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Child Development Research Guide

A guide to resources for research in child development.

Possible Topics

Child Development Specific Conditions from the Center for Disease Control 

CDC’s National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities has information on certain birth defects, disabilities, mental, emotional, and developmental disorders, and blood disorders that affect children. Click on the following links to learn more:

Other Helpful Websites

When searching the web for appropriate sites to use in your research, try adding site:gov or site:edu to your search to limit to websites that end in .gov or .edu. Example: child development site:gov

ChildCare.gov provides links to State or Territory child care websites that parents use to search for child care and consumer education information.

MedlinePlus (National Library of Medicine) page on Child Development

California Department of Education - Early Education page

California Department of Education - Resource and Referral County Listing

Selected Books from the Library

These are just a few of the many books that the library provides access to. Explore OneSearch for more!