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Guide to beginning research in children's and young adult literature
Image: Carol VanHook, "Good Reads" (detail), license CC BY 2.0
Starting Point for Books: UW Libraries Search
- By Title - Type in the first few words of the book title in quotations. For example: "mouse on a motorcycle"
- By Author - Type in the last name followed by the first name of the author in quotations. For example: "wilder laura ingalls"
- By Topic - Type in keywords that broadly describe your topic. For example: postmodernism AND "picture books"
- To limit to books meant for children, add the phrase "juvenile fiction" (or, for non-fiction, "juvenile literature")
- To limit to books meant for children, add the phrase "juvenile fiction" (or, for non-fiction, "juvenile literature")
- By Language - Search for the phrase "X language materials - juvenile" (including the quotation marks). For example: "Spanish language materials - juvenile". OR, Do a keyword search, then use the Refine My Results menu on the left to limit by language.
Starting Points: Articles
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Academic Search CompleteIndexes some literary criticism and education journals and some of the Children's/Young Adult review periodicals.
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MLA International Bibliography (EBSCOhost)Covers some of the literature & folklore journals of interest to scholars of children's literature.
Children's Literature Librarian
Kathleen Collins
Contact:
Winter quarter office hours
Tue 3-5pm & Fri 1:00-3:30pm;
in the Odegaard Writing & Research Center (Odegaard #121)
Tue 3-5pm & Fri 1:00-3:30pm;
in the Odegaard Writing & Research Center (Odegaard #121)
206-685-2771
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