Child Development Resources

Contents:

• Assessing Children's Well-Being: A Handbook of Measures
  Ref RJ 50 A835 2004
• Blackwell Handbook of Childhood Cognitive Development
  BF 723 C5 B5 2002
• Cambridge Encyclopedia of Human Growth and Development
  QP 84 C26 1997
• Child Development Also available at Ref HQ 772 C436 2002
• Developmental Profiles: Pre-Birth Through Eight RJ 131 A496 1999
• Encyclopedia of Applied Developmental Science
  Ref HQ 767.84 E52 2005
• Encyclopedia of Human Development Ref HM 626 E53 2006
• Gale Encyclopedia of Childhood & Adolescence Ref HQ 772 G27 1998
• Growing Up: A Cross-Cultural Encyclopedia Ref HQ 767.84 B76 1995
• Handbook of Child Language Acquisition P 118 H348 1999
• Handbook of Child Psychology Ref BF 721 H242 2006
• Handbook of Psychological and Educational Assessment of Children:
  Intelligence, Aptitude, and Achievement BF 722 H33 2003
• Handbook of Research on the Education of Young Children
  LB 1119 H25 2006
• Introduction to Theories of Human Development
  BF 713 S245 2004
• Your Child: Emotional, Behavioral, and Cognitive Development from Birth through Preadolescence HQ 767.9 Y67 2000

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Specialized Databases

• PsycINFO  (1887-current)
  Indexes journals and book chapters worldwide in psychology and related disciplines.
  Some full text articles available
• ERIC (EbscoHost)  (1966 - current) (Educational Resource Information Center)
  Developed by the U.S. Department of Education.
  Indexes and abstracts about 800 journals and education-related documents (reports, proceedings, curriculum, etc.) Full text for some articles and for most (1993-current) ERIC documents available. ERIC documents also available in CSUS microfiche collection.
• Education Full Text (1983-current)
  Indexes and abstracts periodicals in Education and related fields. Full text articles included.
• ScienceDirect  (1966-current)
  A full text database for articles in the sciences and social sciences.

General Databases

• Academic Search Premier (EBSCO)  (1990-current)
  General interest periodical database with fulltext articles available

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• Developmental Screening in Early Childhood: a Guide
   LB 1131 M444 2005
• Doing Qualitative Research: a Practical Handbook  H 62 S472 2005
• From Neurons to Neighborhoods: The Science of Early Childhood Development
  http://books.nap.edu/openbook/0309069882/html/index.html
• Methods in Behavioral Research  BF 76.5 .C67 2007
• Partners in Play: Assessing Infants and Toddlers in Natural Contexts
  RJ 51 D48 P37 2007
  
• Recent Theories of Human Development.  BF 713 T485 2001
  
• Understanding Quantitative and Qualitative Research in Early Childhood Education.
LB 1139.23 G66 1996

• Writing Empirical Research Reports: a Basic Guide for Students of the Social and Behavioral Sciences  LB 2369 .P97 2005

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• Kids Count Data Book
      (annual) Also available at ref HQ 792 .U5 K53 (year)
• Anne E. Casey Foundation
  http://www.aecf.org/
• Children Now
  http://www.childrennow.org/
• ChildStats.gov
  http://www.childstats.gov/
• Pew Charitable Trusts/Pre-K Education/Facts
       http://www.pewtrusts.com/ideas/index.cfm?page=4&name=Facts%20and%20Stats&issue=26
• UNICEF Statistical Data
  http://www.unicef.org/statis/
• U.S. Census American Factfinder
  http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/BasicFactsServlet

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Questions/comments to: Roz Van Auker, Social Science Reference Librarian, CSU, Sacramento CA
email:vanaukerr@csus.edu    Last updated 9/07