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Finding articles
1. To find articles in journals, magazines, or newspapers, you will need to use one of the Library's print indexes or article databases. An index or article database will allow you to look for by author or by a few keywords that describe your topic.
2. Once you have identified articles you would like to obtain, if the database doesn't offer you a link to the full text of the article, search Vikat to determine if it's available through the Library. Vikat (http://vikat.pdx.edu) will link to the online article (if available) or give you the call number and physical location in the Library for the journal.
The databases most useful for research on topics related to infant and toddler mental health are:
Academic Search Premiere
http://stats.lib.pdx.edu/proxy.php?url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?authtype=ip,uid&profile=ehost&defaultdb=aph
A general academic database with coverage of journals in all disciplines. A good starting point for research, but not as specialized as the other databases listed here.
Child Abuse, Child Welfare and Adoption
http://biblioline.nisc.com/scripts/login.dll?BiblioLine&dbname=QCAN" title="http://biblioline.nisc.com/scripts/login.dll?BiblioLine&dbname=QCAN
Produced by the National Clearinghouse on Child Abuse and Neglect Information and the National Adoption Information Clearinghouse, provides citations to the research literature on child abuse, child welfare & adoption. Coverage of primary U.S. sources from 1965-present. Includes citations to journal articles, books, government reports, conference papers, state annual reports, legislation, unpublished papers, audiovisual materials, etc.
1965 - present
CINAHL
http://stats.lib.pdx.edu/proxy.php?url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?authtype=ip,uid&profile=ehost&defaultdb=cin20">
Citations from ~1,800 journals nursing and allied health journals dating from 1982 - present. CINAHL covers nursing, biomedicine, health sciences librarianship, alternative/complementary medicine, consumer health, as well as the allied health fields of audiology, occupational therapy, physical therapy, respiratory therapy and speech-language pathology.
1982 - present
ERIC
(Ebsco) http://stats.lib.pdx.edu/proxy.php?url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?authtype=ip,uid&profile=ehost&defaultdb=eric
(Federal Government site (most current) http://www.eric.ed.gov/
Indexes research reports and journal literature in the field of education from 1966 to the present. Includes all educational levels and all aspects of education in all disciplines.
Locating material found in ERIC.
MEDLINE (PubMed interface
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/PubMed/
Comprehensive database covering research literature in all areas of medicine from 1953-present. Published by the National Library of Medicine includes links to open access full text articles.
PsycINFO
http://stats.lib.pdx.edu/proxy.php?url=http://gateway.ovid.com/ovidweb.cgi?T=JS&D=psyh&PAGE=main
Published by the American Psychological Association, PsycINFO provides citations and indexing to the published psychology literature from 1879-present. Searches may be limited by type of publication, age and sex of research population, type of experimental design, etc.
1889 - present
Social Service Abstracts
http://stats.lib.pdx.edu/proxy.php?url=http://www.csa.com/htbin/dbrng.cgi?username=ports&access=ports080&db=ssa-set-c&adv=1
Citations to research focused on social work, human services, social welfare, social policy, and community development. Major areas of coverage: community and mental health services; crisis intervention; family and social welfare; gerontology; poverty and homelessness; health policy; addiction; social work; Coverage of journal articles (drawn from more than 1600 journals), dissertations, book reviews from 1980 - present
Finding books
Search Portland State Library's catalog, Vikat for books, journals (not individual articles), videos, government information, music and other material owned by the Library. You may search by keywords, author, title or subject headings.
Browsing the library shelves by call number is another strategy for locating information on a topic; call numbers can help you get to the "right neighborhood" in the library stacks.
| RJ | Pediatrics |
| RJ 500-503 | Infant Mental Health |
| BF 719-720 | Infant psychological development |
Subject headings allow you to search library catalogs for materials on a particular topic. Often subject heading searching can be more productive than searching by simple keywords. Listed here are some major subject headings of interest for research in infant mental health. Copies of the complete set of the Library of Congress Subject Headings are available at the 2nd floor Reference Desk.
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| Infants -- Mental health services. | Infants -- Mental health. |
| Preschool children -- Mental health services. | Preschool children -- Mental health |
| Toddlers -- Mental health | Maternal and infant welfare |
| Parent-Child Relations. | Parent and infant. |
Topic summary
Encyclopedias, subject-specific dictionaries and other reference book provide excellent background/overview information on a topic; they can be an excellent place to begin research.
Handbook Of Child And Adolescent Psychiatry
(esp. v. 1. Infants And Preschoolers : Development And Syndromes)
RJ499.3 .H356 1997 | Reference collection 2nd floor
WAIMH Handbook Of Infant Mental Health (4 vols)
RJ502.5 .H362 2000 | Reference collection 2nd floor
Encyclopedia Of Mental Health (3 vols)
RA790.5 .E53 1998 | Reference collection 2nd floor
Gale Encyclopedia Of Medicine (5 vols)
RC41 .G35 1999 | Reference collection 2nd floor
Gale Encyclopedia Of Genetic Disorders (2 vols)
RB155.5 .G35 2002 | Reference collection 2nd floor
Comprehensive Clinical Psychology (10 vols)
(esp. v.5 Children & Adolescents: Clinical Formulation and Treatment)
RC467 .C597 1998 | Reference collection 2nd floor
Comprehensive Handbook Of Psychotherapy (4 vols)
RC480 .C593 2002 | Reference collection 2nd floor
Encyclopedia Of Psychology (8 vols.)
