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Child Development Research Guide

A guide to resources for research in child development.

Finding Books

Use OneSearch on the library's homepage to find books and ebooks, and to find items to borrow from other libraries. Visit our OneSearch guide for more information or take a look at the video below. 

 

 

Finding Print Books on the Shelves

Image breaking down the different parts of a call number on a book.

Subject Headings

Subject Headings are a great way to find books on your topic in OneSearch. 

1. First, do a simple keyword search on your topic and limit to Resource Type > Books. 

2. Second, click on the book's title and scroll down to Subjects. 

3. Click on any of the subjects to be taken to other books assigned that same subject heading. 

Browsing the Print Collection

The Cal Poly Humboldt Library uses the Library of Congress Classification System to organize books alphabetically by subject area.* The alphabetical section for Education is "L" and the subclasses are shown below. You can use these to browse the physical books in our collection. 

*Keep in mind that many of the library's more current books are in ebook format, which you can find by using OneSearch. 

You can browse the Cal Poly Humboldt Library's print collection by call number. Some call number areas that may be of interest to those researching child development topics include: 

BF712-724 Developmental psychology
HQ767.8-792.2 Children, child development
LB1025-1139 Education, educational psychology, child study, and early childhood education
LB1050.9-1091 Educational psychology
LB1139 Early childhood education
RC569.7-571 Developmental disabilities
RJ Pediatrics: child health, nutrition, immunization