LibGuides: CSD 291 : From Topic to Search Terms

Thesaurus terms

PsycINFO, PsycARTICLES and ERIC are three good databases to search for this assignment. Use the thesaurus tools to help locate search terms for your topic

PsycARTICLES This link opens in a new window
PsycARTICLES is a database of full-text articles from journals published by the American Psychological Association, the APA Educational Publishing Foundation, the Canadian Psychological Association, and Hogrefe Publishing Group.
PsycINFO This link opens in a new window
Contains nearly two million citations and summaries of journal articles, book chapters, books and dissertations, all in the field of psychology
ERIC (EBSCOhost) This link opens in a new window
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Provides indexing and abstracts for journals and ERIC documents in areas relating to education at all levels. | Watch video tutorial

Search Term Example

Topics

Topics: Choose one of the following topics related to language acquisition and development (NOT on treatment):

Gesture development: the role it plays in language development
Language development in Late Talkers- how these children develop differently from TD peers
Language development in Special Populations- e.g., autism, Down syndrome, other syndromes, prematurity (pick one)
Language development facilitators- child directed speech, social interaction, etc. (stick to brain research or qualitative studies describing how these facilitate language without being specific intervention strategies)
Language development in bilingual or multilingual individuals (may also include speakers of dialect)
Language development in Deaf and Hard of Hearing individuals- (verbal and/or manual communication)
Emergent literacy- early reading development (when does this begin in children- what are developmental milestones)