Research Guides
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- Children's Literature
- Encyclopedias & Background Sources
Children's Literature: Encyclopedias & Background Sources
Guide to beginning research in children's and young adult literature
Literary Reference Sources
- Oxford Encyclopedia of Children's Literature
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Covers many topics and figures in children's literature. Also available in print, Suzzallo Reference, PN1008.5 .O94 2006. - Continuum Encyclopedia of Young Adult LiteratureThe only encyclopedia devoted specifically to YA literature. Print only--Suzzallo Reference, PN1008.5 .C67 2005
- Gale Literature Resource Center This link opens in a new window
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Literary biographies and critical essays; includes some coverage of children's & YA authors.
- The Oxford Companion to Fairy Tales
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This Companion is the first authoritative reference source for the complex and captivating genre of the fairy tale.
Reference Web Sites
- Juvenile Series and Sequels databaseContains over 28,000 books in 3,700 series titles that are classified into early childhood, juvenile, and young adult audiences
- Database of Award-Winning Children's LiteratureContains 8,000 records from 86 awards across six English-speaking countries
- Carol Hurst's Children's Literature SiteA collection of reviews, ideas of ways to use books in the classroom and collections of books and activities about particular subjects, curriculum areas, themes and professional topics.