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What is Homeless Pages?

Homeless Pages is a library of over 1,700 information resources about homelessness and related issues in the UK. It gives up to date details of reports, books, articles, leaflets and legislation, as well as details of the organisations publishing this information.

Homeless Pages does not include details of hostels, advice services or other agencies providing services for homeless people. If you are homeless or have a housing problem, you should get advice as soon as possible - click on the Are you homeless? link.

Homeless Pages is published by Homeless Link. 

JUST added

To find out the latest resources listed on Homeless Pages, click on the Just Added item on the home page. This gives you details of the two most recent publications that have been added to the site. Click on More publications at the bottom of this box to see a longer list of recently added publications. To keep up to date with new publications added to Homeless Pages, click on the orange RSS feed button in the bottom of this box. This will include Just Added to your internet browser menu bar.

latest nEWS

Click on the Latest News item on the home page for recent news items about the site. Click on More news at the bottom of this box to see a longer list of recent news. To keep up to date with news from Homeless Pages, click on the orange RSS feed button in the bottom of this box. This will add Latest News to your internet browser menu bar.

SEARCH

You can search the publications on Homeless Pages by using the Text search box on its own or in combination with any of the searching features (keyword, year of publication or publisher).

Use the Text search box to type in the author, a word or phrase from the title or description of the publication, or a particular geographical area or region. Enter some or all of these details (using complete words only) and click the Apply button. This search finds matching text anywhere in the record, so if you search for ‘young’ you get results showing ‘young’ in the author, title or description text. 

Exclude words or phrases by using a minus sign beforehand eg ‘begging –young people’ in the Text search box will only find publications containing the word begging but not ones also containing the words young people.
 
Use the keyword filter to search for publications with a focus on specific subjects. Select a keyword (use the Ctrl key to add additional keywords) and choose the appropriate filter.
 
Use the Publisher drop-down to limit the search to items from a particular publisher or publishers.
 
Use the Publication year boxes to limit the search to items published in or between particular years.
 
Results are listed by title, in alphabetical order. To sort the results by author, publisher or year of publication (NB some publications like websites do not have a specific publication year), click on one of these options in the bar above the results box. Click on the option again to reverse the order.
 
To view the complete details of each publication, click on the underlined title.
 

commenting on publications

If you register as a user of Homeless Pages, you can comment on individual publications listed on the site to let other users know what you think about each one - eg how useful it is, other interesting publications on the topic etc.

To add a comment, click on Add a new comment, write your comment, click on Preview to view your comment and then click on Save. Comments appear underneath the other publication details. You can reply to posted comments by clicking on the Reply button.

If you notice any abusive comments on the site, let us know by clicking on Report this post, selecting a reason for reporting the comment and giving details.

rating publications

Registered users of Homeless Pages can rate individual publications on a scale of 1 - 5 for usefulness. Ratings appear on the right hand side of the screen next to a publication's details. For each publication that has been rated, you can view the average rating given by users and your own rating if you have given one.

publications with similar keywords

Underneath the details about each publication is a list of 5 other publications listed on Homeless Pages that may also be of interest to you. These selected publications have the greatest number of similar keywords allocated to them as the publication you are looking at. 

Site-wide SEARCH

You can carry out free text searches across all the data on the site by using the site-wide search at the top right hand side of the screen.

publishers

The menu item Publishers lists over 700 organisations (commercial publishers, voluntary organisations, local authorities etc) that provide the publications listed on Homeless Pages. For each publisher, you can view their contact details and all the resources on homelessness they publish or distribute.

KEYWORDS

The menu item Keywords lists about 100 key topics relating to homelessness that you can select to find relevent publications. Each resource listed on Homeless Pages is linked to one or more keywords. A brief definition and further information is included about each keyword. Using this classification you can, for example, find all the resources available concerned with dual diagnosis. The Search section above explains how to search using keywords. 

Tag cloud

The tag cloud page lets you see which keywords are most widely used. The more keywords a publication is linked to on Homeless Pages, the larger it appears on the tag cloud page.

suggest a publication

Let us know about any relevant publications not already on Homeless Pages by clicking on the Suggest publication menu item or the link in the Toolbox that appears on the right hand side of the screen under certain menu items. You will need to be a registered user to submit publication details - see Registering as a user below. We will then check the details of the publication and publish them on Homeless Pages in due course.

FEATURED LISTS

The Featured lists page contains some bibliographies and reading lists of key publications that we have compiled. If you think there may be further topics of interest to users of Homeless Pages, let us know by contacting us via our Feedback page.

questions and answers

Select the Q&A menu item to find answers to some frequently asked questions about homelessness research and publications and the Homeless Pages website.

feedback

We use feedback from users of Homeless Pages to help us improve the site. Please give us your feedback about this site on the Feedback page.

registering as a user of homeless pages

If you register as a user of Homeless Pages, you can:

  • Rate publications for how useful they are and add comments
  • Let us know of any publications that are missing or need updating
  • If you are a publisher, add details of your new publications and update details of existing publications.

To register as a user:

  1. Click on the ‘Register’ button on the top right hand side on the banner at the top of the screen.
  2. You will be asked to create a new account. You will need to create a user name and provide your email address.
  3. Then click the ‘Create new account’ button. 
  4. You will receive a notification on screen that your password will be sent to your email address. You can amend your password when you next log in by clicking on My account and then Edit. 

Logging in as a registered user

When you have registered as a user, simply click on Log In at the top right hand corner of the screen. When you are logged in, My Account and Log Out appear in the top right hand corner of the screen.

Logging in with OPEN id

This site supports OpenID which is a secure way to log into many websites using a single username and password. OpenID can reduce the need to manage many usernames and passwords for different websites.

To use OpenID, first establish an identity on a public or private OpenID server. If you do not have an OpenID and would like one, look into one of the free public providers. Find out more about OpenID at this website.

If you already have an OpenID, enter the URL to your OpenID server (e.g. myusername.openidprovider.com). Next time you login, you will be able to use this URL instead of a regular username and password.

requesting a new Password

If you have registered as a user and forgotten your password, click on Log In and then click on the Request new password tab. Enter your username or email address and click on the E-mail new password button. A new password will be sent to your email address.

bookmarking and sharing a publication

To bookmark or share a publication or publisher on Homeless Pages, click on the Share bar at the top of the Toolbox menu.

Ordering resources listed in Homeless Pages

If you want to order a publication, contact the publisher or distributor directly. Click on the organisation name for their contact details.

Homeless Pages includes the prices of publications. Please note that these are subject to change and it is advisable to confirm the current cost of a publication you wish to order.

When known, Homeless Pages includes details of any additional costs for postage and packing (p&p). Some publishers charge p&p according to the total value of publications ordered at any one time, and if this is the case, Homeless Pages gives the cost of p&p quoted for one copy of a particular publication. If ordering more than one copy or a number of different publications from the same publisher, it is worth confirming the total cost of p&p.