Resource Guide:
Children’s Literature
Selected Call Numbers
Call numbers are the shelving locations for each item. Browsing in the following areas of the library will help you find materials for your topic.
Topic | Call Number |
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Juvenile Collection | JUV |
Theory and Practice of Education Child Study | LB 1101-1139 |
American Literature Juvenile Literature | PS 490 |
Literature General Juvenile Literature | PN 1008.2-1009.5 |
Books or Special Classes of Persons, Institutions, etc | Z 1037-1039 |
Selected Subject Headings
Subject headings are selected terms to represent a topic. Searching subject headings in the library catalog will bring the most complete list of results. Below are some example subject headings. More subject headings can be located in the red books at the reference desk.
- Juvenile Literature
- Children's Literature - Moral & ethical aspects
- Children's encyclopedias and dictionaries
- Children - Books and reading
- Storytelling
- Children's plays
- Picture books for children
- Children's Poetry
- Children's Writings
- Follklore and Children
Selected Materials at the Von Canon Library
Below are some selected materials in the library with their shelving locations. Browsing in the listed areas of the library will help you find more materials for your topic.
Title | Call Number |
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The Cambridge Guide to Children's Books in English | Credo Reference |
Who's who in children's books | PN 1009 .A1 F575 |
Dictionary of American children's fiction, 1859-1959 | PS 374 .C454 H45 |
Essentials of children's literature | PN 1009 .A1 L96 |
From cover to cover : evaluating and reviewing children's books | PN 98 .B7 H67 |
The Story of ourselves : teaching history through children's literature | LB 1581 .S76 |
The uses of enchantment: the meaning and importance of fairy tales | GR 550 .B47 |
Interpreting literature with children | e-Book |
The world of work through children's literature an integrated approach | e-Book |
Understanding children's literature | e-Book |
Selected Research Databases
The following databases are specifically useful for your topic. You can search them individually on the databases page.
- Academic Search Complete
- Credo Reference
- Dictionary of Literary Biography
- Education Research Complete
- ERIC
- Humanities International Complete
- JSTOR
- Literature Resources from Gale
- MasterFILE Premier
- http://southernvirginia.idm.oclc.org/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/mlaib?accountid=28732
- Project Muse
- Psychology and Behavioral Sciences Collection
- Scribner Writers Online
- Twayne Authors Online
Selected Journals and Magazines
The following journals supply articles to the library’s databases. YOu can see if a specific journal supplies articles to our databases by searching the journal title on the library journal page.
- Children's Literature in Education
- Children's Literature Association Quarterly
- Children's Literature Review
- Journal of Children's Literature
- The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books
- School Library Journal
- The Lion and the Unicorn
- Horn Book
- ALAN Review
- The Looking Glass
- Achuka
- Bookbird
Selected Websites and Digital Archives
The following websites are librarian-evaluated to provide trustworthy information for your topic. They include digitized collections connected to your topic.
- Association for Library Services to Children
- Recommended Book Lists from ALSC
- International Children's Digital Library
- Database of Awared-winning Children's Literature
- The Rosetta Project (Antique Children's Books Online)
- Baldwin Library of Children's Literature Digital Collection
- Children's Picture Book Database
- Children's Book Council
- Children's Literature Network
- NEA Read Across America
- Kidsread.com
- A guide to promoting children's reading success
- ALSC Book and media awards for Children
- YALSA Best Books for Young Adults