...each chapter contains valuable information on the scholarly process that all undergraduate researchers will find useful...this accessible guide will be a practical addition to undergraduate research collections. Summing Up: Recommended. Lower/upper-level undergraduates. CHOICE a useful place to start for people interested in children and childhood studies. American Reference Books Annual, March 2008 Scholars and academic librarians offer a guide to useful resources for literature searches in the emerging interdisciplinary field of children and childhood studies (CCS). Bowman (reference librarian, Rutgers U.-Camden, New Jersey) presents a definition of CCS, a brief history of the field, and scholarly research and writing basics. Contributors offer perspectives, research tips, and annotated resources from fields including the social sciences, art, education, and English, but excluding medicine and law. A sample paper titled "Collodi's Pinocchio: Biblical and Cultural Rites of Passage" on the theme of the prodigal son is appended. Reference and Research Book News, May 2007
