Preparation for Parenting

  Click the three red arrows to return to the Library  Pathfinder page.

   The BHS Library provides you with information seeking strategies (step 2) and assistance with location and access (step 3).

Some of the helpful books on reserve for you:

 Child Development / REF 305.231 CHI        Birth Defects / 616 IAN        

Gale Encyclopedia of Childhood & Adolescence / REF 305.231 GAL

Harvard Medical School Family Health Guide  / REF 610 HAR   

Parenting an Infant / 649.122 THO              Parenting a Toddler / 649.122 THO

Pregnancy, Childbirth, & Parenting / 613 GRO V.11

 When searching our Athena online catalog use these subjects:

Enter topic (i.e. child development, parenting, etc.), and in addition to books, you may also find vertical file folders and direct connections to Web sites.

   VF Child Development (vertical file folder): Basic information, guides

            Located in library’s vertical file cabinets.

 Web site: Parenting:  Sites cover child health and breastfeeding

 Best Bet Online: Library Web Databases

 BHS Library Web Page:  Under Research Databases, click on:

*Student Resource Databases – Click on General Reference Center Gold database, enter topic, and you will find magazine articles about your topic.

 *Newsbank– Enter topic and you will find news articles.

 *Digital Knowledge Central – Click on Ebscohost, click on Mas Ultra and enter your topic.

 BHS Library Web Page:  Under MyBookmarks, click on:

Assignments by Teachers – Click on the Madigan folder, then, Parenting.

*May require a password.  Contact the librarian or obtain handout of passwords.  

Big6 Checklist

 T – Task Definition: What am I supposed to do?

 I – Information Seeking Strategies: Determine all sources, select the best

 L – Location and Access: Locate sources & find information within them

 U – Use of Information: Take out relevant information from the source, take notes

 S – Synthesis: Create a product (report, poster, PowerPoint, etc.)

 E – Evaluation: Did you do everything assigned?

BHS Library Pathfinder/Parenting/11-04