Finding Children’s Books in the Library Catalog
On the main library website, click on Advanced Search in the Search the Library box.
On the Advanced Search screen, type in the name of your theme (i.e. food) in the first box and use the pull down menu to search by KEYWORD.
Scroll down to limit your search by Audience. Select Juvenile.
Click on Search.
Note: You may wish search the name of your theme as SUBJECT to get fewer results.
Research Guides and Websites
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Children's Literature in Action by Sylvia M. VardellSpecific information on Realistic Fiction, Fantasy, and Historical Fiction
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Goodreads.comFor any avid reader, goodreads.com will become your new favorite website! It's also a great place to find children's literature books. Create your own account!
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Pease Public LibraryPlymouth's town library has an entire Children's Room! Search their catalog or visit in person!
Interlibrary Loan
If you need a book or article that PSU does not have you can request the article through Interlibrary Loan.
This service is free to all PSU students, faculty, and staff.
- Go to the Interlibrary Loan Page.
- On the left side of the screen, under New Request choose the material type you want, then fill out the request form.
- Articles are delivered to your interlibrary loan account in PDF format, usually in 2-5 business days.
- Books are delivered to Lamson and can be picked up at the information desk in 1-2 weeks.
Children's Literature Information Resources
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Academic Search Premier This link opens in a new window
The library's primary scholarly database. Contains over 17,900 journals, over 15,900 of which are peer-reviewed. Over 8,900 journals are full text. -
ERIC This link opens in a new window
Educational Resources Information Center: Free government repository made searchable through EBSCOhost. Contains 1.3 million documents and records all pertaining to education.
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Children’s Core Collection This link opens in a new window
Information on over 11,000 titles for preschool through grade six. For collection development, readers’ advisory, curriculum support, and selection and purchasing.
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Middle & Junior High Core Collection This link opens in a new window
For teachers, media center specialists, and librarians. Information on over 10,000 materials for grades five through nine.
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Senior High Core Collection This link opens in a new window
Curriculum support and resource selection for grades 9-12 students, teachers, librarians, and media center specialists.
Create a My EbscoHost Account
Create your own personalized account so that you can save (and find again easily!) those terrific articles you found for your paper or project. You can also save your search terms and create an Alert where EBSCO notifies you via email when a new article on your topic has been published.
Follow the instructions below for creating your own account.
Follow These Easy Steps
Open one of the EBSCO databases (i.e. Academic Search Premier, SportDiscus)
Click on SIGN IN located at the top of the screen.
Click on the Create a New Account link located in the sign in box. Your free registration is quick and easy. Once you have created an account or logged in, you will see a yellow ribbon with the word MY across the EBSCOhost logo.
Click on Folder link at the top of the screen to see your previously saved articles and searches.
Banned Books Information
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American Library Association - Banned Books InformationFrom the Office of Intellectual Freedom
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120 banned books : censorship histories of world literature by Call Number: REF Z658.U5 K35 2005Publication Date: 2005 -
Banned in the U.S.A. a reference guide to book censorship in schools and public libraries by Call Number: REF Z 658 .U5 F64 2001 + ONLINEPublication Date: 2002 -
Literature suppressed on political grounds by Call Number: REFZ658 .U5 B362 2011Publication Date: 2011 -
Literature suppressed on religious grounds by Call Number: REF Z658 .U5 B364 2011Publication Date: 2011 -
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Literature suppressed on sexual grounds by Call Number: REF Z 658 .U5 B365 2011Publication Date: 2011 -
Finding Books on the Historical Aspect of Children's Literature
Click on ADVANCED SEARCH within the Library Catalog box.
Use the pull-down menu to change your search type to SUBJECT.
In the search box type one or both of these SUBJECT headings.
children's literature history and criticism
children books and reader history
Finding Books on Folktales
From the main library website, use the search below. You will get about 700 records.
tales or folklore b8:children's literature
You may also want to try ADVANCED SEARCH. Use the SUBJECT terms TALES or FOLKTALES and limit to audience JUVENILE to get books from the children's literature collection.
APA Citation Style
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Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association by Call Number: REF BF76.7 .P83 2020Publication Date: 2019Authoritative manual of APA citations, formatting, and publication. Lamson has 3 print copies located on the lower level, at the reference desk, and in the reference collection.
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APA Example paper - student paperStudent paper in APA 7th ed format (PDF)
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APA Example Paper - professional paperExample APA paper for professional submission to journal (PDF)
