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Early Childhood Education 2210 Research Guide

Contents

Reference Books

The Autism Encyclopedia
Reference RC 553 .A88 A847 2005

Concise Encyclopedia of Special Education
Reference LC4007 .E53 2002

Early Childhood Education: An International Encyclopedia
Reference LB1139.23 .E272 2007

Encyclopedia of Autism Spectrum Disorders
Reference RC 553 .A88 T87 2007

Gale Encyclopedia of Children's Health: Infancy through Adolescence Online

Encyclopedia of Special Education also online
Reference LC 4007 .E53 2007

The Gale Encyclopedia of Mental Health also online
Reference RC437 .G36 2008

The Gale Encyclopedia of Neurological Disorders
Reference RC 334 .G34 2005


Books

Use the Library Catalog to locate whole books. Look up your disability topic, e.g. Asperger Syndrome. You may also want to look up “Children with Disabilities—Education.”


Journal Articles

Look up articles in the databases listed below. You will need a C.O.D. Library Card to use these databases off-campus.

Academic Search Premier
Academic OneFile
Health Reference Center (Academic)


Suggested Journals

Exceptional Children 
C.O.D. Library 1960-current
Academic Search Premier Database 2001-present
Academic OneFile Database 1988-present
Focus on Exceptional Children 
Academic Search Premier Database 1994-present
Academic OneFile Database 2000-present
Teaching Exceptional Children 
Academic Search Premier Database, 2001-present
Topics in Early Childhood Special Education 
Academic Search Premier Database 1990-2008
Associates Program Plus 1990-2008
Young Children 
C.O.D. Library latest 3 years

Web Sites

The Center for Children with Special Needs
Children's Disability Information
Family Village School: Early Intervention
Illinois Early Intervention Clearinghouse
Illinois STARnet Links to resources for parents with special needs children
National Dissemination for Children with Disabilities
Medline Plus

Use Web search engines to find other Web sites.


Community Resources

Children's Disability Special Needs List of Lists
Join and identify support groups here. Also includes links to articles, Web sites, and lists of books for particular disabilities.

CRIS--The Health and Human Services Directory DuPage County.
Directory of DuPage County health and human services agencies and organizations.

Positive Parenting: Disabilities & Special Needs
Support groups and organizations for parents in DuPage County.




Marjorie Peters, Early Childhood Education & Care Librarian
College of DuPage Library
http://www.cod.edu/library
(630) 942-2337
petersm@cod.edu
Revised February 2011

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