BOOKS & MEDIA

Locate books, videos, CD's and other media programs about Early Childhood Education in the online public access catalog (OPAC) by Author, Title, Subject, or keyword in title & topic. If you want to browse the book collection, the basic call number for book on child study is HQ 769. The call number for preschool education is LB 1140. Juvenile literature will be shelved in the PZ 7 & 8 section of the bookstacks. Books dealing with certain aspects of child care and development, however, may be assigned different call numbers. Use the subject search option in the OPAC to find specific titles and call numbers.

Here are a few of the subject headings you can use for a SUBJECT search in the online catalog to find specific titles and call numbers of books and videotapes about topics in Early Childhood Education:

MAGAZINES & JOURNALS

Current Print Subscriptions

The current issues of the magazines and journals that the CCC Library receives are on the display racks near the Information Commons. Titles related to Early Childhood Education include: Education Digest, Teaching Exceptional Children, Teaching Tolerance, and Young Children. See the Periodical Holdings list for additional titles.  

The most current issues may be used in the Library only. Older issues may be checked out of the Library. Lift the tilted display shelf to find the issue from the previous 6 -12 months. If you want issues older than those available here,  you will need to fill out a Periodical Request slip at the Circulation Desk.

Bound Periodicals

Many older magazines and journals were bound in hard covers for preservation. They are kept on the low shelves at the far end of the Library, next to Stack #28. These volumes may be used in the Library only.

Magazine & Journal Indexes & Databases

Use a periodical index to locate specific articles in older issues of magazines and journals. The CCC Library has both print and computerized indexes. Printed indexes list articles by Author and/or Subject. The Library's computerized indexes are databases that also contain the full-text of the majority of their citations; they can be searched by Author, Title, Subject and Keyword.  Ask the librarian at the Reference Desk for assistance with subject headings for your research topic and/or for help in using the computerized databases as needed.

Some of the indexes and databases that might be most useful in researching topics in Early Childhood Education are:

Ethnic Newswatch (online database available via the Library's Database page)

Expanded Academic Index ASAP (available via the Library's Database page)

SIRS Researcher (available via the Library's Database page)

NEWSPAPER ARTICLES

Newspapers are good sources for current information. The CCC Library carries back issues of the New York Times and the San Francisco Chronicle on microfilm. Each of these newspapers has its own index. Ask a librarian to show you how to use these indexes, and how to operate the microfilm reader/printer machines.

OTHER LIBRARIES

Most public libraries have large collections of children's books. Locally, Richmond Public Library has a good collection of materials on Early Childhood Education, as well as a large selection of children's literature. Any resident of Richmond or of Contra Costa County may borrow these materials.

INTERNET/WEB SITES

There are many sites on the Internet where you can information pertaining to Early Childhood Education. Use a search engine to help you locate them. Some search engines also provide an directory of sites arranged by broad subject area. These lists are usually broken down into even more specific aspects of a topic. They are great places to browse for interesting sites.

For a list of Internet sites in this subject area that have been reviewed by faculty and/or librarians, see the CCC Site Guide for Early Childhood Education.

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