Welcome to the Early Childhood Education Homepage
This page can connect to you the ECE related materials in the BHCC Library as well as a large collection of websites, articles, books, and other resources selected by ECE faculty members and libarians.
Quick Links
- Teaching Resources Center
- Information Literacy Workshop Program
- Physical Library Resources
- Electronic Library Resources
- ECE Course-Specific Resources
- ECE General Links
- Environmental Education - Resources for all ECE courses related to environmental issues
- ECE 102 - Issues in Early Childhood Education - Fall 2010
- ECE 103 - Child Growth and Development - Spring 2011
- ECE 111 - ECE 111 - The Special Needs Child - Spring 2010
- ECE 112 - Families and Community in Early Childhood Education - Fall 2010
Teaching Resources Center
The Teaching Resources Center is located in BHCC Library on the Charlestown Campus.
The Teaching Resources Center has a Teaching Resources Collection and a Children's Literature Collection.
The Teaching Resources Collection consists primarily of instructional materials including activity guides, textbooks, children's periodicals, media and other support materials which are intended for use in teaching. Reference support for this collection includes directories, encyclopedias, project indexes, and media guides.
The Children's Literature Collection includes a large selection of children's and young adult literature. This collection includes fiction, informational books, short stories, poetry, stories in rhyme, and traditional literature. The collections support course work in children's literature and provide examples of quality literature for a literature-based curriculum
Library Information Literacy Workshop Program
Explore the BHCC Library's Wikispace homepage. Select "Library Instruction Wikis" to browse all of our course-customized wiki pages.
LibGuides are designed around specific subjects and serve as an introduction to key resources. Click here for the LibGuide for Early Childhood Education.
Physical Library Resources
Automatic Catalog Searches - The following link will perform an automatic search of the library catalog. This is an easy way to browse all that the library has to offer. You will see results ordered by subject. Choose a subject to see the list of materials.
If you are looking for something more specific, you can search the catalog with your own keywords.
Electronic Library Resources
The BHCC library has a large selection of databases that may be relevant to topics related to ECE. Browse the list below or see all of our databases on the Articles Online section of the library website.
Education Databases
- ERIC - The Education Resources Information Center
- Professional Development Collection (via EBSCO)- A large collection of full text education journals for educators.
- Teacher Reference Center (via EBSCO)
- Educator's Reference Complete (via Gale)
- Chronicle of Higher Education - News, information, and jobs for college and university faculty members and administrators.
- ArtStor - A digital library of more than one million images
Health, Medical & Psychology Databases
- Psychology & Behavioral Sciences Collection (via EBSCO)
- CINAHL with full-text (via EBSCO) - Journals from the fields of nursing and allied health
- Health Source - Nursing / Academic Edition (via EBSCO)
- Health and Wellness Resource Center (via Gale)
- Health Reference Center Academic (via Gale)
- MedlinePlus - Journal article abstracts on all manner of medical topics including directories for finding doctors or hospitals, and other medical organizations and publications which provide information to consumers.
Electronic Journals
- Serials Solutions is a tool that allows you to browse all of the library's electronic journals by title or subject. Use this tool to track down a citation or to discover new journals you may not know about.
General ECE Links
General Topics
The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books
Current Issues in Education
The Horn Book and the Horn Book Guide
Kirkus Reviews
School Library Journal
VOYA (Voice of Youth Advocates)
Award-Winning Children's Literature
Law Links
PL 99-457
PL 94-142
PL 101-336
Brown vs Board of Education
No Child Left Behind
Section 504
PL 108-446
Shared Links
ECE Bookmarks on Delicious