Child Development

LCC Browsing Areas:

L- Education
LA - History of Education
LB - Theory and Practice
LC - Special Aspects
LD - Individual U.S. Institutions
LH - College and school publications
LJ - Student Fraternities and societies
LT - Textbook

Z – Bibliography, Library Science

OUC Reference Resources:

• A to Zoo: Subject Access to Children's Picture Books - Z1037 .L715 2001
• Best Books for Children Preschool Through Grade 6 - Z1037 .G48 2002
• Biographical Dictionary of Modern American Educators - LA2311 .O55 1997
• The Educator's Desk Reference (EDR) : A Sourcebook of Educational Information and Research - LB1028.27.U6 F74 2002
• Encyclopedia of American Education - LB17 .U54 2001
• Encyclopedia of Early Childhood Education - LB1139.25 .E53 1992
• Encyclopedia of Education, 2nd  edition - LB15 .E47 2003
• Encyclopedia of Learning Disabilities - LC4704.5 .T86 2002
• Encyclopedia of Multicultural Education - LC1099.3 .M58 1999 
• Special Education: A Reference Handbook - LC3051 .S66 2001
• World Education Encyclopedia - LB15 .W87 2002

OUC Print Journals:

• Child Development
• Child Study Journal
• Childhood Education
• Early Childhood Education Journal 
• Education and Training in Mental Retardation and Development
• Education Digest
• Exceptional Children
• Focus
• Harvard Educational Review
• Horn Book Guide
• Horn Book Magazine
• Journal of Developmental Education
• Journal of Educational Psychology
• Journal of Educational Research
• Journal of Higher Education
• Journal of Learning Disabilities
• Journal of Research in Childhood Education
• Learning (discontinued 1998)
• Media & Methods
• NEA Today
• Phi Delta Kappan
• Review of Educational Research
• Sociology of Education

Education Databases:

·         Academic Search Complete – “Indexes nearly 11,000 scholarly and other publications covering academic areas of study.”  Some full-text  Good for basic research

·         EdITLib Digital Library for Information Technology and Education  - “Database of full-text peer-reviewed and published international journal articles and proceedings papers related to all aspects of Educational Technology and E-Learning.” 

·         Education Full Text – “Indexes and abstracts articles of at least one column in length from English-language periodicals and yearbooks published in the United States and elsewhere. English-language books relating to education published in 1995 or later are also indexed.”  Some full text. 

·         Education Research Complete – “Article database covering the field of education, including curriculum instruction as well as administration, policy, funding, and related social issues.”  Some full-text 

·         ERIC – “Indexes approximately 900 journals and the ERIC document collection; covers the field of education and related fields.”  Some full text

·         Teacher Reference Center (TRC) – “A database covering popular and scholarly periodicals as well as book chapters relating to K-12 education.”

·         PsycINFO – “Index to articles in over 2,000 scholarly journals in the field of psychology and related disciplines,” such as education.   Some full-text 

Education Websites:

·         United States Department of Education - http://www.ed.gov/index.jhtml - Provides teaching resources, lesson plans, education articles, and other information for teachers’ professional development.

·         Ohio Department of Education - http://www.ode.state.oh.us/GD/Templates/Pages/ODE/ODEDefaultPage.aspx?page=1 – Offers teaching tools, education news, teacher resources, content standards, job information and other professional development tools for Ohio teachers.

·         Teacher’s Domain: Multimedia Resources for the Classroom and Professional Development - http://www.teachersdomain.org/ - An online educational resource of collections and courses with multimedia from public television, images, video and audio clips, interactive, and “media-rich lesson plans.” Offers a special collection of courses in physical, life and earth sciences for elementary, middle, and high school teachers.

·         List of Caldecott Medal Winners and Honor Books  -http://www.ala.org/ala/alsc/awardsscholarships/literaryawds/caldecottmedal/caldecottmedal.htm

·         Education World - http://www.education-world.com/ - Offers access to teaching and administrative tools, including education-only searching, professional development tools, lesson plans, job postings, and education articles.

·         Early Childhood and Parenting (ECAP) Collaborative - http://ecap.crc.uiuc.edu/index.html - The Early Childhood and Parenting Collaborative is home to “more than a dozen projects focused on the education, care, and parenting of young children.”  It also offers access to education publications and discussion boards.

·         Institute for Urban and Minority Education (IUME) – http://iume.tc.columbia.edu/ - Provides access to IUME publications and projects as well as links to websites and books related to urban and minority education.

·         Project Approach in Early Childhood Education - http://www.projectapproach.org/ - Provides teachers with the resources needed to carry out child-oriented projects.  “Offers accounts of successful projects undertaken by teachers working with children of different ages and cultures in different parts of the world.”

·         Librarians’ Internet Index: Education - http://search.lii.org/index.jsp?sm=fr10%3BSubTopic1443%3B00http%3A%2F%2Fwww.lii.org%2Fia%2Fdata%2Fdemo1%2Ftopic%23769%3BEducation&moreres=SubTopic14 - Provides access to some of the best education websites on the Internet.

·         Educator's Reference Desk - http://www.eduref.org/ - This site provides links to over 3,000 educational resources, more than 2,000 lesson plans from teachers across the United States, and access to a collection of “over 200 responses to popular questions on the practice, theory, and research of education.”