This is a research guide to highlight library materials appropriate for Education: Early Childhood. Books, journal titles, videos and DVDs can be found through the Library catalog.  FGCU's circulating book collection is on the 2nd & 3rd floors of the Library East Wing.  Reference books, journals, videos and DVDs are found in the Library West Wing.

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Online Databases Reference Materials Citation Styles Tutorials & Handouts RefWorks	If you need assistance or have suggestions about this guide, please contact: Carol Maksian, Education & Psychology Librarian Phone: 239-590-7626 Email: cmaksian@fgcu.edu

Reference Books

Bibliographies
Child development abstracts and bibliography. REF HQ750 .A1 C47 (Have 1975 v.49 no.1-2 - 1996 v.70 no.3)
Resources for early childhood: a handbook REF HQ767.9 .N8 1994

General Reference

NEW! Early childhood education: an international encyclopedia / REF LB1139.23 .E272 2007
The early intervention dictionary: a multidisciplinary guide to terminology / REF HV891.C63 1993
Directory for Exceptional Children / REF LC4007 .D5 2004/2005
Early childhood programs: organization and administration. REF LB2822.6 .J67 1992
Assessing young children / REF LB1131 .M6146 2007
Teaching young children / GEN LB1139.25 .N53 2006

Indexes and Abstracts

Education index. New York:H.W. Wilson Co. (Have 1929-1998) REF Z5813 .E23 Now available online via Education Full Text. Indexing begins in 1983- Full text begins in 1996.
Kraus curriculum development library (KDCL).Available online as KDCL Online. For a tutorial on how to use KDCL Online click here.
Social sciences index. Now available online via Social Sciences Full Text. Indexing begins in 1983- Full text begins in 1994 / REF AI3. S62

Web Site

Child Care & Early Education Research Connection is a comprehensive database that indexes journals, research reports, grey literature and government documents on child care and early education. The following organizations-- National Center for Children in Poverty at the Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University; the Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research at the Institute for Social Research, the University of Michigan; and the Child Care Bureau, Administration for Children and Families of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services regularly review the current literature, reports and data on child care.