Psychology 402: Child/Adolescent
Dr. Olivia Melroe
Focus on Locating Journal Articles for an Issue
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Selected Child & Adolescent Development Periodicals
[Most recent issues, ask for at the 1st Floor Periodicals/Gov. Documents Desk. Back issues, 2nd floor, alphabetically on shelves.]
1980- Advances in behavioral pediatrics.
1977- Advances in clinical child psychology.
1981- Advances in school psychology.
1968- Annual progress in child psychiatry and child.
1970- Child psychiatry and human development.
1930- Child development.
1970- Child study journal.
1928- Child development abstracts and bibliography.
1954- Children.
1969- Developmental psychology.
1986- Early childhood research quarterly.
1977- Education & treatment of children.
1988- Infants and young children.
1973- Journal of abnormal child psychology.
1979- Journal of autism and developmental disorders.
1991- Journal of behavioral education.
1974- Journal of child language.
1991- Journal of child and adolescent group therapy.
1960- Journal of child psychology and psychiatry.
1972- Journal of clinical child psychology.
1964- Journal of experimental child psychology.
1954- Journal of genetic psychology.
1986- Journal of research in childhood education.
1987- Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry.
1982- Merrill-Palmer quarterly.
1977- Parents' magazine.
1987- Research in developmental disabilities.
1927- Selected child development abstracts.
1981- Topics in early childhood special education.
Also -- for alcohol use during pregnancy -- these journals may help:
1999- Alcohol.
1999-2000 - Alcohol research and health.
1998 - Addictive Behaviors.
1962 - Journal of studies on alcohol.
1999- Journal of substance abuse.
Selected Child Development/Psychology Web Sites
Developmental Psychology: WWW Resources (MSUM Library)
http://web.mnstate.edu/library/instruct/devpsy1.htm
National Academy for Child Development
Yahoo's Child Psychology Links
http://dir.yahoo.com/Social_Science/Psychology/Branches/Child_Psychology/
Locating Books
Use WebPALS Online Catalog -- http://www.pals.msus.edu/
Try subject heading keyword searches for:
child development; child rearing; early childhood; adolescence; infants development; fetal alcohol syndrome; fetus drugs; alcoholism pregnancy; drug abuse pregnancy; child abuse; child abuse prevention; infants statistics; pregan# statistics
Reference Books
General Psychology
Diagnostic and Statistic Manual IV. (DSM IV) [Ref/.RC/455.2./C4/D536/2000]
Encyclopedia of Psychology [Ref/BF/31/.E52/1994] 4 vols.
Encyclopedia of Human Behavior. [Ref/BF/31/.E5/1994] 4 vols.
International Dictionary of Psychology. [Ref/BF/31/.S83/1996]
Longman’s Dictionary of Psychology and Psychiatry. [Ref/BF/31/.L66/1984]
Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association. [Ref/BF/76.7/.P83/2001]
Child & Adolescent Development
A to Z Handbook of Child and Adolescent Issues. [REF. BF721 .T38 2000]
Dictionary of Developmental Disabilities Terminology. [REF. RJ135 .A26 1996]
Early Intervention Dictionary. [REF. HV891 .C63 1999]
Encyclopedia of Early Childhood Education. [REF. LB1139.25 .E53 1992]
Encyclopedia of Adolescence. [REF. HQ796 .E58 1990]
Encyclopedia of Relationships Across the Lifespan. [REF. HM132 .T83 1996]
Gale Encyclopedia of Childhood and Adolescence [REF. HQ772 .G27 1998]
Growing Up: A Cross-Cultural Encyclopedia. [REF. HQ767.84 .B76 1995]
International Encyclopedia of Developmental and Instructional Psychology. [REF. BF712.7 .I58 1996]
Kids Count Data Book. [REF. HQ792.U5 K53]. Also available at: http://www.aecf.org/publications/index.htm
The State of the World's Children. [REF. HQ792.2 .S73] - Latest edition is 2000
Statistical Handbook on Adolescents in America. [REF. HQ796 .S8237 1996]
Further Reading: Also available in the collection, for check-out:
Childhood in America. Paula Fass; Mary Ann Mason. [HQ792.U5 C4199 2000]
Resources for Early Childhood: A Handbook. [HQ767.9 .N8 1994]
Infant Assessment. [RJ51.D48 W94 1997]
The Infant's World. Philippe Rochat. [BF719 .R63 2001]
Learning to be adolescent: Growing up in U.S. and Japanese middle schools. [LB1135 .L47 2000]
Children of prenatal substance abuse. Shirley N. Sparks. [RJ520.P74 S7 1993]
Updated 05/31/2006
Brittney Goodman, goodmanb@mnstate.edu
Stacy Voeller, voeller@mnstate.edu
http://web.mnstate.edu/voeller/psych402.htm