Human Development at WSU Libraries

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The Holland and Terrell Libraries contain many resources for students and faculty interested in Human Development. If you have any questions not answered on the WSU Libraries website or would like to request a book or journal on any subject related to Human Development, please contact Sarah French. For questions about the program in Human Development, please see Department of Human Development.

Library Resources

  • Library Catalog

    GRIFFIN Library Catalog The library catalog includes holdings for all the WSU Library sites, in Pullman and across the state. Please note: Electronic journals and other 'virtual' publications are included in the catalog.

  • Indexes, Abstracts and Other Databases

    • Child Abuse, Child Welfare & Adoption Database: This database containes citations with abstracts to articles on all aspects of sociology, social work, and other social sciences. It covers from 1965-present. Available through the WSU Libraries Gateway.
    • Contemporary Women's Issues: Provides access to global information on women including references to journals, newsletters, research reports from non-profit groups, government and international agencies. It covers from 1992-present. It is available through the WSU Libraries Gateway to faculty and students affiliated with the Pullman campus.
    • Education Full Text: English-language periodicals and yearbooks published in the U.S. and elsewhere. Subjects include administration, teaching methods and curriculum, literacy, government funding, and more. Coverage is from 1983 - present.
    • ERIC: Contains over 800,000 references covering thousands of educational topics. These includes journal articles, books, theses, curriculi, conference papers, and standards and guidelines. The materials included are from 1966 - present.
    • PsycInfo: Citations with abstracts to articles in over 2,100 psychology research journals as well as dissertations and research reports; contains full text of 50 APA journals from 1894 on. Covers 1800s - present.
    • Sociological Abstracts: A First Search database containing citations with abstracts to articles on all aspects of sociology, social work, and other social sciences. It covers from 1963-present.

  • Reference Books

    The Holland and Terrell Libraries' reference section is on the 1st floor behind the reference desk. 
    • International Encyclopedia of the Social and Behavioral Sciences H41 .I58 2001
    • Encyclopedia of Alcoholism HV5035 .O27 1991
    • Encyclopedia Homosexuality HQ76.25 .E53 1990
    • Encyclopedia of Marriage and the Family HQ9 .E52 1995
    • Encyclopedia of Marriage, Divorce and the Family HQ9 .D38 1989
    • Older American Alamanac HQ1064.U5 O416 1994
    • Statistical Record of Older Americans HQ1064.U5 S697 1994

  • Data Sets

    The primary source for data sets for Washington State University faculty and students is the Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR). ICPSR maintains and provides access to a vast archive of social science data for research and instruction. You can download a data set directly from ICPSR to any computer on one of the WSU campuses. For more information about acquiring data files and what machine readable data files are held in the Holland and Terrell Libraries, see the Holland and Terrell Library Data Archive.

Electronic Journals

    WSU Lists its electronic journal holdings in two locations. First, electronic journals can be found by searching by title in the library's catalog. References to electronic journals in the Griffin catalog have hypertext links to the electronic journal themselves or the database that contains that electronic journal.  The second place to look to check to see if the library has a subscription to an electronic journal is on the WSU Electronic Journals list. If you cannot find a journal that you have reason to believe should be available at WSU, or you would like to have electronic access to, please contact Sarah French.
    • ScienceDirect:  WSU has access to over 800 journals published by Elsevier with issues from 1995 to the present. While most of these focus on scienctific topics there are many which cover the social and behavioural sciences.
    • JSTOR: JSTOR contains 117 journals which include major journals in African-American Studies, Anthropology, Asian Studies, Education, Population Studies, Sociology and Statisitics from their inception to 1994.
    • Wiley Interscience Journal Indexes: containing selected Fulltext articles or links to Electronic journals  while most of these are science journals there are some that deal with psychology and human development.

    Internet Links