Child Development

This guide is intended as a research tool to help you locate background information, books, articles, and internet/web links on a variety of child development topics.

Background Information Sources

Available in the library's reference area:

Handbook of Developmental Psychology REF BF713 .H364 2003
Child Psychology: A Handbook of Contemporary Issues REF BF721 .C5155 1999
Handbook of Child Psychology (4 volumes) REF BF721 .H242 1998
Early Childhood Assessment REF BF722.3 .L53 2003
Parenting and Children's Internalization of Values REF BF723 .M54 P37 1997
Handbook of Contemporary Families REF HQ536 .H3185 2004
Resources for early childhood : a handbook REF HQ767.9 .N8 1994
Child Development REF HQ772 .C436 2002
The First R : How Children Learn Race and Racism REF HQ784 .S56 V36 2001
Clinical Assessment of Child and Adolescent Behavior REF RJ499 .C585 2001
Handbook of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (3 volumes) REF RJ499.3 .H356 1997

Books

Search the library catalog for books on your subject using words or word combinations below, or visit the library’s 2nd floor and browse the BF700-724 (Developmental Psychology), HQ500-800 (Family), LB1060-1600 (Early Education), RC321-574 (Medicine: Neurosciences), and RJ (Pediatric Medicine) call number ranges.

  • child development
  • child psychology
  • child psychiatry
  • learning
  • socialization
  • cognition
  • developmental psychology
  • early childhood
  • nursery schools
  • parenting
  • child care
  • social skills

Newspaper, Magazine, and Academic Journal Articles

  • PsycNET: PsycNET has abstracts from 1800+ journals; PsychArticles has select full-text.
  • InfoTrac: full suite of Gale databases
  • Expanded Academic ASAP: full-text journal, magazine, and newspaper articles.
  • LexisNexis: large database of current and archived newspaper articles.

Internet Resources

Several internet resources have been selected below. Additional links are available from Web Resources page; follow link for Health Care.