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Child Development Subject Guide

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Good Starting Points

The Cambridge Encyclopedia of Child Development by Brian Hopkins, Elena Geangu, and Sally Linkenauger (eds.)
Early Childhood Education: An International Encyclopedia by Moncrieff Cochran and Rebecca New (Eds.)
Call Number: R 372.2103 Ea761
The SAGE Encyclopedia of Contemporary Early Childhood Education by Donna Couchenour (Editor); J. Kent Chrisman (Editor)

Children and Development

Handbook of Child and Adolescent Clinical Psychology (R 618.9289 C23h)
The Child: An Encyclopedic Companion
Encyclopedia of Adolescence
Encyclopedia of Applied Developmental Science
Encyclopedia of Child Behavior and Development
Encyclopedia of Intellectual and Developmental Disorders
Encyclopedia of the Life Course and Human Development
Encyclopedia on Early Childhood Development
Key Concepts in Developmental Psychology
Wiley-Blackwell Handbook of Childhood Cognitive Development

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Education

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