Hampshire College

Journal Articles for Childhood and Learning

• Academic Search Premier Full-text of almost 5,000 scholarly journals in all disciplines.
• Wiley-Interscience (formerly Blackwell) Journals in Science, Technology, and Medicine Over 1300 current full-text journals in the sciences, technology, medicine, education, and psychology.
• ERIC (Educational Resources Information Center) The primary source for journals and other documents on education. Some are full-text. 
• PsychINFO The best source for articles and books on all areas of psychology.
• PsychARTICLES Full text of about 50 journals from the American Psychological Association.
• ScienceDirect College Edition A full-text database for journals in the life, medical, social, behavioral, and physical sciences. Most articles are available from 1995 on.
• Sociological Abstracts
• JSTOR (Journal Storage) Scholarly articles in over 150 academic journals. Articles date from the 1800s up to a "moving wall" of between one and eight years before the present. That means that there are no current articles. Coverage includes the arts, business, general science, the humanities, and social science.

Websites for Childhood and Learning

• America's Children in Brief 2004
• The Brain Connection: Learning and the Brain
• Child Development Institute
• Children's Environments Research Group (includes an international listserv).
• Committee for Children
• Education Research Guides Links to sites in educational subjects such as children's literature; education law; educational tests and measurements; and special education. From the University of Delaware.
• Education World
• Family Research Council. Different perspectives on this topic.
• InfoSurf's Information Resources in Education Provides links to educational association sites; counseling and school psychology; educational rankings; and other resources in education. From the University of California at Santa Barbara.
• Knowledge Loom Provides practical, workable methods for fostering student learning. Organized by the Northeast Education Lab at Brown and includes other organizations.
• Learning Disabilities Association of America
• Learning Disabilities Online
• National Center for Early Development and Learning
• National Institute of Child Health and Development
• Neuroscience for Kids. Useful for tools for working with kids and science as well as teaching adults about neuroscience.
• Selected Internet Resources for Education Links to educational resources teachers, literacy, assessment and certification, and distance education. From Yale University.
• Social Psychology Network Useful developmental and education links.
• Society for Research in Child Development
• TeachableMoment "Provides educators with timely teaching ideas to encourage critical thinking on issues of the day and foster a positive classroom environment. It is a project of Educators for Social Responsibility Metropolitan Area."
• Teachers at Work: Internet Tools for Teachers Search their database of 5,000 reviewed education websites. Results include links to sites, descriptions, and ratings. Some material may require a fee.
• US Department of Education Home Page