Selected Resources in
EDUC 428/429--Children's & Young Adult Literature
January 3, 2008
Gail Egbers
535-8869    egbersgl@plu.edu

 

BOOKS:  Our online library catalog provides access to the materials in our library.    Some relevant topics include:
 

 
Caldecott Medal
Picture books for children -- Indexes.
Women -- Juvenile fiction -- Bibliography
Children -- United States -- Books and reading
Literature -- Study and teaching (Elementary)
Children’s literature -- Bibliography
Children's literature, English -- Women authors -- History and criticism.

PERIODICALS:  Periodical indexes provide the most efficient subject access to journals,   magazines, and newspapers.  Following are some indexes you might want to use for this
project:

•    EBSCOhost (via PLU Library home page)
•    ERIC (via EBSCOhost)
•    Library, Information Science & Technology Abstracts (via EBSCOhost)
LOCATING PERIODICALS/JOURNALS Use Journals at PLU to identify the call number of the journal you need.  Journals at PLU will also help you locate full-text journals online.



REFERENCE MATERIALS

•    100 most popular picture book authors and illustrators: biographical sketches and bibliographies (ref. 
      PS490.M395 2000)
•    A to zoo : subject access to children’s picture books (REF PN1009.A1L5x 2006)
•    Asian American literature: reviews and criticism of works by American writers of Asian descent (ref. PS153.A84A82 1999)
•    Best books for children: preschool through grade 6 (ref. Z1037.G48 2002)
•    Black authors and illustrators of books for children and young adults: a biographical dictionary (ref. PN1009.A1M87x 1999)
•    Cambridge guide to children’s books in English (ref. PR990.C36 2001)
•    Canadian children’s books: a critical guide to authors and illustrators (ref. PR9193.9.J66 2000)
•    Characters in young adult literature (ref. Z1037.A1G47 1997)
•    Children’s books from other countries (ref. Z1037.C5428 1998)
•    Children’s Catalog (ref. Z1037.W76)
•    Children’s literature dictionary: definitions, resources, and teaching activities (Ref. PN1008.5.L38 2002)
•    Children’s literature review (ref. PN1009.A1C5139)
•    Continuum encyclopedia of children’s literature (ref. PN1008.5.C66 2001)
•    Kerlan Awards in children’s literature, 1975-2001 (ref. PN497.K47 2001)
•    Matching books to readers: using leveled books in guided reading, K-3 (ref. LB1573.F68x 1999)
•    Neal-Schuman guide to recommended children’s books and media for use with every elementary subject (ref. PN1009.A1.M38x 
      2002)
•    Newbery & Caldecott medal books, 1986-2000: a comprehensive guide to the winners  (ref. Z1037.A2N492 2001)
•    Ninth book of junior authors and illustrators (REF PN1009.A1N58 2004)
•    Oxford encyclopedia of children’s literature (REF PN1008.5.O94 2006)
•    Senior high school library catalog (ref. Z1037.W77)
•    Something about the author (ref. PN451.S6)
•    Storyteller’s sourcebook: a subject, title, and motif index to folklore collections for children, 1983-1999 (ref. GR74.6.M3 2001)


OTHER INTERESTING SOURCES
   
•    Literature Online (LION) (via PLU website
•    Literature Resource Center (via Gale)

•    Bridge to Terabithia (DVD PN1997.B759 2007)
•    Charlotte’s web (DVD PN1997.C4228 2007)
•    Holes (DVD PN1997.H64 2003)
•    Miss Potter (DVD PN1997.M585 2007)
•    Newbery Award (VIDEO PN1009.A1N49 1999)
•    Talk with Avi (VIDEO PS3551.V5T35x 1995)
•    Visit with Bill Martin, Jr (VIDEO PS3563.A7255V57 1996)


INTERNET:  The Internet is an attractive source of information but it does not have the best information for all situations.   Use the Internet only for supplemental information.  Read the handout "Evaluating Information from the Internet” (http://www.plu.edu/~egbersgl/evalinternet.html) Here are some good choices:

•    ALAN Review (http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/ejournals/ALAN/alan-review.htm)
•    Barahona Center for the Study of Books in Spanish for Children and Adolescents (http://www.csusm.edu/csb/english/)
•    Carol Hurst’s Children’s Literature Site (http://www.carolhurst.com)
•    Children's and Young Adult Literature (http://www.cynthialeitichsmith.com/lit_resources/cyalr_index.html)
•    Children’s Literature Web Guide (http://www.acs.ucalgary.ca/~dkbrown)
•    Database of Award Winning Children’s Literature (http://www.dawcl.com/)
•    ISLMC Children's Literature & Language Arts Resources  (http://falcon.jmu.edu/~ramseyil/childlit.htm)
•    KidLit (http://mgfx.com/Kidlit)
•    Links to Sites about Children's and Young Adult Literature from Professor Hunt's Academic Page   
     (http://www.cofc.edu/~huntc/Kiddielinks.html)
•    Young Adult Literature: Middle & Secondary English-Language Arts (http://falcon.jmu.edu/schoollibrary/yalit.htm)



BEYOND PLU
PLU's library may not own all of the materials you want to use.   We are part of a consortium of libraries that includes:

•    Northwest University
•    St. Martin's University
•    University of Puget Sound
•    Seattle Pacific University
•    Seattle University

You may use your PLU ID card to check out materials from these libraries. 



If you wish to order from Interlibrary Loan, be sure to allow sufficient time for the materials to arrive.




If you have questions while doing library research, ask for help at the reference desk or make an appointment with me for personal research assistance.   My office hours are Tuesdays & Thursdays 3:00-5:00.


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