Medicating children with ADHD

"Pathfinders" are guides to help you get started finding information on a topic. A St. Kate's Reference Librarian has written this guide to help you perform Library research for your structured controversy paper and presentation. It is not meant to be an exhaustive list of resources, but some places to begin your hunt.

Please stop or phone the Reference Desk (651-690-6652) if you have questions or need further assistance.

Contents:   Reference Works  | Finding Books  |  Journal Articles  |  Internet Sites

Reference Books

Attention Deficit Disorder: A Medical Dictionary, Bibliography and Annotated Research Guide to Internet References. (E-book)

RJ506 .H9 .A88 2003eb

Current Pediatric Diagnosis and Treatment

Reference RJ1 .K45 2007

Current Pediatric Therapy.
Reference RJ52 .C8
See "Attention Deficits," p. 395-400.  

Encyclopedia of Parenting Theory and Research.
Reference HQ755.8 .E523 1999
See "Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)," p. 43-45.

Encyclopedia of Psychology. Alan E. Kazdin, editor.
Reference BF31 .E52 2000
See "Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder," vol. 1, p. 299-303.

Handbook of Clinical Child Psychology.
Reference RJ503.3 .H36 2001

See "Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder," p. 470-494.

The Harvard Guide to Psychiatry.
Reference RC454 .N47 1999
See "Child Psychiatric Disorders: Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder," p. 593-594.

Note: Please remember that Reference Books may not be taken from the Library

Finding Books

Use CLICnet to search for books and videos in the Library at St. Kate's and at other ACTC colleges. Use the "Request" feature to obtain items not at St. Kate's.

Search term:
    keyword:  attention deficit disorder therapy

Finding Journal Articles

About off-campus access

1.  Use EBSCO's Academic Search Premier and InfoTrac's Expanded Academic ASAP to look for journal articles, adding enough terms to limit the search to your topic. To find only academic journals, click before the box for "scholarly (peer reviewed) journals" or "peer-reviewed publications."

Search Term(s):    attention deficit hyperactivity disorder

2.  ERIC -- Educational Resources Information Clearinghouse. This is the primary database for literature about education. Since much research about ADHD and special ed. centers on schools, this is an excellent source of citations

Internet Resources

The National Attention Deficit Disorder Association
http://www.add.org/

http://www.kidsource.com/LDA/adhd.html

http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/adhd-medications/MH00112

http://www.breggin.com/ritalin.html (note: read and evaluate these articles carefully!)