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Early Childhood Education


A Selective Guide to the Library's Resources on This Subject

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Subject headings 
These subject headings may be used to locate books in the Pellissippi Library Catalog and netLibrary eBook collection.
 
 
Call numbers for browsing 
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Databases 

For a complete list of databases:  Databases A-Z

Academic OneFile - The premier source for peer-reviewed, full-text articles from the world's leading journals and reference sources. With extensive coverage of the physical sciences, technology, medicine, social sciences, the arts, theology, literature and other subjects, Academic OneFile is both authoritative and comprehensive.

Wilson Omnifile - includes databases covering a broad range of subjects and sources including education, biography, science, etc.

Curriculum Essentials - provides information on a number of diverse and academic subjects, including pre-school education.

* You may access online databases from off-campus computers by entering your general computer account username and password NOTE: Enter your username in this format example: s_jmdoe. It is not necessary to add "@pstcc.edu" for this application.
 
Journals and Magazines 
 
  • The Education Digest 
  • http://www.eddigest.com/
  • Topics in Early Childhood Special Education
  • available online through Academic OneFile - The premier source for peer-reviewed, full-text articles from the world's leading journals and reference sources. With extensive coverage of the physical sciences, technology, medicine, social sciences, the arts, theology, literature and other subjects, Academic OneFile is both authoritative and comprehensive.
  • Phi Delta Kappan (http://www.pdkintl.org/kappan/kappan.htm)
  • Childhood Education
  • available online through Academic OneFile - The premier source for peer-reviewed, full-text articles from the world's leading journals and reference sources. With extensive coverage of the physical sciences, technology, medicine, social sciences, the arts, theology, literature and other subjects, Academic OneFile is both authoritative and comprehensive.
 
Reference Books 
Encyclopedia of Early Childhood Education.  New York:  Garland Publishing, 1992.  REF LB 1139.25 .E53 1992.  A single volume encyclopedia providing brief entries that cover historical, philosophical, and sociocultural aspects of early childhood education as well as curricula and various perspectives on children and learning.

Education Statistics of the United States.  2nd edition.  Lanham, MD. :  Bernan Press, 2000.  REF LA 201 .E38 2000.  Contains school enrollment data, educational attainment statistics, and tabulated education data for states and counties.

Statistical Record of Children.  Detroit:  Gale Research Inc.  1994.  REF HQ 767.8 .S73 1994.  Contains data concerning on many topics relating to children including education and daycare.
 
Web Resources 
US Department of Education (ED) Home Page (www.ed.gov/) - Links to reports on all aspects of the organization’s work.  A topic page dealing specifically with early childhood education collects relevant current documents.

National Research and Development Centers (http://www.ed.gov/offices/OERI/ResCtr.html) - The centers address specific topics such as early childhood development and learning, student learning and achievement, cultural and linguistic diversity and second language learning, and education policy.

ERIC- The Education Resources Information Center (ERIC), sponsored by the Institute of Education Sciences of the U.S. Dept of Education, contains journal and non-journal education literature including more than 100,000 full-text non journal documents.