e-Resources
General area
- Open Access Library (OALib): A free academic search engine and publisher. You can download research papers and submit your own. (https://www.oalib.com/)
- OAPEN: Online Library and Publication Platform: Promotes and supports the transition to open access for academic books. (https://www.oapen.org/)
- Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ): A curated list of open access journals. (https://doaj.org/)
- Google Scholar: A powerful search engine for scholarly literature. (https://scholar.google.com/)
- ResearchGate: A social networking site for scientists and researchers. (https://www.researchgate.net/)
Open Educational Resources (OER): Open Access
This libguide is designed to help students, faculty, and staff learn about and use Open Educational (OER) and Open Access resources as well as Creative Commons and Copyright.
- HathiTrust: A digital library of millions of volumes from libraries across the United States. (https://www.hathitrust.org/)
- Project Gutenberg: A digital library of free eBooks. (https://www.gutenberg.org/)
- OpenStax: A nonprofit organization that publishes free textbooks. (https://openstax.org/)
Social studies
Journal of Social Studies Education Research (JSSER):
Focuses on theories, methods, and applications in social studies education.Link: https://jsser.org/
Open Access Libraries and Databases
JSTOR: While not entirely open access, JSTOR often provides free access to older articles in various social science disciplines. Link: https://www.jstor.org/
Google Scholar: A powerful search engine that allows you to find scholarly articles, including many in the field of social studies. Link: https://scholar.google.com/
ResearchGate: A social networking site for scientists and researchers, where you can find and access research papers, including many in the field of social studies. Link: https://www.researchgate.net/
Project Gutenberg: A digital library of free eBooks, including some on social studies and history. Link: https://www.gutenberg.org/
Early Child Education
- Center on the Developing Child at Harvard University: This center provides research-based information on early childhood development. (https://developingchild.harvard.edu/)
- National Institute for Early Education Research (NIEER): NIEER conducts research on early childhood education and care. (https://nieer.org/)
Open Access Journals:
- Early Childhood Education Journal: This journal publishes research on early childhood education.
- Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry: A leading international journal publishing original research in child and adolescent mental health. (https://acamh.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/14697610)
- Child Development: A highly regarded journal publishing empirical research on child development. (https://srcd.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/14678624)
- Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology: This journal publishes research on the assessment, diagnosis, and treatment of mental, emotional, and behavioral disorders of children and adolescents. (https://www.tandfonline.com/journals/hcap20)
- Infant Mental Health Journal: This journal focuses on the mental health of infants and young children. (https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/10970355)
- Journal of Child and Family Studies: This journal publishes research on child development, family relationships, and child welfare. (https://link.springer.com/journal/10826)
Economics
Econometrica:
A leading journal in econometrics, publishing original research on statistical and mathematical methods applied to economic theory. Link: https://www.econometricsociety.org/Journal of Economic Perspectives:
A journal that publishes articles on current economic issues, written for a broad audience of economists and non-economists. Link: https://pubs.aeaweb.org/doi/10.1257/jep.21.3.3American Economic Journal:
A series of journals published by the American Economic Association, covering various fields of economics. Link: https://pubs.aeaweb.org/