Global Perspectives
Through Children's Literature
| Instructor: | Dale Vidmar |
| Title: | Instruction Coordinator/Education and Communication Librarian |
| Office: | Lib. 113E |
| Phone: | 552-6842 |
| Email: | vidmar@sou.edu |
Finding information and materials to support research in childrens' literature and the social sciences is a dynamic enterprise with the growth of the Internet and library resources both within and beyond the actual Library. The following databases should serve as a working set of resources for not only finding information, but finding good information.
Library Catalogs: Finding Books, Subject Headings, and Other Materials
- Southern Oregon University Library Catalog
- Summit: Orbis Cascade Alliance Catalog
- Jackson County Library Catalog: SOLIS
Subject heading: childrens literature
Some useful keywords: childrens literature, authors, publishers, children books, history
Databases for Finding Journal Articles and Current Information
- Academic Search Complete
- EBSCO
- Multi-disciplinary full-text references
- Can be used for reviews as well as articles
- For refereed or scholarly information, click box [ ] for refereed or scholarly journals.
- Academic
Universe Lexis-Nexis
- General News and Newspapers
- Can be used for reviews from newspapers
- ERIC
(Education Resources)
- Education
Abstracts FullText
- General
Interest Magazines
- InterLibrary Loan Forms:
Encyclopedias
Internet/World Wide Web Resources: From Beginning to Advanced
- Internet
Searching Tools
- Provides a selected listing of search tools, metasearch tools, and subject directories
- Ranks search tools
- Provides links to information about how to search more effectively
- Non-commercial site for search tools
- Selected Children's Literature Web Sites
- Database of Award-Winning Children's Literature
- Recommended Literature: Kindergarten Through Grade Twelve (Search Database)
- Capitol Choices: Noteworthy Books for Children
- The Children's Literature Web Guide
- The White Ravens - a selection of noteworthy international children´s and youth literature organized by year, then by language or country at the bottom of the second page
- Reviews
- Authors, Illustrators, and Publishers
- Teacher's Lesson Plans, Ideas, and Guides for Children's Literature
Citing Resources
Please direct inquiries about this page to Dale Vidmar.