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AMST 150b
Prof. Joyce Antler
Spring, 2004
Judith Pinnolis, Reference Librarian
pinnolis@brandeis.edu
Encyclopedia of Children and Childhood in History and Society (3 vols.)
Main Ref HQ 767.84 .E 53 2004
American Cultural and Intellectual History (3 vols.)
Main Ref E169.1 E624 2001
The Guide to United States Popular Culture
Main Ref E 169.1 .D399 2001
Encyclopedia of American Studies (4 vols.)
Main Ref E169.1 .E625 2001
Encyclopedia of the United States in the Nineteenth Century (3 vols.)
Main Ref E 169.1 .E626 2001
Encyclopedia of American Social History (3 vols.) (article "Childhood and Children")
Main Ref HN57 .e58 1993
Children and Youth in America: A Documentary History (3 vols.)
HV 741 .B77
Kids Count Databook
Main +HQ792.U5K54 Latest edition kept in Reference.
Statistical Handbook on the American Family
Main Ref HQ536 .X727 1999
Statistical Handbook on Adolescents in America
Main Ref HQ796 .X8237 1996
Infancy in America (2 vols.)
Main Ref HQ 774 .I528 2001
Boyhood in America (2 vols.)
Main Ref HQ 775 .B635 2001
Violence in America (3 vols.)
Main Ref HN90 .V5 V5474 1999
AmeriStat
http://www.ameristat.org Click on "children" section.
Demographics of the U.S.: Trends and Projections
Reference Desk HB849.49 .R87 2000
Digest of Education Statistics
http://nces.ed.gov/pubsearch/majorpub.asp
ICPSR (Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research)
Statistical Abstract of the United States (through Lexis-Nexis)
United States Historical Census Data - 1790-1970
http://fisher.lib.virginia.edu/census/
America's Children: Key National Indicators of Wellbeing
Gov Doc PR42.8:C43/C43
Health of Our Nation's Children
Gov Doc HE20.6209:10/191
Child Labor in Agriculture
Gov Doc Micro GA1.13 HEHS-98-193
American Childhoods
HQ 792 .U5 I45 2002
Child Labor
HD6250 .U3 H53 2002
Childhood in America
HQ792 .U5 R345 2002
Children and Material Culture
GN799 .C38 C56 2000
Children Between the Wars: American Childhood 1920-1940
HQ 792 .U5 H3 1997
Children: Rights and Childhood
HQ767.87 .A73 1993
Companion to Colonial America
E187 .C75 2003
Growing Up in America
HQ 792 .U5 675 1985
History of Children: A Socio-Cultural Survey
HQ 767.85 .G5 2001
The Public Assault on America's Children
HQ 784 .V55 P86 2000
For research materials in an historical context, the research might shift to historical databases such as:
There are over 400 journals, serials or government document periodicals in our Brandeis Library, or available full text online through Brandeis, that mention 'children' or 'childhood'in the main record in LOUIS. For all titles, see LOUIS and search in "Journal Search" mode, with keyword search on "child?". This will produce a listing of journals that include the word 'child' or 'childhood' or 'children' in the LOUIS record.
Here is a representative sampling of journal titles concerning some aspect of children or childhood:
Biracial Child
Black Child
Child Abuse & Neglect
Child & Family Social Work
Child & Youth Care Forum
Child Care Bulletin
Child Care, Health and Development
Child Health Alert
Child Study Journal
Child Welfare
Childhood and Adolescence
Childhood Education
Children & Schools
Children and Youth Services Review
Children Today
Children's Business
Children's Literature
Children's Rights
Early Childhood Research Quarterly
The Gifted Child Quarterly
Gifted Child Today Magazine
History of Childhood Quarterly
Horn Book Magazine
Infants and Young Children
The International Journal of Children's Rights
Journal of Child and Family Studies
Journal of Children & Poverty
Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology
Journal of Physical Education, Recreation & Dance
Journal of Research in Childhood Education (JRCE)
KidScreen
The Lion and the Unicorn
National Head Start Bulletin Enhancing Head Start Communication
Pediatric Diabetes
Raising Black Children
Scholastic Parent & Child
Selling to Kids
The State of America's Children Yearbook
Today's Parent
Tribal Child Care Bulletin
For titles concerning children and childhood from the Nineteenth Century and earlier, consult "Nineteenth Century Masterfile" and the microform sets, "American Culture Series" and "American Periodicals Series 1741-1900" which are indexed in LOUIS.
Nineteenth-Century Masterfile
Available through the Brandeis University Libraries' Databases page. This database contains a wealth of information on 19th-century periodicals and newspapers. It includes nineteenth-century periodical records, the New York Times Index from 1863-1905, the New York Daily Tribune Index from 1875-1906, indexes to several 19th-century magazine titles, and more.
American Culture Series 1493-1875
This microfilm collection includes the full text of more than 5,750 early American books and pamphlets on 643 microfilm reels. The guide includes a comprehensive subject index. Full cataloging records for individual items in this series are in LOUIS, the Library online catalog.
Main Microforms: E169.1 .A48 1979
Microforms Reference and Main Reference: E 169.1 .A48 1979 (guide)
American Periodicals Series 1741-1900
The American Periodicals Series (APS) consists of three parts: APS I, 18th Century contains the full text of 88 periodicals on 33 microfilm reels; APS II, 1800-1850 contains the full text of 923 periodicals on 1,966 microfilm reels; and APS III,1850-1900 contains the full text of 117 periodicals on 771 microfilm reels. The guide to the microfilm collections includes title, editor, subject and reel number indexes.
Main Microforms: Z 6951 .A492 (APS I)
Main Microforms: Z 6951 .A493 (APS II)
Main Microforms: Z 6951 .A493 (APS III)
Microforms Reference and Main Reference: Z 6951 .A495 (guide)
New England Women and their Families in the 18th and 19th Centuries: Personal Papers, Letters, and Diaries
Series A, Manuscript Collections from the American Antiquarian Society.
Main Microforms: HQ1418 .N48 1997
Microforms Reference: HQ1418 .N48 1997 (guide)
North American Women's Letters and Diaries, Colonial to 1950
Approximately 154,000 searchable pages of letters and diaries drawn from more than 1,000 sources, including journal articles, pamphlets, newsletters, and monographs. Available through the Brandeis Libraries Databases page.
http://www.lib.uchicago.edu/efts/asp/NAWLD/index.html
American Autobiographies
Collection of 781 full-text autobiographies published between 1676-1945. Collection based on Kaplan's A Bibliography of American Bibliographies, which lists over 6,000 autobiographies.
Microform Reference and Biography Reference: Z1224.K3
Main Microfiche: CT 211 .A4
American Studies Guide
http://lts.brandeis.edu/research/help/quick-guides/amstudies.html
American History Guide
http://lts.brandeis.edu/research/help/quick-guides/amhistory.html
Sociology and Social Policy Guide
http://lts.brandeis.edu/research/help/quick-guides/sociology.html
Education Guide
http://lts.brandeis.edu/research/help/quick-guides/education.html
Government Documents
http://lts.brandeis.edu/research/help/quick-guides/govdocs.html
