasures
Parenting
Searching the Catalogue To help you find the books on the topic you want, try searching on our online catalogue using Quickfind and type in the keyword(s)
- Pregnancy nutrition
- Father* pregnancy
- Birth pregnancy
- Multiple pregnancy
- Prenatal care
- Fertility
If the Quickfind search brings up too many titles or titles that are not relevant go into one title which is similar to what you want and note the subject heading. Select Subject as the search field e.g. you may want a book about childbirth suitable for children. If you put Childbirth in the Subject search box it will bring up all Subject Headings relating to Childbirth. Scroll down until get to Childbirth – Juvenile Literature (these are factual books on childbirth for children). You could also try Pregnancy as a subject heading and select from the list Juvenile literature or Juvenile Fiction.
Online Resources Resources that are available online about pregnancy can be found here |