Finding Aid: Early Adolescence
The following selective list of print and Web resources has
been compiled by the Layne Library staff as a starting point for
research on Adolescence. It is not a complete listing of
the materials available, but is intended to serve as a guide to
some of the resources available in the Library, and as a pointer
to a variety of online resources.
Web Sites
Books
- The Best Interests of the Child New Book KF547
.B47 1996
- Raising Lifelong Learners New Book LB1048.3
.C35 1997
- A Generation at Risk: Growing up in an Era of Family Upheaval
New Book HQ755.85 .A449 1997
Encyclopedias And
Reference Sources
Print sources available in Layne Library:
- Encyclopedia of Adolescence Ref. HQ796
.E58 1991
- Encyclopedia of Adoption Ref. HV875.55
.A28 1991
- Encyclopedia of Child Abuse Ref. HV6626.5
.C57 1989
- Encyclopedia of Learning and Memory Ref.
BF318 .E53 1992
- Encyclopedia of Marriage, Divorce, and the Family
Ref. HQ9 .D38 1989
- Handbook of Child Psychology Ref. BF721
.H242 1998
Indexes
- InfoTrac
Fulltext Databases: citations, abstracts, and full text articles
- Try more than one database for the most thorough results
-- remember that each database indexes different periodicals.
- ERIC: article abstracts and citations, as
well as other (lesson plans, etc.) resources in the field of
education
- Descriptor, keyword searches will be most useful here.
use "adolescent" in combination with "peer",
"development", "block scheduling",
"nontraditional education", "parent
child relationship", etc.
- Education
Abstracts Full Text: citations, abstracts, and full text
articles
- Indexes resources relating to education, including journals,
yearbooks, and a limited number of books.
- Use "adolescence", " junior high
school students", "puberty", "youth",
"juvenile delinquency". Several topics
also appear under the heading "teenage...".
- CINAHL: abstracts, citations
- Use for health and medical-related information
on adolescents.
Print* indexes available in Layne
Library:
Periodicals
Print journals available in Layne Library
(some may be on microfiche)
- Adolescence (Microfiche)
- Clearing House -- covers secondary education
- -- articles in discipline specific journals such as American
Sociological Review or Psychological Reports can
be located using the indexes listed above.
Videos
- Adolescent Development VT 591
- Childhood VT 466
- Developing Child VT 754
- Discovering Psychology: The Developing Child
VT 497
- IQ Testing and the School VT 590
- Teens in Trouble VT 550
- Teenage Mind and Body VT 589
- Teenage Relationships VT 630
Searching the Library Catalog
- Subject searches: "adolescence", "adolescent
psychology", "children of divorced parents",
"divorce", "parent and child",
" education, secondary", etc.
- Limit by publication year to locate the most current resources.
Statistics
Print statistics sources available in Layne
Library:
- Statistical Abstract of the United States Ref.
HA202 .S8
- Statistical Handbook on the American Family
Ref. HQ536 .S727 1992
- Youth Indicators 1991: Trends in the Well-Being of American
Youth Ref. HQ799.7 .Y6 1991
Legislation
- THOMAS
-- US Congress on the Internet
- Use "adolescent " for subject searches
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Last updated 02/15/2001
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