Additional Internet Resources

APS site
(http://www.psychologicalscience.org)

Brown University
(http://search.brown.edu/search/texis/webinator/search)

An excellent site to search for issues concerning gender equity; a particularly good article is the one by Lorie N. Sutter titled "Achieving Gender Equity in Science Classrooms."

Child Abuse Prevention Network
(http://child-abuse.com)

A worldwide organization for professionals in the field of child abuse and neglect

Children's Defense Fund (CDF)
(http://www.childrensdefense.org)

The Website for CDF, the organization headed by Marian Wright Edelman to promote child welfare (discussed in Chapter 1 of the text).

The Child Development Website
(http://idealist.com/kt)

Information on children's topics

Early Childhood Care and Development
(http://www.ecdgroup.com)

Federation of Behavioral, Psychological, and Cognitive Sciences
(http://federation.apa.org/)

Be sure to check the Federation news for brief articles and go to the Research Monograph link where some of the particularly relevant papers are available online, although others would need to be ordered

Healthfinder
(http://healthfinder.gov)

Kaiser Permanente's Website
(http://www.kaiserpermanente.org)

A good place to search for information concerning pediatric care and well-being

Dr. C. Everett Koop's Website
(http://www.drkoop.com)

Remember that he was Surgeon General during Clinton's first term; he has a wealth of understandable information on just about any topic in medicine and psychology

Mayo Health O@sis
(http://www.mayoclinic.org)

Medscape
(http://www.medscape.com)

Free database of medical articles, plus access to medical dictionaries, drug databases, and breaking medical news)

National Institutes of Health
(http://www.nih.gov)

Starting point for getting into any subagency of NIH

National Institute of Mental Health
(http://www.nimh.nih.gov)

Excellent resource for policy statements, NIMH research, grants

The National Parent Information Network
(http://ericps.crc.uiuc.edu/npin)

New England Journal of Medicine
(http://www.nejm.org)

Abstracts to articles, full text on letters and commentaries

Pediatric Health and Safety Information
(http://www.babysdoc.com)

Edited and reviewed by board-certified pediatricians. It offers an array of information on development revolving around health and safety issues, but also promotes products for sale.

Positive Discipline
(http://www.positivediscipline.com)

A good site for parents and teachers to find useful solutions for discipline problems.

Scientific American
(http://www.sciam.com)

General scientific resource

Society for Research in Child Development (SRCD)
(http://www.srcd.org/)

The Website for SRCD, an organization whose purposes are to promote multidisciplinary research in the field of human development, to foster the exchange of information among scientists and other professionals of various disciplines, and to encourage applications of research findings.

Web MD
(http://www.webmd.com)

Offers a wide variety of information for the medical profession and for consumers.

Zero to Three
(http://www.zerotothree.com)

A site for parents and professionals. Zero to Three is a nonprofit organization that focuses on promoting the healthy development of babies and toddlers.

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