Early Childhood Education
Finding Articles for Early Childhood and Elementary Education:
Once you have decided on a topic, take some time to make a list of keywords that will help you find more information in databases, ebooks and our library catalog. Use ProQuest, a good general information database to find articles from scholarly journals on your subject.
Using the John A. Brown Library
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Student login for ebooks and databases: Your user name consists of your first initial and last name exactly as you registered for class and the last four digits of your student ID number. There is no space between your first initial, last name and the last four digits of your SID number.
Example: RSmith1234Your password is identical to the password you use to logon to student computers on campus. Unless you have changed, your password, it is your date of birth, expressed as a six-digit number. For instance, if your birthday was July 1, 1995, then your password is 070195.
Finding Books
The library catalog can be accessed from the Library Home Page. Below is a BROWSER'S GUIDE to book numbers in the library that might be most helpful for early childhood education topics. Links marked ebooks will send users to a folder of digital books related to the subject.
LEARNING DEVELOPMENT COLLECTION
our learning development collection is located on the main floor (the reading area to the right of the stairs) It includes a picture book collection, a juvenile non-fiction collection and a juvenile fiction collection as well as some bilingual children's books. The library also has a sizable young adult fiction collection shelved with our adult fiction and marked YA.
Child Psychology
155.4 Child psychology and development
155.4072 Observing children
155.412 Comprehensive works on the mental & emotional lives of children
155.4124 Emotions of children
155.413 Mental processes of children - includes brain functions
155.4133 Imagination of children
155.418 Play and children
155.4182 Individual psychology of children
155.42 Children by specific ages (comprehenisve; more than one group)
155.422 Psychology & development of infants
155.423 Psychology & development of children 3-5
155.424 Psychology & development of children 6-11
Child Development
305.23 Children
305.2303 Children & violence; protecting children
305.2306 boys
305.2308 girls
305.2309 history of children
305.231 Child Development
305.2311 Child Development for Special Needs
305.232 Infants
305.233 Children 3-5
305.234 Children 6-11
305.235 adolescence
305.2351 adolescent boys
305.2352 adolescent girls
Education and the Law
344.079 Schools / teachers and the law
Philosophy, History and Overviews of Education
370.1. Overview of philosophy of education
370.013 General research in education
370.103 indexes dictionaries encyclopedias of education
370.109 history of education in more than one place and time; comprehensiveq
370.10973 history of education and minority groups (include segregation and desegregation history
370.1097304 history of Latino education
Character, Diversity and Social Issues in Education
370.102 Social justice in teaching
370.114 teaching for moral or character values;
370.117 multicultural education; diversity in education
370.1175 bilingual education as a policy
Specific School Populations
371.8211 education of boys
371.8269 Poverty & education
371.829 Immigrant students
371.8299 Native American education
371.9 Special needs; Inclusive education; mainstreaming; differentiation
371.904 IEPS; assessment etc.
371.9046 Inclusive education; mainstreaming etc.
371.91 Physical disability & education
371.914 Students with linguistic disorders
371.9144 Students with reading disorders - dyslexia etc.
371.916 Students with mobility impairments
371.92 Mental disability & education
371.93 Difficult students
371.94 students with a.d.h.d. and autism
371.95 gifted students
EARLY CHILDHOOD
372 general resources on children in primary grades; taking care of kids; how kids feel; needs etc.
372.203 encyclopedias & dictionaries glossaries of early childhood ed
372.21 preschool education
372.2101 specific schools of early childhood ed - Montessori, Reggio, Vygotskian etc.
372.21011 Nurturing young children
372.210111 teaching children to deal with difficult issues (violence, stress etc.)
372.21012 teaching preschool; things emphasizing teaching in early childhood ed
372.2107 research in early childhood education
372.2109 preschool policy & management
372.212017 teaching values & character in preschool
372.212 Play in preschool curriculum
372.2127 Play with objects (blocks, balls etc.) assigned
372.213 Learning environments in early childhood education
372.21262 Assessment in early childhood education
372.2127 Common core
372.218 kindergarten specific
372.241 lower level grades - 1-3
372.242 intermediate grades 4-6
Teaching sciences
372.315 teaching observation skills to children
372.3 teaching science to kids
372.357 teaching nature study & sustainibility; environment
372.358 teaching technology & engineering etc. including makers
372.37 teaching, nutrition in early childhood
372.3704 teaching health and wellness
Citing Sources
John A. Brown Library Quick Guide to MLA Citations
Worried about citing sources correctly? Make an appointment with one of the WVC librarians for individual help!
Teaching reading and writing
372.4 Reading & writing (comprehensive) including literacy
372.4028 reading - testing & measurement
372.41 instructional materials to teach reading including things like charts
372.4162 small group reading
372.42 Reading motivation
372.44 Vocabulary development
372.46 Close reading - assigned; no number yet but its a thing
372.462 whole word method of reading - word recognition
372.465 phonics
372.47 Reading comprehension
372.48 evaluating reading skills
Teaching the Arts & Literature
372.5 The arts and children (comprehensive)
372.5044 Teaching art to children
372.6 Language arts / communication skills for children
372.64 Children's literature
362.6402 Children's poetry and rhyming
372.6404 Teaching kids to appreciate literature
372.6407 Theater for kids
Teaching Duel Language Learners
372.651 Duel language learners
Teaching Mathematics
372.7 Teaching mathematics
372.7044 Teaching mathematics at primary level
Teaching Physical Education
372.86 Physical education and movement
Teaching Music
372.87 music in preschool & primary education
372.873 performance of music
Teaching Social Studies
372.89 teaching history & social studies
UPPER FLOOR
Health Issues & Children
616.85 Autism
618.9285 ADHD in kids Attention Deficit