Child Development Subject Guide
Getting Started: Handbooks, Textbooks and Reference Works
As you begin your research, refer to books such as these for an overview, background information, and definition of terms.
Caring for your baby and young child: birth to age 5.
4th ed. Steven P. Shelov. American Academy of Pediatrics.
MAIN RJ61 .C329 2004
Child development.
3rd ed. Robert S. Feldman.
OVERSIZE HQ767.9 .F43 2004
From crib to kindergarten: the essential child safety guide.
Dorothy A. Drago.
MAIN RJ370 .D73 2007
The Gale encyclopedia of children's health: infancy through adolescence.
Kristine Krapp and Jeffrey Wilson, eds. 4 vols.
REFERENCE RJ26 .G35 2005
Introduction to early childhood education.
4th ed. Eva L. Essa.
OVERSIZE LB1139.25 .E87 2003
Of children: an introduction to child and adolescent development.
9th ed. Guy R. LeFrancois.
OVERSIZE RJ131 .L38 2001
Prime times: a handbook for excellence in infant and toddler programs.
Jim Greenman and Anne Stonehouse.
OVERSIZE HQ778.6 .G74 1996
Seeing young children: a guide to observing and recording behavior.
5th ed. Warren R. Bentzen.
MAIN BF722 .B46 2005
Special Topics
Children with disabilities.
3rd ed. Mark L. Batshaw, ed.
OVERSIZE RJ135 .B38 2002
A mind apart: understanding children with autism and Asperger syndrome.
Peter Szatmari.
MAIN RJ506 .A9S99 2004
The oasis guide to Asperger syndrome: advice, support, insight, and inspiration.
Patricia Romanowski Bashe and Barbara L. Kirby.
MAIN RC553 .A88B375 2005
Videos & DVDs
This is just a sampling of relevant AV titles in the Library.
CNN Today: child and adolescent development
AUDIOVISUAL TJ131 .C66 2000
Cooing, crying, cuddling: infant brain development
AUDIOVISUAL LB1115 .C66 1998
Getting in tune: creating nurturing relationships with infants and toddlers.
Distributed by the California Department of Education.
AUDIOVISUAL BF723 .I6G4 1990
Laughing, learning, loving: toddler brain development
AUDIOVISUAL LB1139.35 .C44L38 1998
New games for a child care setting
AUDIOVISUAL HQ778.5 .N48 1997
Raising Cain: exploring the inner lives of America's boys.
AUDIOVISUAL HQ775 R357564 2006
The secret life of the brain.
5 videocassettes.
AUDIOVISUAL QP376 .S43 2002
Tools for teaching developmentally appropriate practice.
Distributed by the National Association for the Education of Young Children.
AUDIOVISUAL LB1139.25 .T66 1998
Finding Books
Begin your search with MnPALS, our online catalog. MnPALS provides access to books, audiovisual materials, eBooks, and other resources available at DCTC and at other libraries in the MnPALS system. Our books and audiovisual materials are organized according to Library of Congress call numbers. Items not available from the DCTC Library can be requested online through interlibrary loan (ILL).
The best way to begin a search in MnPALS is to enter one or two keywords on your topic. To focus your search, find the most relevant records in your results and look at their subject headings. MnPALS displays subject headings as links and clicking on them will begin a search for that particular topic.
MnPALS includes the titles of our magazine and journal subscriptions but does not provide the articles themselves. To search for articles, see the Finding Articles section below.
Sample subject headings for Child Development:
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child development child psychology children with disabilities |
child care parenting children |
infants parent and child early childhood education |
Most books dealing with Child Development and its related fields are shelved in call numbers beginning with HQ (the family), LB (education), and RJ (pediatrics.) You can browse those shelves for ideas.
topFinding Articles
Use periodical indexes and databases to locate articles, reports, and other documents on your topic. Most of these resources provide full-text articles, which you can print, save, or e-mail. We also have print subscriptions to some magazines and journals that aren't available electronically. We keep the current year and three previous years of most magazine and journal issues. If an article you need is not available at the DCTC Library in either print or electronic format, you can request the article from another library through interlibrary loan (ILL).
Periodical Indexes & Databases
EBSCO MegaFILE (1865 - Present)
EBSCO MegaFILE indexes nearly 24,000 publications and provides full text for over 19,100 publications. EBSCO MegaFILE covers virtually all subjects and includes biographies, company profiles, primary source documents, and images. EBSCO MegaFILE combines four EBSCO indexes and databases: Academic Search Premier, Business Source Premier, MasterFILE Premier, and Regional Business News.
PsycARTICLES (1894 - Present)
PsycARTICLES provides full-text articles from 66 journals published by the American Psychological Association and other associations.
Access World News (1977 - Present)
Access World News provides full text articles from more than 2,000 newspapers, wire services, and broadcast transcripts from all over the world.
ProQuest Newspapers (1980 - Present)
ProQuest Newspapers provides full text articles from nearly 700 newspapers and wire services from all over the world.
Journals
Developmental Psychology
Indexed from July 1, 1990 to present in EBSCO MegaFILE.
Everyday TLC
A theme-based newsletter full of hands-on learning activities for young children and their caregivers.
Parents
Indexed from July 1, 1985 to present in EBSCO MegaFILE.
Scholastic Early Childhood Today
Indexed with full text from August 1, 2000 to present in EBSCO MegaFILE.
Working Mother
Indexed from January 1, 1992 in EBSCO MegaFILE.
YC (Young Children)
Journal of the National Association for the Education of Young Children. Each issue focuses on a particular topic in early childhood education.
Zero to Three
Each issue has several articles devoted to a single topic, providing insights from multiple disciplines on the development of infants, toddlers, and their families.
Web Sites
Child and Family Web Guide
Hundreds of annotated sites "that contain research-based information about child development." Includes a section for parents, with after-school activities, childcare, family weekends, movies and media, private schools, and summer activities. Created by faculty and librarians at Tufts University.
Child Care and Early Education Research Connections (CCEERC).
A continually updated, multidisciplinary database of over 10,000 resources, including journal articles, books, research reports, governments documents and more.
Child Development and Parenting Information.
From the Child Development Institute. A resource for information, products and services related to ADHD, dyslexia, learning disabilities, parenting, and child development.
Facts for Families
A collection of over 80 brief fact sheets developed by the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry on various issues relating to childhood and adolescence. Topics include child abuse, child and adolescent development, medical health and disease, mental health and disorders, media issues, parenting and family problems, and sexuality issues. Reports are available in several languages.
National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC)
National Center for Early Development and Learning
NCEDL is a national early childhood research project supported by the U.S. Department of Education. It focuses on "enhancing the cognitive, social and emotional development of children from birth through age 8." This site features case studies, reports, fact sheets, and other research documents on topics such as child development, early childhood education, and education policy. Includes related links. Searchable.
Reference Librarian
The DCTC Library's Reference Librarian is
Barbara Tuttle
651-423-8345
Please feel free to contact me with questions, comments, concerns, or for additional help with your research.
Last updated: October 9, 2007.