Children's Literature Article Databases & Electronic Resources
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Articles | Book Reviews | Books | Digital Collections | Biographies, Critical Essays & Plot Summaries | More Children's Literature Resources
Try these first for articles
MLA
International Bibliography. 1963 to present.
Journal articles, books, book chapters, dissertations, and conference proceedings
in literature, language, linguistics, and folklore. No book reviews. Some full
text. 
Literature
Online (LION).
English and American poetry, drama and prose, full text literature journals,
and other key criticism, biographies, and reference resources. Includes Annual Bibliography of English Language and Literature. Some full text.
Children's
Literature Comprehensive Database. 1922 to present for book lists; 1993
to present for book review.
Annotated listings of recommended books, critical reviews of children's books.
ProQuest Research Library. Varies
by title; earliest 1971 to present.
Articles in journals, magazines, newspapers, and more. Some full text.
Project
MUSE Journals. Varies by title.
Journals from various university presses. Mostly humanities and social sciences.
Full
text.
Also Useful
Education
Full-Text. 1983 to present.
Scholarly journal articles, trade publications, magazines and yearbooks. Some
full text. 
Education
Index Retrospective. 1929 to 1983.
Scholarly journal articles, trade publications, magazines and yearbooks. Some
full text.
ERIC (Via
FirstSearch) (Via
CSA) (Via U.S. Dept. of Education).
1966 to present.
Journal articles, conference papers, dissertations, curricular material, documents,
and more. CSA version offers the most features. Some full text. for CSA and FirstSearch. Unrestricted access for U.S. Dept. of Education.
Humanities
and Social Sciences Retrospective. 1907 to 1984.
Journal articles. Some full text.
Web of
Science. 1900 to present.
Journal articles. All disciplines. Allows one to trace a line of research forward
in time. Some full text.
Book Reviews
Children's
Literature Comprehensive Database. 1922 to present for book lists; 1993
to present for book review.
Annotated listings of recommended books, critical reviews of children's books.
Children's
Literature Reviews.
Book review sources for teachers, students, parents and librarians.
Book Reviews at the Children's
Literature Program. National Center for the Study of Children's Literature. San Diego State University.
Contemporary book reviews on the Parents' Choice site, one of the nation's largest and most highly-regarded independent venues for evaluations of children's culture as expressed in books, toys, video games, etc.
See also: Book Review Article Databases
& Electronic Resources
Books
the PAC (Catalog of the SDSU Library).
Books, periodical titles, many government publications and other materials in the SDSU Library. Articles in periodicals are not included.
WorldCat.
Combined catalog of many U.S. and international libraries.
Children's
Literature Comprehensive Database. 1922 to present for book lists; 1993
to present for book review.
Annotated listings of recommended books, critical reviews of children's books.
Recommended Literature K-12 Database. California Dept. of Education.
Lists outstanding literature for children and adolescents reflecting the quality and the complexity of the types of material students should be reading at school and outside of class.
Global
Books in Print. Current.
Titles available in the U.S., Canada, and the U.K.; directory of over 165,000
publishers, distributors, wholesalers and book agents.
Use Children's Room link (upper right of screen) for highlighted current titles, author facts, and links to websites of interest.
See also: Books and Publishers Databases & Electronic Resources
Digital Collections
International Children's Digital Library.
Free access to digital children's books from around the world. Full text.
Literature for Children.
Digital collection of the treasures of children's literature published largely
in the United States and Great Britain from before 1850 to beyond 1950. Full
text.
Early English Books Online (EEBO).
Digital facsimile page images of virtually every work printed in England, Ireland, Scotland, Wales and British North America and works in English printed elsewhere from 1473-1700. Full text.
Literature
Online (LION).
English and American poetry, drama and prose, full text literature journals,
and other key criticism, biographies, and reference resources. Includes Annual Bibliography of English Language and Literature. Some full text.
See also: Images and Multimedia Databases & Electronic Resources
Biographies, Critical Essays & Plot Summaries
Literature
Online (LION).
English and American poetry, drama and prose, full text literature journals,
and other key criticism, biographies, and reference resources. Includes Annual Bibliography of English Language and Literature. Some full text.
More Children's Literature Resources
- Children's Literature Reviews
- Subject Guide for Education
- Subject Guide for English & American Literature
- Subject Guide for Spanish & Latin American Literature
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