Children's Literature Resources

Journal Articles and Criticism :

• Academic Search Premier (Ebsco)
• Children’s Literature Review (Ref PN1009.A1 C5139)
• Contemporary Literary Criticism (also in Ref PN771 .C59)
• ERIC
• JSTOR (1884-)
• Gale Virtual Reference Library
• Literature Online (LiOn)
• MLA Bibliography
• Nineteenth Century Reader's Guide (Ref. Index Area AI3.R4)
• Project Muse
• Readers Guide Retro

Author Information:

• Something About the Author (Ref PN 451.S6)
• Biography & Genealogy Master Index
• Contemporary Authors
• Dictionary of Literary Biography

Recommended Review Sources:

• Horn Book Magazine (SSU subscription)
• Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books (SSU subscription)
• Children’s Literature Review(Ref PN1009.A1 C5139)
• Children & Young Adult Book Review Sources (San Diego State) Check Snoopy for local holdings.

Books in this and other libraries :

SSU Library maintains a juvenile collection, including fiction and nonfiction for children and young adults. The collection is located on 2^nd floor south and is searchable in Snoopy

Books for adults, such as biographical and critical works about children’s literature, are generally located in the regular circulating collection on the 3rd floor or in the ARS.

• Snoopy Library Catalog
  • by keyword,
    • illustrators and children’s books
    • children’s literature and education
  • by subject
    • Sendak, Maurice – criticism and interpretation
    • folklore -- Japan
• LINK+
• Melvyl (UC Libraries)
• WorldCat

Request from other libraries:

• LINK+ (books only)
• Interlibrary Services (books & articles)

Encyclopedias & Dictionaries:
(for background information)

• Search Snoopy:
  • by keyword,
    • e.g .: children’s literature and awards
    • e.g.: children’s literature and dictionaries
  • by subject,
    • e.g.: young adult literature -- bibliography

 

Subject Web Guides:

• The Children’s Literature Web Guide (D.Brown)
• LII: Children’s Literature
• The Bookhive (Public Library of Charlotte & Mecklenburg County)
• Recommended Literature K-12 Database(Cal Dept of Education)

Award winners:

• Newbery Medal (ALA)
• Caldecott Medal (ALA)
• Children’s Book Awards (D.Brown)
• Science Book & Film Best Lists (SB&F Magazine)

Other useful resources:

• Glossary of Literary Terms (by GaleGroup)
• Dewey Decimal Guide (alphabetical by subject)
• Lexile Framework for Reading (searchable database of book titles)

Help Guides:

• Citation Style Manuals
• Finding Primary sources
• Finding Book Reviews

Related Guides:

• Literature Resources