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Young Children is a peer-reviewed journal that provides free access to some articles online through their website.
This publication offers articles on child care and development, child nutrition and product reviews. The link to their website offers articles, videos, and a blog.
The library offers specialized databases for students to access journal articles.
These databases are helpful resources for students researching issues in early childhood education. Academic journals like Early Childhood Education Journal, Children's Literature in Education, Literacy Today, Exceptional Children, Behavior, Child Language Teaching and Therapy, Insights on Learning Disabilities, and Gifted Child Today can be searched in full text.
Why use this database?
Academic OneFile is a general database with peer-reviewed, full-text articles on a variety of subjects.
What you need to know:
This database is useful for anyone looking for a good starting point for general research in almost any subject area.
Why use this database?
Academic Search Complete covers a broad variety of subjects. It provides access to journals, magazines, reports, books, and videos.
What you need to know:
This is a multidisciplinary database, so searches can be conducted on a wide range of topics.
Why use this database?
EBSCOhost is the Learning Commons entire collection of EBSCOhost databases in one place.
What you need to know:
This would be useful for those who want to use EBSCOhost databases but may be unsure of which one(s) to use.
Why use this database?
ERIC stands for Education Resources Information Center. This database provides indexed and full-text education-related literature covering topics that include pedagogy, counseling, and psychology.
What you need to know:
This database is useful researching education.
Why use this database?
Gale is the Learning Commons entire collection of Gale databases in one place.
What you need to know:
This would be useful for those who want to use Gale databases but may be unsure of which one(s) to use. The cross-search function allows you to search across several of the Gale products at once.
Why use this database?
MasterFILE Premier features full-text articles from magazines and other periodicals focused on topics such as science, health, business, education, and many more. It also includes a large library of photos, maps, and other multimedia.
What you need to know:
This database is useful for locating articles and information relating to nearly any area of general interest.
Why use this database?
Psychology and Behavioral Sciences Collection provides hundreds of full-text psychology journal articles.
What you need to know:
This database is useful for those seeking information in psychology related fields, with a particular emphasis on child and adolescent psychology and counseling.
Why use this database?
This database contains hundreds of full-text articles from sociological journals dating back over a century.
What you need to know:
This database is useful for locating information relating to all facets of sociology, including social behavior, human tendencies, interaction, and relationships.
