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Article databases

NameDescription
Academic Search CompleteMulti-disciplinary coverage. Over 5,500 full text periodicals, including more than 4,600 peer-reviewed journals. PDF content going back to 1887. Searchable cited references for nearly 1,000 journals. EBSCOhost
Essay and General Literature IndexCitations for essays and chapters contained in books. Click "Library Owns?" icon to search for call numbers and availability of books. Coverage in the humanities and social sciences. H. W. Wilson
Humanities International CompleteMore than 2,000 journals and 2 million records, plus unique full text content, much of which is not found in other databases. Full text for more than 730 journals. EBSCOhost
Literature Resource CenterBiographies, bibliographies and critical analyses of more than 120,000 authors from every age and literary discipline. Resources for critical scholarly materials in literature and the humanities. Full text coverage. Gale Group
NetLibraryAccess to more than 50,000 digitized books. Search by title, author, keyword, Library of Congress subject heading, publisher, or ISBN. Full-text searching is also available. OCLC
OmniFile Full Text MegaCitations, abstracts, and full text for thousands of popular and scholarly sources, including articles, reviews, books, and more. Multi-disciplinary coverage. H. W. Wilson
WorldCatSearch for materials in hundreds of libraries. Books, websites, computer programs, films, slides, journals, magazines, papers, manuscripts, maps, musical scores, newspapers, sound recordings, videotapes. Coverage from before 1000 BC to the present. OCLC

LC classification system

PN1008.2-1009.5 - Juvenile literature See JUVENILE - [The juvenile books collection uses the Dewey Decimal system and is located across from the elevator on the second floor]

Reference books

BookCall number
A Dictionary of English Folklore (online book)A Dictionary of English Folklore
A to Zoo: Subject Access to Children's Picture BooksREF Z1037 .L715 2006
Best Books for Children: Preschool Through Grade 6REF Z1037 .G48 2006
Beyond Picture Books: A Guide to First ReadersREF Z1037 .B278 1995
Children's Literature: An Illustrated HistoryREF PN1009 .A1 H49 1995
The Essential Guide to Children's Books and Their Creators (online book)The Essential Guide to Children's Books and Their Creators

Web resources

BookHive
Caldecott Medal Home Page
Carol Hurst's Children's Literature Site
Children's Authors & Illustrators on the Web
National Association for the Education of Young Children
Newbery Medal Home Page