Use this LibGuide to get started with your research for your Tackling a Wicked Problem course on the topic of the high cost of raising children.
Browse books and ebooks on topics in the cost of raising children.
Browse books and ebooks on general topics in child rearing in the United States.
For more accurate search results, use keywords related to your specific topic when searching the library catalog, library databases, or the Internet.
Many books on parenting and raising children have call numbers starting with HQ, located on the Lower Level. Some of the categories are listed below. Please ask at the Information Desk or the Reference Desk on the main level if you need help finding anything.
If you've found a great article or book in a database, our catalog, or cited in another source, but you can't seem to find the full text, try the methods below.
If you have a citation to an article, choose Journals and type the journal title into the library catalog to find out what years of the journal are available at PSU.
If you have the citation to an article, search by the title in Google Scholar. Links to full text from PSU or on the Internet will appear to the right side of the results list.
If you need a book or article that PSU does not have, you can request it through InterLibrary Loan.
This service is free to all PSU students, faculty, and staff.