HDF 455 - The University Libraries

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HDF 455 - Current Developmental Theory & Research

Library Spaces: Information about places in the library for individuals or groups to study or prepare for presentations

Encyclopedias and Dictionaries

Specialized books such as the following titles provide background information on your topic and help you understand unfamiliar words.

In the Reference Room you will find several similar volumes. Check these call numbers: HQ (family studies), HM (sociology), BF (psychology), L (education), and so on.

Bibliographies at the end of each article will refer you to other useful sources.

Encyclopedia of Children and Childhood in History and Society
Paula S. Fass, ed., 2004
Also available in print: ref. HQ767.84 .E53

Encyclopedia of Human Development

Neil Salkind, ed., 2006, 3 vol.

Also in print. Location: ref. HM626 .E53

Child Development
Neil J. Salkind, ed.
Also available in print: ref. HQ772 .C436 2002

Gale Encyclopedia of Children's Health: Infancy through Adolescence

Kristine Krapp and Jeffrey Wilson, ed., 2005.

Encyclopedia of Human Development

Neil J. Salkind, ed., 3 vol.

Also available in print: ref HM626 .E53 2006

Adolescence in America : An encyclopedia
Jacqueline V. Lerner and Richard M. Lerner, eds. 2001
Also available in print: ref. HQ796 .A33247

Encyclopedia of Education

James W. Guthrie, editor-in-chief
Covers the main areas of education from early childhood education through college

Sample topics: home schooling, school discipline, academic achievement, and sex education

Also available in print: ref LB15 .E47 2003

Encyclopedia of School Psychology

Steven W. Lee, ed.

Also available in print: ref. LB1027.55 .E523 2005

A Dictionary of Psychology

10,000+ entries providing comprehensive coverage of psychology terminology

Also available in print: ref. BF 31 .C650 2003

Finding Journal Articles Using Databases

Child Development Cover Image

Databases like those below are subject guides to magazines, journals, newspapers, and other materials. For additional choices, go to the University Libraries home page, click on Databases then click on the starting letter of the database or a department name.

Search Strategy Design Tips:

-Try a variety of subject headings to search for the same concept.e.g. self esteem, self concept, self image. Some databases have a Thesaurus of terms to help with suggested wording.

-Click here for tips on using the search connectors AND, OR, and NOT in your search strategy

Note the names of authors writing extensively on the subject, then try the databases below to look for journal articles they may have written.

REMEMBER: To get to the full text of the journal article you must go through the Library's web pages. We have paid for access to the journals. Do not go to the publisher's page to get an article unless routed there through Journal Finder. Use Journal Finder if you already have the name of the journal.

Link to all EBSCO databases

Use this link to simultaneously search any of the 20+ EBSCO databases

NB: In most cases the thesaurus and some of the other limiters will not be available

Some full text, mainly citations and abstracts for 1300+ periodicals, book chapters, books, technical reports, and dissertations

Also covers related disciplines such as human development, child psychology, sociology, social work, gerontology, medicine, nursing, and psychiatry

Sample topics: behavioral assessment, children of divorce, and work with special populations

1872 +

Child Development and Adolescent Studies (EBSCO)

Materials relating to the growth and development of children through the age of 21
1927 +

ERIC (EBSCO)

Most widely used education database

Some full text for more than 750 education and education-related journals (identified by EJ numbers)

Many full text research and technical reports, school system reports, conference papers, etc.(identified by ED numbers)

Sample topics: anything dealing with schools, parent-school relationships, special education, child discipline, and so on

Coverage: 1960s +

Comprehensive coverage of sociology and sub-disciplines of criminology & criminal justice, demography, ethnic & racial studies, gender studies, marriage & family, religion, social development, social psychology, social structure, social work, addictions, violence, etc.

Articles from 4,000+ journals and the full text of more than 700 books and 6,800 conference papers

Abstracts of some of the core journals date as far back as 1895

Indexes 1000+ nursing, allied health and nutrition journals, over half of them full text

Topics such as sex education and childhood obesity will have health-related viewpoints

Full text for 4,000+ academic, peer-reviewed journals in the social sciences (sociology, social work, gerontology, and family studies), humanities, general sciences, education, health sciences, and nursing

Indexing and abstracts for another 4,000 titles

Full text backfiles January 1990 +; indexing and abstract backfiles January 1984 +

Background information

on controversial issues as well as pro and con arguments for each issue

Includes fulltext articles, reference sources, statistics, primary documents, images, web links, etc.

Citations and/or abstracts from 1,000+ professional journals as well as books, popular literature, conference papers, and government reports

Sample topics: research, family policy and practice, human ecology and human development

1970+

Social Science Citation Index: SSCI (Web of Science)

Citations, abstracts, and cited references (footnotes to a scholarly article) to 2,000+ peer-reviewed social science journals
No full-text but links through Journal Finder to locate many full text articles
Covers K-12, higher, and special education, historical topics in the social sciences, substance abuse, school administration, counseling, educational psychology, and educational research
Cited reference search: allows you to find articles from journals citing a book or an article
Journal Citations Reports : identifys the important (ranked) Education journals
Dates of coverage: 1956 +

Lexis-Nexis Academic

Full text articles from 7500+ journals, magazines, transcripts, newspapers, editorials, newsletters, etc.

Covers news, business, law, medicine, government, and other types of information

Especially good for short articles on current issues and news stories of regional interest

Dates of coverage vary by publication

Transcripts of news programs may be particularly helpful for topics in this 455 class

--in the Search Terms box type your topic phrase or sentence e.g. is public education working

--check off the box for TV and Radio Broadcast Transcripts

--from the Specify Date menu choose your time period

--click on and your results should appear

--you may want to change List to Expanded List to see key lines from the text of the transript

--click on the title of the article to see the full text

Sociological Abstracts (CSA)

Abstracts for 2,500+ journals

Indexes books, conference papers, and many hard-to-obtain materials

Subjects: gerontology, sociology, social psychology, and social work

1963 +

Looking for the full text of the article? Go to Journal Finder and enter the name of the journal.

APA Style

APA, MLA, Turabian Citation Style Information

Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association . 6th edn. Copies at the Reference Desk and Reserve Desk BF76.7 .P83 2010

Text of an electronic journal article retrieved via a DOI number:

Smith, W.C. (1993). Role of early supervisory experience in supervisor performance. Journal of Applied Psychology, 78(4), 443-449.

doi:10.1037/002-9432.76.4.482

Text of an electronic article without a DOI number, use the URL:

Painter, J. (2008). Cartographic anxiety and the search for regionality. Environment and Planning A, 40, 342-361. Retrieved from

http://www.envplan.com/epa/fulltext/a40/a38255.pdf

Article from a print or microfilm journal:

VandenBos, G., Knapp, S., & Doe, J. (2001). Role of reference elements in the selection of resources by psychology

undergraduates. Journal of Bibliographic Research, 5(2), 117-123.

Useful Web Sites

What Are Scholarly Journals?

Primary vs. Secondary Sources (Univ. of California at Berkeley website with definitions, examples). Watch this flash tutorial for help identifying primary sources

Children, Youth and Families Education and Research Network

Zero to Three: National Center for Infants, Toddlers & Families

National Parent Information Network

Kids Count Databook
A national and state-by-state effort to track the status of children in the U.S. It provides policymakers and citizens with benchmarks of child well-being.

Author Info: Nancy Ryckman