Human Development Collection

subject description and guidelines

The library seeks to support research and instruction in Human Development which focuses on how people develop, cognitively and socially, through the life course. It examines development in the contexts of family, school, social class, culture and complex biological and ecological conditions. Faculty interests include aging and health; cognitive development; developmental behavioral neuroscience; group disparities in development; law, psychology and human development; and social and personality development.

constituencies

The collection is primarily used by faculty, staff and students of the Department of Human Development. The collection is also used by students and faculty of the following departments and programs: Nutrition, Health Administration, Policy Analysis and Management, Development Sociology, Psychology, and Neurobiology and Behavior. The associated Graduate Field of Human Development encompasses all aspects of human development on Cornell's Ithaca campus.

collection strength

Overall, the collecting goals for Human Development are suitable for dissertation-level research and undergraduate, graduate and post-graduate education. The following topics are collected at this research level: infant Development, cognitive development, developmental psychology, early childhood education, social Interaction in children, child abuse and neglect, adolescent development, human growth and development--biological and behavioral, adult learning, adult development and aging, socialization and deviance across the life course, pathopsychology, family, family policy, work and the family, and history of the family.

geographical guidelines

The collecting scope is global, with greatest emphasis on the United States.

areas of significant geographic coverage

country
- United States of America
- United States of America
new york state geographical region
- New York State
transnational region
- northern America

language

English

chronological guidelines

Current. Historical treatments of the following are of interest: childhood, adolescence, the family, and aging.

exclusions

Family and marital therapy; child psychotherapy; elementary education. Collection of research materials should always take precedence over popular or self-help treatments. However, some summaries of research which are written at a popular level are useful.

material types

Scholarly journals, trade monographs, textbooks and case studies. Access to these materials is typically provided through large, aggregated database subscriptions.

housed in

special collections or noteworthy resources in the field

PsycInfo and PsycArticles, Sociological Abstracts, MEDLINE, Ageline

Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention

Center for Disease Control (statistics)

related library subject collection

associated with organization

academic department
graduate field/program
cornell research program, unit, or center
- Bronfenbrenner Center for Translational Research (BCTR)
cornell academic division
- Division of Nutritional Sciences (DNS)

library contact

Young, Sarah Health Science and Policy Librarian

VIVO: Cornell Research & Scholarship

Human Development Collection Library Subject Collection

Overview

subject description and guidelines

constituencies

Collection Scope

collection strength

geographical guidelines

areas of significant geographic coverage

country

new york state geographical region

transnational region

language

chronological guidelines

exclusions

material types

Collection Context

housed in

special collections or noteworthy resources in the field

related library subject collection

Affiliations

associated with organization

academic department

graduate field/program

cornell research program, unit, or center

cornell academic division

Responsibility

library contact