Human Development Library Guide

In this Guide

Core Resources

AccessMedicine - Content types: books, videos, reference. Contains the full text of more than 130 medicine-related books, as well as more than 900 cases, 1,000 videos, and 11,000 Q&As.

ClinicalKey - Content type: articles, books, and video. Provides full-text access to over 600 journals, 1,000 books, and 9,000 medical and procedural videos.

MEDLINE - Content type: articles. Created by the U.S. National Library of Medicine and includes citations and abstracts for more than 5,200 biomedical and health journals.

PubMed - Content type: articles. PubMed contains more than 30 million citations and abstracts of biomedical literature. Learn More.

Science Reference Center - Content type: articles, books, video. Includes reference books, journals, biographies, images, and videos on the topics of biology, chemistry, life science and more.

Librarian for Human Development

Emma Fernandez (she/her)
efernandez@stephens.edu
(573) 441-5129

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Library Contact Info

library@stephens.edu
Front Desk: (573) 876-7182
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Finding Books on Human Development

Library Resources

Stephens Library Catalog - Search the traditional catalog for Stephens College books, videos, and more.

MOBIUS Library Catalog - Search the MOBIUS Consortium catalog and request physical/print books be sent to Stephens for pickup. Books are generally ready to be picked up in two to three work days.

eMO Electronic Books - Search and view over 275,000 electronic books. Entirely full-text.

Physical Book Locations

Books on human development are located in the following sections (second floor of the Stephens Library):

  • BF - Developmental psychology

  • HN - Social history/social problems/social reform

Please don’t hesitate to ask for assistance.

Search Tips

Search the Stephens Library Catalog to find physical materials and eBooks held at Stephens Library. The MOBIUS Catalog is also a good option to broaden your search for print books to libraries across Missouri.

Try using the phrase “human development” to get started, or use more specific terms for the field you’re researching.

Use the advanced search function and search for these phrases as subject terms to find materials about that term (rather than narrowing to a specific title).

Here are some other examples:

  • Humanism

  • Growth

  • Maturation

In addition, use the filters on the left hand side of the catalog to narrow or broaden your search.

  • Availability (Online vs. At The Library)

  • Found In (Subject, Title, Author, etc.)

  • Format (E-Book, Book/Print. DVD, etc.)

  • Language (English, Spanish, etc.)

  • Publish Date (use the sliding bar to create a timeline)

  • Place (U.S., Canada, etc.)

Finding Articles

Library Resources

AccessMedicine - Contains the full text of more than 130 medicine-related books, as well as more than 900 cases, 1,000 videos, and 11,000 Q&As.

ClinicalKey - Provides full-text access to over 600 journals, 1,000 books, and 9,000 medical and procedural videos.

MEDLINE - Created by the U.S. National Library of Medicine and includes citations and abstracts for more than 5,200 biomedical and health journals.

PubMed - PubMed contains more than 30 million citations and abstracts of biomedical literature.

Science Reference Center - Includes reference books, journals, biographies, images, and videos on the topics of biology, chemistry, life science and more.

Stephens Library Quick Search - Search across most all of Stephens Library holdings as well as millions of additional articles using the EBSCOhost Discovery Service. Learn More.

Search Tips

Break your research question into essential key words and connect with AND.

  • Use synonyms and connect them with OR

    • adolescents OR adolescence OR teens OR teenagers OR young adults

  • Use truncation (*) to get plurals and alternative endings.

    • educat* = educate, education, educating, educated, etc.

  • Put quotes around a term that’s a phrase to keep the words together.

    • “body image”

  • When you find a good article, look at the works cited or reference list at the end to help identify other useful resources on the same topic.

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