To inform and support students in Child Development and Early Childhood Education classes using the SVC library and other resources.
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Find relevant Internet resources
Find relevant Library resources
Help with Primary and Secondary resources
Help with Evaluating websites
Help with Peer-reviewed resources
Find relevant eResources
Search the library catalog for books,eBooks, and DVDs:
To see only items available in the library, try changing the search from "Everything" to "Library Catalog"
Your search will look like this:
These are examples of search terms to try:
(HINTS: use "quotation marks" to search a phrase, use an asterisk * for variations on endings of words)
"cognitive psychology AND child*"
"developmentally appropriate practice"
"early childhood education"
"toddler development"
"infant development"
Subject headings can help locate materials on your topic or you can browse the stacks using general call numbers.
Here are some subject headings relevant to Child Development and their location numbers in the Dewey Decimal System:
Access these resources from off-campus using your MySVC Login and Password
Credo Reference
Provides access to over 900 general and specialized online reference books in one place. Sources include medicine, psychology, social sciences, and science.
Alexander Street Video Online
Streaming video.
The following are some examples:
Select an online database from the list below to find articles from magazines, newspapers and journals.
Choose full-text for best results.
For further help, access our tutorials on using the databases
From off campus use your MySVC Login and Password