BF31 .E552 2000 | Reference collection 2nd floor
Psychologists & Their Theories : For Students (2 vols)
BF109.A1 P72 2005 | Reference collection 2nd floor
Handbook Of Psychology (10 vols)
(esp. v. 6 Developmental Psychology)
BF131 .H235 2003 | Reference collection 2nd floor
Comprehensive Handbook Of Psychological Assessment
(esp. v. 1 Intellectual & Neuropsychological Assessment)
BF176 .C654 2004 | Reference collection 2nd floor
The Family In America : An Encyclopedia (2 vols)
HQ536 .H365 2001 | Reference collection 2nd floor
Handbook of Parenting (5 vols)
HQ 755.8 .H357 | Reference collection 2nd floor
Finding people and organizations
World Association of Infant Mental Health
http://www.waimh.org
Promotes education, research, and study of the effects of mental, emotional and social development during infancy on later normal and psychopathological development through international and interdisciplinary cooperation, publications, affiliate associations, and through regional and biennial congresses devoted to scientific, educational, and clinical work with infants and their caregivers.
National Association for the Education of Young Children
http://www.naeyc.org
NAEYC is the world's largest organization working on behalf of young children. The organization is dedicated to improving the well-being of all young children, with particular focus on the quality of educational and developmental services for all children from birth through age 8.
Related information/read more about it
Tufts University Child & Family Web Guide
http://www.cfw.tufts.edu
Directory that evaluates, describes and provides links to hundreds of sites containing child development research and practical advice
University of Washington's - NW Kids Mental Health web site
http://depts.washington.edu/nwkids/index.htm
Developed to provide information from a public health perspective on the promotion of social and emotional well-being and the prevention of mental heath challenges to children, youth and families in Seattle, King county and beyond.
National Center for Early Development and Learning
http://www.fpg.unc.edu/ncedl/index.cfm
NCEDL is a national early childhood research project supported by the US Department of Education's Institute for Educational Sciences (IES), formerly the Office of Educational Research and Improvement (OERI). Administratively based at the FPG Child Development Institute, NCEDL is a collaboration with the University of Virginia & UCLA. The web site includes links to descriptions of current research programs and summaries of completed research studies.
Data sets and statistics
Child Trends Databank
http://www.childtrendsdatabank.org/index.cfm
Data on national trends and research on over 100 key indicators of child and youth well-being. The site is provided by Child Trends, a nonprofit, nonpartisan research organization dedicated to improving the lives of children and families by providing research and data to inform decision-making that affects children. In addition to conducting its own research, Child Trends works with federal and state officials and other researchers to improve the quality, scope, and use of data on children and their families.
Early Childhood Longitudinal Study
http://www.nces.ed.gov/ecls/index.asp
A program of the U.S. Dept. of Education's National Center for Education Statistics, the ECLS program includes two overlapping cohorts: a Birth Cohort and a Kindergarten Cohort. The birth cohort follows a sample of children from birth through kindergarten entry. The kindergarten cohort follows a sample of children from kindergarten through the twelfth grade.
The Early Childhood Longitudinal Study (ECLS) Program provides national data on children's status at birth and at various points thereafter; children's transitions to nonparental care, early education programs, and school; and children's experiences and growth through the twelfth grade. ECLS also provides data to test hypotheses about the effects of a wide range of family, school, community and individual variables on children's development, early learning and early performance in school.
Citing your sources & Style manuals
Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association
BF76.7 .P83 2001 | Ready Reference collection - 2nd floor
Citation Styles Handbook - APA
http://www.english.uiuc.edu/CWS/wWORKSHOP/writer_resources/citation_styles/apa/apa.htm
A useful site developed by the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Writers Workshop providing a quick summary of citation forms for most standard resource types.
APA Style -- Electronic Resources pages
http://www.apastyle.org/elecref.html
Excerpts from the style manual on how to handle citing electronic resources.
Finding topics
Selected journals in infant/toddler mental health
Zero to Three
http://www.zerotothree.org/ztt_journal.html (not full text; includes featured articles and table of contents browsing by issues)
Portland State Library's copy | HQ767.8 .Z47 (holdings from 1994 - present)
Infant Mental Health Journal
http://stats.lib.pdx.edu/proxy.php?url=http://search.epnet.com/direct.asp?db=aph&jid=%22BW6%22&scope=site
Articles published in this journal focus on infant social-emotional development, caregiver-infant interactions, contextual and cultural influences on infant and family development, and all conditions that place infants and their families at risk for less than optimal development.
Early Developments
http://www.fpg.unc.edu/ncedl/pages/products.cfm#ED
A journal published by the National Center for Early Development and Learning.