HEC 226 Child Development: Get Started

In this Guide

This guide is designed to help students complete assignments in the child development class.

Use the tabs above to navigate through the other pages of the guide:

  • Find a Specific Journal - instructions for finding a journal related to child development through the library.
  • Find an Article - Find articles related to child development, family studies, and early education by searching in library databases
  • Find Books - Get books available through the library and beyond.
  • Cite Sources - Tips and tools for citing sources and avoiding plagiarism.
  • Get Help - Get help from a librarian 24x7, get support from a tutor, or find a handout or tutorial to help you with your research.

Charges play outside the Campus Daycare by University of Saskatchewan on Flickr
Charges play outside the campus daycare by Mark Ferguson and the University of Saskatchewan on Flickr. Used under CC BY-SA.

Introduction to the Library Website and Library Services

This 5:26 video provides an overview of the library website and highlights some of the Library's most popular collections and services. 

ECE Research Tutorial

This interactive tutorial will teach you how to find quality articles for your early childhood education class research using library databases and Google Scholar.

Screenshot of the tutorial

So you need to find an article...

There are two ways that people doing research usually go looking for articles:

1. Search for a specific journal you're interested in reading articles in. You can learn how to do that here. 

2. Search for articles on a specific topic in a library database, which is a searchable collection of thousands of different journals. You can learn how to do that here.

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