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Parenting on the Web

Presented by Krystyna Mrozek and Jessy Randall for Tutt Library's Lunch and Learn, April 21, 2005.


Finding Parenting Books and Children's Books/Videos

Search TIGER Catalog for materials available at Colorado College.
The Mierow House Education Department materials are available for check-out as well as Tutt Library.

Search Prospector for materials available at the major libraries in Colorado including several public libraries.
Materials can come in as few as 3 days.

Search WorldCat for more difficult to find materials in libraries across the country.
Materials can come in as few as 5 days.

Search Pikes Peak Library District.
Materials will be pulled from all branch libraries and held for you at the branch of your choice.

Parenting Magazine Web Sites

And Baby: journal of gay, lesbian bisexual, and transgender parenting http://www.andbabymag.com/
American Baby http://www.americanbaby.com/
Baby Talk http://www.parenting.com/parenting/babytalk/channel
Brain, Child: the magazine for thinking mothers http://www.brainchildmag.com/
Child
Exceptional Parent: the magazine for families and professionals http://www.eparent.com/
FamilyFun http://familyfun.go.com/
Fathering Magazine http://www.fathermag.com
Full-Time Dads http://www.slowlane.com/ftd/
Gay Parent http://www.gayparentmag.com/
Gifted Child Today Magazine http://www.prufrock.com
Hip Mama http://www.hipmama.com/
Parent & Child http://parentandchild.com
Parenting http://www.parenting.com
Parents http://www.parents.com
Pediatrics for Parents http://www.pedsforparents.com/
Salon has a column called Mothers Who Think http://www.salon.com/mwt
Single Mother newsletter http://singlemothers.org/singlemother.html
Twins http://www.twinsmagazine.com/
Working Mother http://www.workingmother.com
Your Stepfamily http://www.saafamilies.org/yourstepfamily/index.php


Major Parenting Web Sites

Pregnancy and Parenting at IVillage http://parenting.ivillage.com
Babycenter.com http://Babycenter.com
Iparenting http://www.iparenting.com/
Urbanbaby.com (Denver is coming soon!) http://www.urbanbaby.com/
Zero to Three http://www.zerotothree.org
American Academy of Pediatrics http://www.aap.org
Children's Hospital Boston http://www.childrenshospital.org


Parenting Gurus, Books and Related Web Sites

Dr. Spock http://www.askdrspock.com/
Dr. Sears http://www.drsears.com/
Dr. Penelope Leach
Dr. Brazelton http://www.brazelton.org/main.html
Vicki Iovine's Girlfriend's Guide to Pregnancy and others
What to Expect When You're Expecting, the First Year and others
Baby Bargains, Toddler Bargains http://www.windsorpeak.com/babybargains


Finding Parenting Articles in Databases

Useful articles about parenting and children are available full text or via interlibrary loan in our databases from parenting magazines (Parenting, Scholastic Parent and Child, Working Mother, etc.) and academic journals (Journal of Marriage and Family, Pediatrics, etc.)

Resource Name Scope Description
EBSCO Academic Search Premier 1988 - current Provides access to basic journal index and some full text resources. Subject coverage is general and broad. Shows CC holdings.
Readers Guide Abstracts 1983 - current Popular periodicals published in the U.S. and Canada.

PsycINFO

1887 - current

Comprehensive international database of psychology. Covers the academic, research, and practice literature in psychology. NOTE: You can search both PsycINFO and PsycARTICLES at the same time. Contact Reference Desk x6662.

 

Education Abstracts

1983 - current

Subjects include administration, teaching methods and curriculum, literacy, government funding, and more.

Medline

1965 - current

Journals published internationally, covering all areas of medicine. *Password required for full text. Contact Reference Desk x6662.


Local Parenting Resources

Love and Logic classes in discipline and parenting styles http://www.loveandlogic.com/
Childcare Connection provides classes and referrals to daycare http://www.childcareconnections.net/
Childcare Database at Pikes Peak Library District http://www.ppld.org/CommunityConnections/childcare/
Pikes Peak Parent www.pikespeakparent.com


Reflections on Parenting Weblogs

(Not necessarily recommended, but examples of the genre)

The Barely Attentive Mother http://adtz.blogs.com/bare/2004/06/how_not_to_prac.html
A Single Woman's Journey to Motherhood http://kajohn345.blogspot.com/
The Weblog for New Dads http://daddytypes.com/


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