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Subject Resources -- Early Childhood Education

The librarian for this subject is  Ms. Bennie P. Robinson.
Email: bpr@uakron.edu
See the Collection Development Policy for Early Childhood Education.

Finding Articles

• Academic Search Complete - Academic Search Complete, designed specifically for academic institutions, is the world's most valuable and comprehensive scholarly, multi-disciplinary full-text database, with more than 5,300 full-text periodicals, including 4,400 peer-reviewed journals. In addition to full text, this database offers indexing and abstracts for more than 9,300 journals and a total of 10,900 publications including monographs, reports, conference proceedings, etc. The database features PDF content going back as far as 1865, with the majority of full text titles in native (searchable) PDF format.
• Child Development Abstracts and Bibliography
• Education Full Text - OhioLINK has ended its subscription to this database. It will not be updated after July 1^st, and will be removed on August 1^st. You may wish to search: ERIC.
• ERIC (OSearch) - ERIC indexes education-related literature, beginning in 1966. The ERIC database is the world’s largest source of education information, containing abstracts of documents and journal articles on education research and practice. The database covers descriptions and evaluations of programs, research reports and surveys, curriculum and teaching guides, instructional materials, position papers, and resource materials. In 1993, ERIC began indexing education-related books, including the output of major publishers.
• PsycINFO 1967- - Index and abstracts of articles, books, chapters, dissertations, and reports in psychology. Includes or has links to full text.

Bibliographies and Research

• Friedes, Harriet. The Preschool Resource Guide: Educating and Entertaining Children Aged Two Through Five. New York: Plenum Press, c1993. Ref HQ774.5 .F754 1993 - Reference HQ774.5 .F754 1993
• Long-term Outcomes of Early Childhood Education
• Ready Web Bibliographies

Reference Resources

• Biographical Dictionary of American Educators , edited by John F. Ohles. Westport, Ct.: Greenwood Press, 1978. - Reference LA2311 .B54
• Early Childhood Curriculum Resource Handbook: a Practical Guide for Teaching Early Childhood (pre-K-3). Milwood, N.Y.: Kraus International Publications, c1993. - Reference LB1139.4 .E175 1993
• Kagan, Jerome and Susan B. Gall, eds. The Gale Encyclopedia of Childhood and Adolescence. Detroit: Gale Research, 1998. - Reference HQ772 .G27 1997
• Monroe, Paul. A Cyclopedia of Education. New York: Macmillan, 1911-1913. - Reference LB15 .M6
• Williams, Leslie R. and Doris Pronin Fromberg, eds. Encyclopedia of Early Childhood Education. New York: Garland Publishers, c1992. - Reference LB1139.25 .E53 1992

Internet Resources

• Center for the Improvement of Early Reading Acheivement (CIERA) - Is a national center for research on early reading.CIERA conducts research into the nature of enabling young people to read effectively at an early age.
• Developmentally Appropriate Practices in Early Childhood Education
• Early Childhood Education Online
• Education World: Early Childhood Center
• ERIC-Elementary and Early Childhood Education
• Kids Count
• Literacy Education Resources: Early Childhood to High School (ERIC)
• North Central Regional Educational Laboratory (NCREL) - Early childhood
• Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory (NWREL) – Early Childhood Education
• Ready Web
• Southern Regional Education Board (SREB) Early childhood & Elementary Education -School Readiness
• WestEd

Government Resources

• Ben’s Guide to U.S. Government for Kids
• No Child Left Behind
• Participation in Education: Preprimary Education - The Condition of Education (NCES)

Statistical Resources

• ChildStats: Official Web Site of the Federal Interagency Forum on Child and Family Statistics
• Kid's Count: Census Data Online
• School District Demographics System

Journals and Newspapers

• A to Z List - Find full-text electronic journals available at The University of Akron. Search for title words/phrases or browse individual collections.
• Child Development Abstracts and Bibliography
• Childhood Education - Bierce Periodical
• Contemporary Issues in Early Childhood Education
• Early Childhood Education Electronic Serials
• Early Childhood Education Journal
• Early Childhood Research Quarterly
• Education Statistics Quarterly - Bierce Government Documents ED 1.328/13:
• ERIC/EECE Newsletter
• Infant and Child Development
• Journal of Early Childhood Teacher Education
• Journal of Experimental Child Psychology - Bierce Periodical
• Learning and Motivation - Bierce Periodical
• Merrill-Palmer Quarterly - Bierce Periodical
• Young Children - Bierce Periodical

Full-text Books

• netLibrary
• SERVE’s Early Childhood Publications
• Southern Regional Education Board Publications

Guides to Research for Materials

• Early Childhood Curriculum Resource Handbook: a Practical Guide for Teaching Early Childhood (pre-K-3). Milwood, N.Y.: Kraus International Publications, c1993. - Reference LB1139.4 .E175 1993
• Early Childhood Education Web Guide (ECE Web Guide)
• Friedes, Harriet. The Preschool Resource Guide: Educating and Entertaining Children Aged Two Through Five. New York: Plenum Press, c1993. Ref HQ774.5 .F754 1993 - Reference HQ774.5 .F754 1993

Professional Associations

• Association for Childhood Education International
• British Association for Early Childhood Education
• Center for Early Care and Education
• Children's Defense Fund
• Children's Welfare League of America
• Coalition of Infant/Toddler Educators
• Early Childhood Organisation
• International Society on Infant Studies
• National Association for the Education of Young Children
• National Association of Child Advocates
• National Association of Child Care Professionals
• National Education Association
• National Head Start Association
• Stand For Children
• World Association of Early Childhood Educators

Local and Regional Resources

• Head Start (Akron, Ohio)
• Hillside Preschool (Akron, Ohio)
• Ohio Association for Education of Young Children
• Ohio Child Care Resource & Referral Association
• Ohio Department of Human Services Child Care Web Page
• Ohio Directory of Head Start Programs
• Ohio Office of Early Childhood Education
• State Child Care Profiles - Ohio
• State Childhood Licensure Regulations

Grants, Fellowships, etc.

• Funding Opportunities for Child Care-National Child Care Information Center
• Grant Information and Opportunities - Head Start Bureau
• National Institute on Early Childhood Development and Education