My Colby-Sawyer Experience
"I'm interested in the theories behind communication and the channels that people use to communicate..."
-Brian Campbell, Communication Studies Major
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child development resources @ CSC library
online databases
ERIC EBSCO, the Educational Resource Information Center, contains more than 1,194,000 records and links to more than 100,000 full-text documents from ERIC.
EBSCO Searchasaurus child-friendly search interface for comprehensive database including encyclopedias, images, articles, and Teacher Resources link
Proquest Education Journals Full text and peer-reviewed articles
Proquest Psychology Journals Full-text and peer-reviewed articles
Proquest Social Science Journals Full-text and peer-reviewed articles
Psych Articles EBSCO from the American Psychological Association (APA), full-text, peer-reviewed scholarly and scientific articles in psychology. It includes all journal articles, book reviews, letters to the editor, and errata from each journal. Coverage spans 1894 to present.
Pscyh Info from the American Psychological Association (APA),citations and summaries of scholarly journal articles, book chapters, books, and dissertations, peer-reviewed but NOT FULL TEXT.
CQ Researcher weekly reports covers current and controversial issues of the day. It provides summaries, pros and cons, bibliographies and more.
Academic Search Premier (EBSCO) multi-disciplinary database provides full text for more than 4,500 journals, including more than 3,700 peer-reviewed titles.
Newspaper Source (EBSCO)cover-to-cover full text for 25 national & international newspapers. Full text television & radio news transcripts are also provided.
Access World News The electronic editions of record for local, regional, and national U.S. newspapers as well as full-text content of key international sources; includes world map
netLibrary e-books
EJS E-Journals (EBSCO) articles
SearchAll search all these databases at the same time
child development websites
KidsCount Status of children in the U.S. with state-wide breakouts
Autism Information Center Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Childcare and Early Education Research
Childstats.gov America's Children: Key National Indicators of Well-being
books
Use the CSC Library catalog to find books about child development:
Search with subject browse or *subject keyword using any of these words: Child development, Child psychology, children, infants, child rearing, language acquisition, literacy or try your own words in a general keyword search. To find journals about child development, use a subject keyword search child development - periodicals
Most child development books are classified under BF (psychology), HQ (sociology), LB (education), and P (language) and can be found on the upper level of the barn (BF, HQ) and main level (LB, P), and in the Reference Collection on the library's main level.
