InfoGuides: HDFS 200: Individual and Family Development: Find Articles

Key Databases

Child Development and Adolescent Studies Abstracts This link opens in a new window
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Provides access to current and historical information relating to the growth and development of children through the age of 21.
Education Research Complete This link opens in a new window
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Education Research Complete covers all aspects of education including multilingual education, health education, testing, curriculum instruction, administration, policy, funding and all levels of education from early childhood to higher education.
ERIC This link opens in a new window
References to thousands of educational topics. Indexes journal articles, books, theses, curricula, conference papers, standards, guidelines and more. ERIC documents (non-journal literature) are available full-text, 1993 to the present.
Family Studies Abstracts This link opens in a new window
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Abstracts of literature concerning family studies, including marriage, divorce, and family therapy.
HeinOnline This link opens in a new window
Image-based legal research database includes such collections as: Legal Classics, Law Journal Library, U.S. Supreme Court Library, U.S. Federal Legislative History Library, Treaties and Agreements Library and more. Bridges the gap in legal history by providing comprehensive coverage from inception of law and law-related periodicals.
Psychology and Behavioral Sciences Collection This link opens in a new window
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Subject coverage includes emotional and behavioral characteristics, psychiatry & psychology, mental processes, anthropology, and observational and experimental methods.
Web of Science: Core Collection This link opens in a new window
Contains citations and searchable author abstracts, covering scholarly literature in journals, books and conference proceedings. Includes: Science Citation Index Expanded, Social Sciences Citation Index, Arts and Humanities Citation Index, and more.
APA PsycInfo (EBSCO) This link opens in a new window
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Covers the professional and academic literature in psychology and related disciplines including medicine, psychiatry, nursing, sociology, education, pharmacology, physiology, linguistics, and other areas. Includes more than 3.7 million records.

Key Journals

Unless otherwise listed, the journals below are peer-reviewed

Child Development
Articles of interdisciplinary empirical research, theoretical articles and reviews that have theoretical implications for child developmental research selected through blind review.
Full-text coverage from 1996 to present
International Journal of Aging & Human Development
Places emphasis upon psychological and social studies of aging and the aged.
from 01/01/1999 to present
International Journal of Behavioral Development
Promotes the discovery, dissemination and application of knowledge about developmental processes at all stages of life.
Journal of Adolescent Research
Publishes informative and dynamic articles from a variety of disciplines focused on adolescence and early emerging adulthood development.
from 03/01/1986 to present
Journal of Counseling & Development
Publishes practice, theory, and research articles across 20 different specialty areas and work settings. Sections include research, assessment and diagnosis, theory and practice, and trends.
from 01/01/1996 to present
Journal of Family & Consumer Sciences
Publishes scholarly peer-reviewed articles and practical information geared toward family and consumer sciences professionals,
from 1997 to present
Journal of Family Issues
Provides up-to-date research, theory, and analyses on marriage and family life.
from 03/01/1980 to present
Sex Roles
Publishes original research reports as well as original theoretical papers and conceptual review articles that explore how gender organizes people’s lives and their surrounding worlds, including gender identities, belief systems, representations, interactions, relations, organizations, institutions, and statuses.
from 03/01/1975 to present

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