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How To Use This Guide

Welcome to the Education Library Resources Page! 

Click the tabs along the side of the page to find help locating relevant books, articles, and websites, as well as help with formatting your papers and learning more about the research process.  All of these resources have been specially selected for your class by your instructors and librarians.  For any additional questions, please contact the library using the contact info located on the right of this page, or come see us!

Topics and Search Terms

Developmental Stages:

  • Early Childhood Development
  • Motor Development
  • Psychomotor Development

Child Welfare:

  • Child Neglect
  • Failure to Thrive
  • Foster Care
  • Child Self Care
  • Social Services

Parenting:

  • Parenting Style
  • Parental Role
  • Young Parents
  • Parent Child Relations
  • Adoptive Parents

Education:

  • Elementary School Teachers
  • Learning Disorders
  • Reading Disabilities
  • School Attendance

 

Clinical Applications:

  • Adolscent Psychotherapy
  • Child Psychiatry
  • Play Therapy
  • Childhood Trauma

Adolescents:

  • Adolescent Attitudes
  • Adolescent Psychiatry
  • Adolescent Psychopathology
  • Adolescent Psychotherapy

School Counseling:

  • Educational Therapy
  • School Based Intervention
  • School Counselors
  • Student Personnel Services

Sample Searches:

  1. School Based Intervention AND (Bullying OR Cyberbullying)
  2. (Parental Expectations OR Parenting Style) AND Adolescent Attitudes
  3. Play Therapy and Autism
  

 

Toddler OR Preschooler

Toddler AND Education

Preschooler AND Childcare

"Early Childhood Educator"

"Early Childhood Profession"

"Family Engagement Activities"

"Assessment Activities"

"Key Competencies"

Learning and Development

"Language Development"

"Infant Reflection" AND Recommendations

Infant Care OR Infant Development

Infant OR Toddler AND Care 

"Early Childhood Curriculum"

"Early Learning Settings"

"Early Childhood Development"

"Safe AND Healthy AND Learning Environments"

"Brain Research" AND Infant OR Toddler 

"Development of Exceptional Children"

"Creative Development"

"Family Dynamics"

"Childhood Setting"

"Infant Development" OR "Child Development"

Infant OR Preschooler AND Human Development

"Center* AND play AND Content

Social AND Emotional Development

"Teaching Skills"

Teaching Strategies"

"Core Teaching Strategies"

"School Age Curriculum"

"Teaching Math AND Science"

"Supportive Relationships"

"Child Observation" AND Documentation

"Diverse Family"

Language AND Literacy in Early Childhood

 

Learning:

  • Academic Achievement
  • Collaborative Learning
  • Multiple Intelligences
  • Self Regulated Learning

Teaching Methods:

  • Computer Assisted Instruction
  • Group Discussion
  • Individualized Instruction
  • Peer Tutoring
  • Team Teaching Method

Curricula:

  • Continuing Education
  • Curriculum Development
  • English as a Second Language
  • Home Schooling
  • Mathematics Education

Special Education:

  • Autism
  • Dyslexia
  • Response to Intervention
  • Speech Therapy

Literacy:

  • Language Arts Education
  • Phonological Awareness
  • Reading Comprehension
  • Spelling
  • Writing Skills

Educational Programs:

  • After School Programs
  • Gifted
  • Project Head Start
  • Study Abroad
  • Upward Bound

Academic Environment:

  • Charter School
  • Classroom Management
  • Mainstreaming (Educational)
  • Virtual Classrooms

Educational Administration:

  • Boards of Education
  • Parent School Relationship
  • School Counselors
  • Student Admission Criteria
  • Teacher Education

 

Educational Testing:

  • Cheating
  • Cultural test Bias
  • Curriculum Based Assessment
  • Entrance Examinations
  • Test Anxiety
  • Testing Methods

Student Characteristics:

  • Bullying
  • Musical Ability
  • Student Engagement
  • Study Habits

Sample Searches:

  1. Autism and School Based Intervention
  2. Distance Education and Teaching Methods
  3. Literacy and Bilingualism
  

Library of Congress Classification Outline: Class L - Education (loc.gov)

"Early Childhood" AND Educators

"Childhood Educators"

"Early Childhood Profession"

"Early Learning"

"Early Learning Setting"

"Learning Experience*"

"State Standards"

"Curriculum Development"

"Pedagogical Methods"

"Key Competency"

"Evidence-based Teaching"

"Core Teaching Practices"

"Activity Plans"

"Teacher Partnerships"

"Teaching Practices"

"Universal Design"

"Ethical Guidelines"

"Family-Teacher Partnerships"

"Teaching Skills"

 

"Child Observation"

 "Documentation" AND "Assessment"

"Assessment Tools" OR "Assessments"

"Assessments" (Formal, Informal AND/OR Summative)

"Child Development"

"Developmental Progress"

"Learning Trajectories"

"Learning Environments"

Teach* AND Professionalism

"Learning Opportunities"

"Learning in Context"

"Positive Outcomes"

 

  • Working with Families Undergoing Change Due to Divorce
  • Working with Families with Children with Disabilities
  • Working with Families with Grandparents Raising Children
  • Working with Families with LGBTQ+ and their Children
  • Working with Multi-Racial Families
  • Working with Military Families
  • Working with Families Dealing with Incarceration
  • Working with Families from a Cultural or Ethnic Background different from the Student
  • Working with Families Dealing with Homelessness
  • Working with Non-Related Caregiver Families
  • Working with Single Parent Families
  • Working with Adoption Families
  • Working with Foster Families
  • Working with Step-Parent Families
  • Working with Families with Chronic Illnesses
  • Working with Families in Disaster Situations
  • Working with Families with Teen Parents
  • Working with Families undergoing Crisis
  • Working with Families that have experienced Death
  • Working with Families that have dealt with Abuse