Research Guides: CDF 327S Family Involvement with Young Children: Research Guide: Resources for CDF 327S

Articles: Recommended Databases

Start with these databases to search for a peer-reviewed article:

Academic Search Ultimate This link opens in a new window
A great place to start your search for both popular and scholarly articles on almost any topic. It contains a large number of journals, the majority of which are peer-reviewed, from numerous subject areas and goes as far back as 1865.
PsycINFO
A comprehensive, international database covering the academic, research and practice literature in over 1,900 leading psychological, psychiatric, and related publications.
Child Development and Adolescent Studies
Indexes current and historical articles related to the growth and development of children through the age of 21. Includes book reviews and abstracts from hundreds of journals, technical reports, and books.

Videos

EKU Libraries offers DVDs and streaming videos online. To locate all of the Libraries' videos, search the library catalog by your desired topic and refine your results list by using the video FORMAT limiters located on the left of the search screen, or use the EKU Libraries VIDEO SEARCH (also linked from the library catalog search box, and found below under "Library Search for Videos").

You can also search or browse directly on these streaming video websites:

Kanopy Streaming Videos
Watch educational videos online. Includes over 17,000 feature films and videos in Humanities, Education, The Arts, Business, Health, Sciences and Media & Communications.
EKU Libraries recommends accessing with Chrome or Firefox browsers
Most programming includes public performance rights, as long as no admission is charged. Look for the PPR icon on the film's landing page.

Persistent Linking Information for Alexander Street Academic Videos

Both streaming videos and streaming video clips can be linked on the Alexander Street Academic Video Online platform.

Alexander Street Academic Video Online Streaming Videos

To get the persistent link for a streaming video on the Alexander Street Academic Video Online platform, click the Embed/Link icon beneath the video:

A box will popup with the persistent link for you to copy:

Next, remove the ".libproxy.eku.edu" text from the middle of the link: http://search.alexanderstreet.com.libproxy.eku.edu/pbsv/view/work/1787351

In order for the link to work off-campus, the proxy prefix needs to be added to the persistent link. Here is what the complete link will look like:

http://libproxy.eku.edu/login?url=http://search.alexanderstreet.com/view/work/1787351

Alexander Street Academic Video Online Streaming Video Clips

To get the persistent link for a streaming video clip, locate the clip you wish to link to in the Clips section to the right of the streaming video:

A box will popup with the persistent link for you to copy.

Next, remove the ".libproxy.eku.edu" text from the middle of the link: http://search.alexanderstreet.com.libproxy.eku.edu/view/work/1787349/clip/127330

In order for the link to work off-campus, the proxy prefix needs to be added to the persistent link. Here is what the complete link will look like with the proxy prefix added:

http://libproxy.eku.edu/login?url=http://search.alexanderstreet.com/view/work/1787349/clip/127330