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Finding Research on Child Development
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Keywords for searching
There are many ways of describing a child
- youth
- child or children
- adolescent or adolescence
- kid
Searching for a variety of terms with the word OR between each term will help with the inclusiveness of your search.
You may also want to consider using such terms as:
- Child development
- Child psychology
- Youth
- Youth -- Sexual behavior
- Adolescent
- Pediatrics
- Early childhood education
These can also be used as "SUBJECT" searches under the "Browse" or "Advanced search" options in FIND IT! to locate books.
