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Top Recommended Databases

Your best bets for finding research on early childhood studies!

ERIC (Education Resource Information Center)
Education Research Complete
APA PsycInfo
"The premier abstracting and indexing database covering the behavioral and social sciences from the authority in psychology."

Career Profiles

Preschool Teacher
O*NET's career profile of preschool teachers.
Preschool Teacher
Preschool Teacher career profile, including job outlook, salary, and more, from the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Special Education Teacher
Special Education teacher career profile, including job outlook, salary, and more, from the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Child Care Worker
Child Care Worker career profile including salary, job outlook, etc, from the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Kindergarten Teacher
Career profile for Kindergarten Teachers from O*NET.
Special Education Teacher PK-6
Special Education Teacher career profile for grades preschool through elementary, from O*NET.
Special Education Teacher - Middle School
Description of a middle school Special Education Teacher career, from O*NET.
Special Education Teacher - High School
Career profile for a Special Education Teacher in High Schools, including salary, outlook, etc., from O*NET.

Associations

Idaho AEYC
Idaho Association for the Education of Young Children

NAEYC
National Association for the Education of Young Children

DEC
Council for Exceptional Children - Division of Early Childhood

ECIC
Early Childhood Information Clearinghous - Idaho Department of Health and Welfare