Background / Reference Sources
Use these sources to help you pick a topic and to provide context to your research based argument. Note the Library Location of these materials. Many are in the Information Center collection on the 1st floor of Green East.
New York : Macmillan Reference USA, c2004.
Green » InfoCenter (Non-circulating) » HQ767.84 .E53 2004 V.1
"The history of children and childhood is a new and energetic field of inquiry that provides critical insights into the human past and contemporary social experience." This 3-volume set contains articles by some of the leading scholars in the field."
Oxford ; New York : Berg, 2010.
Green » InfoCenter (Non-circulating) » HQ503 .C85 2010 V.1
Cambridge, Mass. : Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2010.
Green » InfoCenter (Non-circulating) » GN482 .K66 2010
Selected Databases for "Childhood"
These are basic databases to help you begin your research.
Ipswich, MA : EBSCO Pub.
A multidisciplinary database which provides full-text for over 4,650 scholarly publications. A great place to start your research.
[San Diego, etc., Sociological Abstracts, inc.]
SAL3 » Stacks » HM1 .S67 V.52:NO.6 2004
Abstracts and indexes the international literature in sociology and related disciplines in the social and behavioral sciences.
Dublin, Ohio : OCLC
Anthropology and Archaeology; Art, Architecture and Design; General and Reference Works.
[Alexandria, Va.] : Alexander Street Press, c2010-
Intended to be a visual encyclopedia of human behavior and culture, online in streaming video. Contains classic and contemporary documentaries; previously unpublished footage from working anthropologists and ethnographers in the field; and select feature films. Includes footage from every continent and hundreds of unique cultures.
[Alexandria, Va.] : Alexander Street Press, c2010-
