Coming of Age   Tags: adolescence, adolescents, adulthood, boys, children, coming-of-age, common text, gender, girls, glass castle, identity, initiation, men, psychology, sex roles, teenagers, women  

Search the Library Catalog to find books in the SCC and partner libraries. (Remember to also Search WIN Borrow Libraries and request items be sent to SCC for you.)

Try a SUBJECT search on:

• Adolescence
• Adolescent psychology
• Teenagers
• Teenage girls
• Teenage boys
• Emotions in adolescence
• Adulthood
• Identity (Psychology)
• Sex role
• Life cycle, Human
• Developmental psychology
• Developmental neurobiology
• Rites and ceremonies
• Initiation rites
  
• African American families
• United States--Social life and customs
• Indians of North America - Rites and ceremonies
• Bildungsromans
  

Try a KEYWORD search on a phrases like:

            "coming of age"

            "rites of passage"

            "life course"

 to find books like these:

(Reference books are on the library 1st floor; call numbers begin with "R")

(Circulating books are on the library 2nd floor)

Life Events and Rites of Passage

Call Number: R 306 HILL 2008

ISBN: 9780780807358

Marriage Customs of the World

ISBN: 1576079880

ebook and print book in the SCC Library Reference Collection: R 392.5 MONGER 2004

Worldmark Encyclopedia of Cultures and Daily Life

Call Number: R 305.8003 1998 Location 1st floor

ISBN: 0787605522

To search the online version, follow the link from the title of this book which take you to the SCC Library database: Gale Virtual Reference Library.

Encyclopedia of Religion

Call Number: R 200.3 ENCYCLO 2005

ISBN: 0028657330

Consult the index and pages: 7796-7831 for discussion of rites of passage in various religions. To search the online version, follow the link from the title of this book which take you to the SCC Library database: Gale Virtual Reference Library.

Encyclopedia of Holidays and Celebrations

Call Number: R 394.26 ENCYCLO 2006

ISBN: 9780816062355

Use volumes 1 and 2 to find information about rites of passage in countries worldwide

Multicultural America

Call Number: R 305.8009 MULTICUL 2011

ISBN: 0313357862

The section in most of the cultures about "Family, Culture, and Life-Cycle Rituals"

The Greenwood Encyclopedia of Children's Issues Worldwide

Call Number: R 305.2303 GREENWO 2008

ISBN: 9780313336140

The Greenwood Encyclopedia of Women's Issues Worldwide

Call Number: R 305.4203 GREENWO 2003

ISBN: 0313327874

The Greenwood Encyclopedia of World Popular Culture

Call Number: R 306.03 GREENWO 2007

ISBN: 9780313332555

Gale Encyclopedia of Childhood and Adolescence

Call Number: R 305.231 GALE EN Location: 1st floor

Encyclopedia of Psychology - Corsini

Call Number: R 150.3 ENCYCLO 1994 Location: 1st floor

Preparing Youth for the Crossing from Adolescence to Early Adulthood

Call Number: 155.5 PREPARI 2006 Location: 2nd floor

Search Library databases for information on all topics including: 

Psychology, Child Development, Adult Development, Literature, and more.

Suggested ProQuest searches:  

"human development" and adulthood 

"puberty rites" and africa

pregnancy and "rite of passage"

(rites or rituals or ceremonies) and puberty

(rites or rituals or ceremonies) and adolescence

"native americans" and "rites of passage and puberty 

"native americans" and "rites of passage" and teen*

Try these ProQuest articles for general information on adolescence:

• The Blessing as a rite of Passage in Adolescence

Christopher A Bjornsen. Adolescence. Roslyn Heights: Summer 2000. Vol. 35, Iss. 138; p. 357 (7 pages)

• Rites of Passage to Adulthood: Adolescence in the Western World

Cigdem Kagitcibasi. Human Development. Basel: Mar/Apr 2002. Vol. 45, Iss. 2; p. 136 (5 pages)

• Rites of Passage in Adolescence

Delaney, Cassandra Halleh. Adolescence. Roslyn Heights: Winter 1995. Vol. 30, Iss. 120; p. 891 (7 pages)

Library databases contain reliable information that is generally not available elsewhere on the web. Access to databases from off-campus requires login using your student ID number.

When searching a database, remember to try a variety of keywords and combinations. You will get different results with different searches. Here are some keyword searches to try:

"rites of passage"

"rite of passage"

 initiation

"puberty rites"

"coming of age" and rituals""

"rite of passage" and childbirth

When you search for information, try different search terms, like:

• "coming of age"
• "rites of passage"
• "puberty rites"
• "teenage boys"
• "rites and rituals"
• "emerging adulthood"
• puberty
• adolescence
• teenagers
• rites
• rituals
• adulthood

You can combine several concepts together in one search:

"rites of passage" and Hindu

"puberty rites" and Africa

Learn more about advanced searching and combining concepts in this tutorial:

See the Cultures and Countries research guide to research particular cultural practices.

Search WIN Borrow Libraries in the Library Catalog, then, Request item to get books sent from

• U. of Idaho,
• Gonzaga,
• and other college library collections.

Books arrive at the SCC Library within 3 to 5 days; we phone you when they arrive.

Plus, set up an eBook account at the SCC LIbrary to view more books from home.

Add limiters like these to a Google search to get more credible results.

site:.gov

(retrieves sites from U.S. Government entities)

site:.edu

(retrieves sites from colleges & universities; make sure info is from an expert, not a student!)

You will find sites like these which are from a credible and expert source: