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Resources for Early Childhood Education

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Locating Journal Articles

Databases provide access to a wide variety of academic journals, reference materials and magazine articles which have been filtered and selected by an editorial process. These materials are not available to the public at large, and may be the best source for authoritative and reliable information. Additionaly check the Capital Library Journal List to see if the library subscribes to a specific title OR link to the list of
Early Childhood Journals.

Magazine Databases
MasterFile Premier, Educator's Reference Complete, Associates Programs Source, General OneFile
Academic Search Premier, Professional Development Collection

Social Sciences and Humanities
ERIC, PsychInfo, Psychology and Behavioral Sciences Collection

Selected Internet Sites
Internet Public Library: check out the Early Childhood and Preschool links under "Education."
Google

Evaluation Tools
Five Criteria for Evaluating Web Pages
Web Page Evaluation Checklist
Distinguishing Scholarly vs. Popular and General Interest Periodicals

Citing Your Work
Citation Machine
A Guide for Writing Research Papers Recommended by the American Psychological Association
Sample Paper APA Style