Finding Books:

Search the Sullivan University library catalog for Dewey Decimal call numbers for specific topics, such as  children and safety, safety education, and safety, or browse the following subject areas in the Dewey Decimal call numbers indicated below:  

To retrieve a listing of items within the Sullivan University library online catalog, click on the appropriate Library of Congress Subject Heading  with the corresponding Dewey Decimal number(s), in the box below, then click GO!

Subjects Child sexual abuse--Prevention (362.7, 362.76) Home accidents--Prevention (649.1) Internet and children (025.04) Internet and teenagers (025.04) Internet -- Safety measures (025.04) Safety (362.7) Safety education (613.6083) Children's accidents (618.92, 649.1) First aid (616.02, 618.92)

Additional books on this topic will also be found by searching the catalog of the Louisville Free Public Library (http://www.lfpl.org).  Sullivan University students are eligible to apply for a Louisville Free Public Library card, and then to check out materials at LFPL branches.

Also, Sullivan University Library offers the Library Alert service, which is designed to alert SUS students, faculty and staff of the latest titles @ the Sullivan University Louisville library! Sign up to be notified by e-mail when the library receives new books, videos, DVDs, etc., in the categories that interest you.

Reference Books:

These databases contain many full text articles and can be accessed from the library?s web page:

Directory of Open Access Journals:  This service covers 815 free, full text, quality-controlled scientific and scholarly journals in all subjects and languages.

Health Source ? Consumer Edition: An EBSCOhost? database indexing 300 health journals, pamphlets and reference books back to 1985 on a wide variety of medical, food science, nutrition, childcare, sports medicine, and general health topics.  Updated daily.

Health Source:  Nursing/Academic Edition: An EBSCOhost? database indexing 850 scholarly/peer-reviewed journals and providing access to full-text medical articles and abstracts.  Updated daily.

Relevant journals in this database:

          Child life

          Child study journal

          Child welfare

          Children & schools

MEDLINE: Available through EBSCOhost?, this is the National Library of Medicine?s database providing authoritative indexing to 4600+ scholarly medical, nursing, veterinary science, and other health-related journals from 1966 to the present.

Relevant journals in this database:

Health Education Quarterly

Newspaper Source: An EBSCOhost? database providing full-text articles from 23 national and international newspapers, television and radio news transcripts, and 200 regional U.S. newspapers.  Updated daily.

Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center: Critical Thinking:  A database providing differing points of view on current social issues, such as affirmative action, censorship, ecology and mental health.  Full-text entries on various topics.  Try keyword searches for "children and safety."  Also try searching for specific safety issues: "seat belts," "safety education," or "child resistant packaging."

Professional Development Collection: Available through EBSCOhost? and designed for professional educators, this database presents users a highly-specialized collection of nearly 600 full text journals, including more than 350 peer-reviewed titles covering topics from children's health and development to cutting-edge pedagogical theory and practice. 

PubMed Central: A free full-text digital archive of biomedical and life sciences journal literature provided by the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH

Louisville Free Public Library Databases:  Louisville Free Public Library card required to access these databases.

• General Reference Center:  General interest magazines, newspapers and reference books, many include full text.

• Health and Wellness Reference Center:  Health-related general interest and professional magazines and journals, many include full text. 

• Health Source Plus

• New York Times: Newspaper articles from New York Times, many include full text.

Use the periodical search function on the Catalog home page to find periodical titles indexed in our databases.  For example, if you have a citation to an article and want to see if it is available full-text in our databases, search for the journal title, and the system will lead you to the correct database.

Periodicals: the following paper-format periodicals in the Sullivan University Library may be browsed for articles on Child Safety:

          Child

          Parents

          Working Mother

American Academy of Pediatrics: This organization has a strong interest in child safety.  Check the Family Information section (http://www.aap.org/family/) for Safety and Injury Prevention Guidelines.

Children's Health, the Nation's Wealth: Assessing & Improving Child Health: A (2004) National Academics Press e-book that addresses work by the National Research Council & the Institute of Medicine of the National Academies which focused on the factors influencing children's health and recommendations for the future.

MEDLINEPlus: The Child Safety section of MEDLINEPlus provides links on child safety topics including kitchen safety, bike safety, etc.

Safe Kids: This advocacy group lobbies for effective safety laws to protect children.  Find information on current safety issues, and research laws in each state.

U.S. Consumer Products Safety Commission: The CPSC has  jurisdiction over more than 15,000 kinds of consumer products used in and around the home, in sports, recreation and schools.  Find up to date information on product safety and recalls.