BSOL 302 Adult Development and Learning Assessment, Los Angeles Pacific University: Where Do I Start?

The following reference resources can be accessed online - just click the title link, and, if requested, go through the authorization process: enter your LAPU Username (ex: jsmith17) and Password (your LAPU ID #).

As a Los Angeles Pacific University student, faculty and staff, you get connected to APU's online library resources by clicking on the following link:

http://www.apu.edu.apu.idm.oclc.org/library/

This takes you to LAPU's "Library Login" page (the first image below). Next you type in your LAPU Username and Password (your LAPU ID #) which are the same credentials used to access your coursework. If you are already authenticated, you will not see LAPU's "Library Login" page but be taken directly to APU's University Libraries'  main page (the second image below).

If you have any problems accessing the library online resources this way, please contact APU's Library Systems Analyst, Frank Dubisz at 626-815-6000, ext. 3132 or fdubisz@apu.edu.  

After clicking the above link you should see the following page. If you are already authenticated then you will see APU's University Libraries' main page.  

After logging in you will see APU's University Libraries' main page.

Reference books and eBooks can be useful for a couple of reasons including:

• They can give you brief overviews of a particular topic.
• They can be used to find a topic to write about if you don't have a topic in mind.
• Most articles in handbooks and encyclopedias have bibliographies at the end that will contain more resources for further research. 

The following introductory reference resources are provided for your convenience.

Adult Development - Wikipedia As you may know, it is possible that some information found in Wikipedia entries will be inaccurate because anyone can make changes. However, many students find Wikipedia useful as a introduction to a topic, especially as found in the first few paragraphs where concepts are defined and key important individuals are described. This particular entry for Adult Development also includes five models (or theories) of Adult Development.

Positive Adult Development - Wikipedia One of four major forms of adult developmental study.

Association for Adult Development and Aging Was founded in 1986 to serve as a focal point within the American Counseling Association (ACA) for information sharing, distribution, service, professional development, and advocacy issues related to counseling adults across the lifespan in a multicultural society.