Psychology: Developmental Psychology & Child Development

provides access to international literature in psychology and related disciplines from the 1800s to present. When searching keep in mind that you can use Filters to narrow your search. You can filter by age group, subject, and more. Filters are located on the left hand side of your results:

Use Subject searching to find items that are about a specific topic, as opposed to an item that just has the keyword somewhere in the record. While keyword searching is valid and important, subject searching can help you connect to items more precisely related to your topic. Some Subjects to consider selecting in PsycINFO are:

• childhood development
• adolescent development‎
• cognitive development‎
• psychosocial development‎
• infant development‎
• early childhood development‎

Librarian Tip: Use Boolean Operators as you would in any other database to search more efficiently.

is the largest biolmedical database, with daily updates, and it also includes resources pertinent to psychology. To learn more about PubMed and how to use it see our Using PubMed Guide.

Important tips to review on this page include:

• Using Medical Subject Headings (MeSH) to find appropriate language and search terms. Useful Medical Subject Headings include:
  • Psychology, Developmental
  • Psychology, Child
  • Human Development
• Using Filters to narrow your search results. Important filters to consider will include limiting to specific age ranges:

Librarian Tip: Use Boolean Operators as you would in any other database to search more efficiently.

Valuable Resources on the program here at Sarah Lawrence include:

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Take a look at our Original Research & Research Methods page to learn more about research methods, ethical practices, tools to utilize, and more.