Early Childhood Resources
CU Library Catalog:
Search CU Library Catalog from the Library's Home Page. It lists all of the items in the library's collection and is known as the catalog. This includes books (juvenile, curriculum, reference, and regular books), videotapes, books on tape, and periodical titles..
Search CU Library Catalog with these Library of Congress subject headings:
- Education, primary
- Early childhood education
- Kindergarten
- Education, preschool
Browse library shelves by call number.
LB 1137 - 1169
CURRICULUM COLLECTION
The Curriculum Collection is not classified by Library of Congress number as other materials are.
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Searching by subject - From the combination screen search by the subject codes, curriculum and grade level. For example: science and curriculum and kindergarten.
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Searching by keyword - For example: farm and curriculum and kindergarten.
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Advanced Search allows you to combine types of searches and set limits for the material type, date, location, etc.
JUVENILE COLLECTION:
The juvenile collection is classified by LC number. The information for many juvenile books includes a plot summary, reading levels, and in some cases the awards the books have won. Use keyword searches to search this information.
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Searching by keyword - Combine juvenile for all juvenile books, the keyword and the grade level. For example: animals and juvenile and kindergarten.
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Searching by author - Always type last name first. For example: Bunting, Eve.
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Searching by subject - The list of records found will have a sub-heading beginning juvenile. For example: ANIMALS - JUVENILE FICTION.
ONLINE RESOURCES:
Bens Guide to U.S. Government for Kids - Learning tools about government for K-12 students / parents / teachers from U.S. Government
Book Talks Quick and Simple
Carol Hursts Childrens Literature Site
Database of Award-Winning Childrens Literature
Discovery Channel School - Many useful links, including lesson plans, teaching tools, a curriculum center, and activities.
United States Department of the Interior Kids on the Web
The National Zoo Sponsored by the Smithsonian Institution
CITATIONS AND FULL TEXT DATABASES:
ERIC (First Search)
ERIC is the Educational Resource Information Center of the U.S. Department of Education. It covers educational literature from 1966 to the present and contains citations and abstracts from theses, course curricula, standards and guidelines, conference papers, and journal articles. It is available from the First Search Service on Cameron's Home Page and requires a password off campus.
Suggested vocabulary for searching ERIC:
Subject terms: Early Childhood Education, Young Children, Preschool Curriculum, Child Development, Day Care, Preschool Teachers.
Academic Search Premier
Academic Search Premier provides full text for over 1,530 academic, social science, humanities, general science, and education journals. In addition to full-text, it offers indexing and abstracts for more than 2,720 journals. Full text backfiles go back to Jan. 1990, while indexing and abstract backfiles go as far back as Jan. 1984. Ebsco produces this database.
Suggested vocabulary for searching are Library of Congress subject headings:
EBSCO Animals
Offers in-depth information on a variety of topics relating to animals. Links to images are within some of the full-text articles.
REFERENCE BOOKS:
| Encyclopedia of Education |
REF LB15 .E47 2003 (8 volumes) |
| Encyclopedia of Early Childhood Education |
REF LB 1139.25 .E53 1992 |
| Encyclopedia of Special Education |
REF LP 4007 .E53 2000 (3 volumes) |
| Trelease, Jim. The New Read-Aloud Handbook |
REF LB 1573.5 .T68 1989 |
BOOKS:
Listed below are selected books for Cameron's Library that relate to reading for the young child and are available for check-out.
| Burke, Eileen M. |
Literature for the Young Child. |
Z 1037 .A1 B86 1990 |
| Burke, Dorothy. |
Cushla and her Books. |
Z 1037 .A1 B873 1980 |
| Burke, Dorothy. |
Babies Need Books. |
Z 1037 .A1 B87 1985 |
| Butler, Dorothy and Marie Clay. |
Reading Begins at Home. |
Z 1037 .A1 B88 |
| Glazer, Joan I. |
Literature for Young Children. |
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| MacDonald, Margaret Read. |
Booksharing: 101 Programs to Use With Preschoolers. |
Z 718 .1 .M24 1988 |
| National Council Teachers of English. |
Literature and Young Children. |
Z 1037 .A1 L56 |
