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As we discussed in the library instruction session, here are some reminders about how to locate the books, articles, and Web sites you will need for your research. If you have any trouble, send me an e-mail and I will do my best to reply to you within 24 hours.
1. Reference Books |
2. Circulating Books |
3. Journal Titles
4. Articles in Databases |
5. Web Sites |
6. Citation Styles: APA & MLA
- Blackwell Handbook of Infant Development (2004)
- Blackwell Handbook of Childhood Social Development (2004)
- Blackwell Handbook of Childhood Cognitive Development (2002)
- Encyclopedia of American Education
- (REF LB 17 .U54 2001)
- Encyclopedia of Education
- (REF LB 15 .E47 2003)
- Encyclopedia of Education and Human Development
- (REF LB 15 .E473 2005)
- Encyclopedia of Education Information
- (REF L 901 .E443)
- Encyclopedia of Learning Disabilities
- (REF LC 4704.5 .T86 2002)
A. Find Book In Catalog: Go to the library's homepage, find the link for MC Library Catalog, and set "Select Search Type" to "Keyword Boolean." In "Enter Search Terms" put keywords (tend to be nouns), connect them with Boolean operators (AND, OR, NOT), and use punctuation when appropriate (parenthesis used with OR, quotations marks for phrases):
- "day care centers"
- (child OR children) AND play
- "early childhood" AND education
- "child care" AND pre-k
B. Browse Shelves: For books on childhood development and day care centers, go to these sections of the call numbers:
HQ 767.8 -- 792.2 Children. Child Development, including play, socialization HV 851 -- 861 Day Care Centers C. Renew Books Online: Go into MC Library Catalog and use the MY ACCOUNT button at the top of the page.
D. Help: Speak to the reference librarian on duty or call the reference desk:
- Germantown: 240-567-7853
- Rockville: 240-567-7130
- Takoma Park Silver Spring: 240-567-1536
Comprehensive Listing of Children & Youth Development Journals at the Montgomery College Libraries
Comprehensive Listing of Social Welfare & Social Work Journals at the Montgomery College Libraries
If you'd like to browse the shelves in the Rockville Campus Library, look for these titles:
- Child & Youth Care Forum
- Child Care Information Exchange
- Child Development
- Childhood Education
- Dimensions of Early Childhood
- Scholastic Early Childhood Today
- Teaching PreK—8
- Young Children
- Zero to Three
SEARCHING: The collections below are enormous databases of citations, abstracts, and often the full text of articles that originally appeared in scholarly journals, magazines, and newspapers. To search for an article, use Boolean operators (AND, OR, NOT), keywords (tend to be nouns), and punctuation (quotation marks for phrases, parentheses for OR). For example:
- (child OR children) AND play
- (child OR children) AND environment
- ("child care" OR "day care") AND "child development"
- "day care" AND "family life"
- gender AND "learning styles"
- piaget AND "child development"
- Academic Search Premier
- Full text articles from 5,000+ scholarly publications, indexing and abstracts for 3,500 peer-reviewed publications. Covers all subject areas.
- Expanded Academic ASAP
- Indexes over 3,500 titles; 2,000+ are full text. Covers all subject areas.
- Education Journals
- To print, use the yellow Print button at the top of the page.
SORTING: Results can be sorted by date (most recent first) or relevance (highest occurrence of keywords).
PRINTING: Use the Print button in the database, not the Print icon or menu option in the browser.
HELP: Read the Help or Search Tips information for the database; speak to the reference librarian on duty; or call the reference desk:
- Germantown: 240-567-7853
- Rockville: 240-567-7130
- Takoma Park Silver Spring: 240-567-1536
Children's Health
- MedlinePlus
EXCELLENT!- Go to Health Topics and explore all of the subheadings for Infant & Toddler, Child, and Children. (National Institutes of Health, U.S. National Library of Medicine)
Community Resources
- Montgomery County, Maryland
- Look for "Services" in blue menu bar on left; peruse listings. Don't overlook Child, Early Childhood, and Day Care Information.
- Division of Early Childhood Development
- "Its responsibilities include licensing and monitoring child care centers and family child care providers. The Office also issues contracts and grants to child care providers to improve the quality of early care, and it administers the state’s Child Care Credentialing System." (Maryland State Department of Education)
- Montgomery County Public Libraries
- In menu, go to "Catalog and Your Account" to search either the Library Catalog or the Children's Catalog.
- Child Care Bureau: Provider Resources
- (Administration for Children & Families, U.S. Department of Health & Human Services)
- Child Care Nutrition Resource System
- (National Agricultural Library; University of Maryland)
- CYFERnet: Children, Youth and Families Education and Research Network
- (consortium of several major U.S. land grant universities)
- Child Care Resources Handbook
- (Office of Personnel Management)
- Maryland Committee for Children, Inc. (MCC)
- "MCC is a private, non-profit organization that has a rich history of action in matters affecting children, families, and the child care community of this state. Formed in 1945, MCC (then known as the Maryland Committee for the Group Day Care of Children) was founded to present an organized voice in support of continued federal funding for child care programs and to promote better child care services throughout Maryland. (Maryland Committee for Children, Inc.)
- Helping Your Child Learn Mathematics
- A booklet of activities for preK through age 5. (U.S. Department of Education)
- Helping Your Child Become a Reader
- Activities for infants through age 6. (U.S. Department of Education)
- Help My Child With Academics
- A list of Web page. (U.S. Department of Education)
- Ready At Five
- "[F]irmly committed to ensuring that all Maryland children enter school ready to succeed . . . [A] statewide, public/private partnership and a powerful, independent voice for young children." (Maryland State Government; American Academy of Pediatrics, MD; et al.)
- Child Care & Early Education Research Connections
- "[A] comprehensive and easily searchable collection of more than 10,000 resources from the many disciplines related to child care and early education." (National Center for Children in Poverty; Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research; Child Care Bureau; U.S. Department of Health & Human Services)
Here are two handouts on formatting citations. Each is a six-page MS Word document: APA: References Page or MLA: Works Cited Page.
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Last Revised: 2007 January 22, pps