Child Development Research Guide

Welcome to your Library Research Guide!

This online guide was created with your CD1 research paper in mind. Read your assignment (linked below) and click on the tabs above to explore our library resources.

Use your keywords to find scholarly content through Google Scholar! 

Determining whether a website is a credible source is important, but it can be tricky. Here are a few open web sources that have been found to be credible:

Scholarly journal articles generally have the following characteristics:

• authors are experts or researchers

• articles are usually long with very few pictures
• may include charts, graphs or statistics
• topic targets a specific audience
• sources are cited in footnotes or lengthy bibliographies
• articles report on a study, research or experimentation
• before chosen to publish, articles are peer-reviewed by an editorial board or peers
• journals are published by a professional organization

1. Need a good starting place? Try Gale Virtual Reference Library! 

Find articles from reference encyclopedias. They provide great overviews on topics. Click here to begin searching.

2. Search EBSCO for in-depth articles! 

Click here to begin searching all of the EBSCO databases. Remember to limit your results to "Scholarly (Peer-Reviewed) Journals" on the search page.

3. Search JSTOR for historical context! 

Click here to begin searching the JSTOR Arts & Sciences database! 

• Read the Abstract: Each article includes an abstract (a brief summary of the article)
   
• Article Publication Date: Is the research current?
   
• How many pages? Is it long enough? Does it provide enough information?
   
• Journal: Visit the journal's Web page on the Internet. Google it! Click on the About Us link. Any bias or conflict of interests?
   
• Author's Expertise: Most journal authors work for a university or research center. The journal article usually indicates the author's institutional affiliation. Google the author. If he or she works for a university, visit the faculty web page.

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Below are print books we found in our library catalog that may be helpful in your research.

Write down a book's title & call number to find the book on the shelf in the Library!

The ebooks below can be read fully online!

1. Click on a book's title

2. Login with your ACE information if off-campus

3. Click on the "PDF Full-Text" link to read the book in your browser