Child, Youth, & Family Studies: Find Books & Video
Search for ebook and streaming video
To easily find ebooks, use the search box on our Ebooks page.
To find streaming video, use the search box on our Streaming Film and Music page.
Find Books and Journals Using Subject Area
The Library's print collection is arranged by subject area. The call numbers listed below focus on specific subjects that should be of interest to CFS students - ask at the Reference Desk (2nd floor) for more information!
BF 712-724.85 | Developmental psychology (Including infant psychology, child psychology, adolescence, adulthood) |
HQ 503-750 | Family |
HQ 755-759 | Parents. Parenthood (Including parent and child, husbands, fathers, wives, mothers) |
HQ 767.8-792.2 | Children. Child Development (Including child rearing, child life, play, socialization, children's rights) |
HQ 793-799.2 | Youth. Adolescents. |
HQ 801-1058 | Marriage |
HQ1075 | Sex Roles |
HQ 1080-1090 | Men's sex roles |
HQ 1101-2030 | Women's sex roles, Feminism |
HV 697-700.7 | Social Services for Families |
HV 701-1420.5 | Social Services for Children |
LB 1139.2-1140.5 | Early childhood/Preschool education |
RJ 499-507 | Child & Adolescent Mental Health |
Documentaries
- Films On DemandFull length program and video segments addressing topics across the social sciences.
- PBS Video CollectionProvides 245 films curated from PBS created content.
- Docuseek2 CollectionProvides access to academic or scholarly documentaries, social issues films, and videos. Closed captions and/or subtitles available for many, but not all, titles.
Featured Videos
- Living Broke in Boom TimesThree groundbreaking documentary films by Pamela Yates and Peter Kinoy (Takeover, Poverty Outlaw & Outriders) into segments of ideal length for classroom use. These films examine activist efforts by and on the behalf of the homeless and destitute, with contemporary interviews and commentary from key activists who led the movement
- Orphan TrainsBeginning in 1853 a young minister named Charles Loring Brace founded the Children's Aid Society—an organization that sent orphans west to begin new lives with farm families. His program would turn out to be a forerunner of modern foster care.
- Foo Foo DustMother and adult son struggle with addiction.
- Inequality for AllExamines economics professor and Clinton Administration cabinet member Robert Reich's crusade to expose the problem of income inequality in the United States.