FSC2101: Child Development

FSC 2101: Child Development -- Birth to Two Years

Books, etc.: Library Catalogs
Databases by Subject
Databases by Title
Web Sources
Interlibrary Loan
Where to Go for Help

Books, etc.

Library Catalog Provides access to books and materials in other formats available at Appalachian, UNC Asheville and Western Carolina . Most books and periodicals owned by UNCA and WCU can be borrowed using the ABC-Express van service, at no charge, and received in 1-2 days. The Library Catalog is not an index to journal articles although the Find Related Sources feature will lead you to some .

Sample subjects:

Child Development Abstracts and Bibliography , 1928-2001. ASU MAIN STACKS HQ 750 .C47
Covers nearly 275 English and foreign language journals, technical reports, and books related to the growth and development of children.

WorldCat, 11th Century-present. A catalog of over 35 million books and other materials from 17,000 libraries around the world. Electronic interlibrary loan requesting is available for qualified patrons. WorldCat is not an index to journal articles.

ELECTRONIC RESOURCES: Databases by Subject

Child Development (compiled by ASU Librarians)
http://www.library.appstate.edu/vdb/by_subject/subjectreport?search_subject=Child%20Development

ELECTRONIC RESOURCES: Recommended Databases by Title

Academic Search Premier, 1984-present; Full Text: 1990-present.
A general database which provides full text for 1,250 magazines and journals and citations with abstracts to nearly 3,000 titles. Over 1,600 titles are peer-reviewed.

Child Abuse, Child Welfare and Adoption, 1965-present.
Contains citations and abstracts from books, journals, government reports, conference papers, state annual reports, curricula, and unpublished papers.

Education Full Text, Indexing: 1983-present; Full Text and abstracts: 1994-present.
Provides citations with abstracts to nearly 500 international journals--with full text access to more than 130 journals, monographs, and yearbooks on a wide range of contemporary education issues.

ERIC , 1966-present; Some full text.
Indexes journal articles and documents in the field of education.

Family & Society Studies Worldwide, 1970-present.
References, with lengthy abstracts, for journal articles and books from a wide range of disciplines on family and human development.

PsycINFO, 1887-present; Some full text.
Provides citations, with abstracts, to journal articles, dissertations, books, book chapters, and reports covering the professional and academic literature in psychology and related disciplines.

Sociological Abstracts,
Provides citations (and abstracts since 1974) for articles in more than 2,500 international journals, serials, conference papers, books, and dissertations. Also indexes Social Planning/Policy and Development Abstracts (SOPODA) which focuses on solutions to social problems.

WEB SOURCES

American Academy of Pediatrics
http://www.aap.org/
"Dedicated to the health of all children."

Child Trends DataBank
http://www.childtrendsdatabank.org/
Provides "trends and research on over 70 key indicators of child and youth well-being ."

ERIC Clearinghouse on Elementary and Early Childhood Education
http://ericeece.org/
"Providing information since 1967 for educators, parents and families, and all of us interested in the development, education, and care of children from birth through early adolescence."

National Association for Child Development
http://www.nacd.org/
"NACD is an international non-profit organization that exists to gather, evaluate, and disseminate information and procedures relative to human development."

National Association for the Education of Young Children
http://www.naeyc.org/
"Promoting excellence in early childhood education."

The National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)
http://www.nichd.nih.gov/
From the Web site: "(NICHD) seeks to assure that every individual is born healthy and wanted, that women suffer no adverse consequence from the reproductive process, and that all children have the opportunity to fulfill their potential for a healthy and productive life unhampered by disease or disability."

Zero to Three
http://www.zerotothree.org/
"The nations leading resource on the first years of life."

WHERE TO GO FOR HELP

Library Research Tutorial: http://www.library.appstate.edu/tutorial/

How to Cite Sources: http://www.library.appstate.edu/reference/howTo/cite/index.html
An online guide on how to cite print and electronic sources using APA and other style guides.

Ask a Librarian: http://www.library.appstate.edu/reference/askref.html
Email, chat, phone, or check out our "Frequently Asked Questions".

Interlibrary Loan (Illiad): http://www.library.appstate.edu/services/docdelivery/
An internet accessible database providing forms for requesting books, journals, and other items not in the collections of Appalachian State University Libraries and not available through ABC Express.

Phone or email: Virginia Branch at: 262-4966, branchvc@appstate.edu

Content editor: Virginia Branch, branchvc@appstate.edu, Reference & Instruction Librarian