ECED117 : Early Childhood Education

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Library Research Skills & Resources

Michelle Ward , September 2008Okanagan College Kelowna, Library

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Databases

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CBCA (Canadian Business & Current Affairs) Complete

SocINDEX PsycINFO or PsycARTICLES

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Find Articles

Search in Article Databases for Social Sciences

Web Sites

Professional bodies and advocacy

BC Ministry of Children and Family Development www.gov.bc.ca/mcfEarly Childhood Educators of BC (ECEBC) http://www.ecebc.ca/Canadian Child Care Federation www.cccf-fcsge.ca/home_en.htmlCanadian Coalition for the Rights of Children www.rightsofchildren.ca

Centre of Excellence for Early Childhood Developmentincludes an “Encyclopedia on Early Childhood Development” www.excellence-earlychildhood.ca/

Child and Family Canada http://www.cccf-fcsge.ca/Child Care Advocacy Association of Canada www.ccaac.ca/home.phpInvest in Kids www.investinkids.ca

U.S. National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC) www.naeyc.org

Health

Canadian Pediatric Society www.cps.ca/english/index.htm

U.S. National Center for Infants, Toddlers & Families www.zerotothree.org

Web Sites

Research

Childcare Resource and Research Unit (CRRU) – University of Torontofull-text publications highlight Canadian and international childcare policy & researchwww.childcarecanada.org

Child Care & Early Education Research Connections searchable database of resources related to childcare & early educationwww.childcareresearch.org

Human Early Learning Partnership (HELP)between BC’s 6 major universities, downloadable reports & publicationswww.earlylearning.ubc.ca

Early Childhood Research & Practice - an internet journal http://ecrp.uiuc.edu/v1n1/index.html

Children’s Activities & Books

Canadian Toy-Testing Council www.toy-testing.orgLantern Tree - lyrics to nursery rhymes & children’s songs www.lanterntree.comCanadian Children’s Literature Service - Library & Archives Canada www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/childrenliterature/index-e.htmlCarol Hurst’s Children’s Literature Website www.carolhurst.comChildren’s Literature Web Guide www.ucalgary.ca/~dKbrown

Acknowledge & Cite !

keep Records of your Sources … References

Books & chapters in books, videosAuthors, book & chapter Titles, Publishers/Producers, Place & Date of Publication/Production …

ArticlesArticle authors, titles; Journal/newspaper/magazine TitlesVolume, Issue & Page numbers …

When sourced in online journals or library databases or websites add:Library Database / Online Journal / Webpage names & urlsRetrieval dates

Styles for Writing

APA Style

APA Style

BookSchiller, P. & Willis, C. (2008). Inclusive literacy lessons for early childhood. (2nd ed.) Beltsville, MD: Gryphon House.

Chapter in a BookRoberts, H. (2008). Listening to children: And hearing them. In P. Christensen & A. James (eds.), Research with children: Perspectives and practices. (pp. 53-64). New York: Routledge..

APA Style

Journal ArticleWong, M. N. C. (2008). How preschool children learn in Hong Kong and Canada: a Cross-cultural study. Early Years: Journal of International Research and Development, 28(2): 115-133.

When Article is retrieved from a Library DatabaseAdd : name of Library database accessed Retrieved from Academic Search Premier database.

Web sitePolicy developments- Canadian: Early childhood education and care in the 2008 federal election: Updates (2008, September 10). Retrieved from Childcare Resource and Research Unit Web site: http://action.web.ca/home/crru/isrcs_crru_full_shtml?x=121428

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