Sample Research Resources for School Age Research Project

Keywords:

Searching Techniques:

1. Advanced searching for two keywords, e.g. obesity and child*; vision and child*; hearing and child*
2. Obesity = subject search; child* = keyword search
3. A subject search limits the number of results; a Keyword search expands the number of results
4. * = any letter(s); e.g. child + hood; child + ren; It also expands a search
 

Online Databases:  http://infotrac.galegroup.com/itweb/southcarr
 

Diet, Nutrition, and Weight Issues Among Children and Adolescents.  Weight in America 2010.

E- E-Books:

Self-Esteem. Gale Encyclopedia of Psychology. Ed. Bonnie Strickland. 2nd ed. Detroit: Gale, 2001. p570-571.

Dyer, Jennifer R. Cognitive Development. Child Development . Ed. Neil J. Salkind. p87-92. From Gale Virtual Reference Library.

Magazines:

Kalb, Claudia, Karen Springen, Joan Raymond and Mary Carmichael. Fear And Allergies In The Lunchroom. Newsweek 150.19 (Nov 5, 2007): p.42. (3632 words) From Student Resource Center - Gold.

Websites:   

Children's Health from the BBC

KidsHealth sponsored by the Nemours Foundation

Factsheets from the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychology

American Academy of Pediatrics Children's Health Topics

Health and Wellness and Child Safety Topics from the PTA

Books:

618.92 BAB
Baby & child health. New York : Dorling Kindersley, 2004. An illustrated guide to infant and child health and development from birth to age eleven.

618.92 BRI
Brinkerhoff, Shirley. Drug therapy and childhood and adolescent disorders. Philadelphia, Pa. : Mason Crest, 2004. Defining the disorder -- History of the drug -- How does the drug work? -- Treatment descriptions -- Case studies -- Risks and side effects -- Alternative and supplementary treatments. A discussion of psychological disorders with onset in childhood and adolescence and the drugs and alternative
treatments that are available for their management.

649 STO
Stoppard, Miriam. Complete baby and child care. Rev. American ed. New York : Dorling Kindersley, 2001. A comprehensive, illustrated guide to all aspects of caring for children from birth through preschool.

REF 305.231 CHI
Child development. New York : Macmillan Reference USA, c2002. Contains 289 alphabetically arranged entries that provide information about topics in child development, including definitions, and biographies of leading characters in the history of the field.

REF 618.92 COH
Cohen, Michel. The new basics : A-to-Z baby & child care for the modern parent. 1st ed. New York : ReganBooks, c2004. An A-to-Z guide to infant and child care that describes proven techniques for keeping children healthy and happy, including information on proper nutrition, sleep habits, first aid,
breast and bottle feeding, and more.

REF 618.92 KOT
Kotulak, Donna. American medical association complete guide to your children's health. New York : Random House, [1998], c1999. A guide to the health needs of children that includes a full-color atlas of the body, symptom charts for the most common childhood health problems, entries that describe illnesses, developmental stages, and medications, and safety guides for childproofing a home.

REF 618.92 SMI
Smith, Lendon H., 1921-. The encyclopedia of baby & child care. Newly rev. and updated. Englewood Cliffs, N.J. : Prentice-Hall, c1980.

REF 618.92 TUR
Turkington, Carol. The encyclopedia of children's health and wellness. New York : Facts on File, c2004. Volume two of a two volume set in which more than six hundred alphabetically arranged entries offer a detailed overview of the key aspects of childhood health from infancy to age 18.

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