Online Research Guides
- Guide to Research in Children's and Young Adult Literature
by the Education and Social Science Library
http://www.library.uiuc.edu/edx/edkclass.htmOffers detailed information about how to search the UIUC catalog and certain databases.
- Children's Literature Resources and Guides
by the Education and Social Science Library
http://www.library.uiuc.edu/edx/s-home.htmLists web and print resources for author's & illustrators, awards, bibiographies & guides, bilingual resources, book reviews, catalogs & collections, class guides, cool sites for kids, databases, electronic & print journals, encyclopedias & dictionaries, history & development, other resources, poetry & fairy tales, and storytelling, booktalking, & plays.
- Children's Literature: A Guide to Reference Sources
Margaret W Denman-West
http://www.library.uiuc.edu/proxy/go.php?url=http://www.netlibrary.com/summary.asp?ID=1488This bibliography of reference sources includes Guides to Award-Winning Books, Recommended Reading, Multicultural Literature, Subject Bibliographies, Reference Books, Biographies, Core Periodicals/Multimedia Reviews, Nonprint Media, Special Collections of Children's Literature, Professional Associations, and The Information Superhighway Via the Internet.
- Vandergrift's Children's Literature Page
by Kay E. Vandergrift
http://www.scils.rutgers.edu/~kvander/ChildrenLit/A Professor Emeritus at Rutgers' School of Communication, Information, and Library Science, Kay's website has lists of professional and children's books under numerous topics such as Female Voices in picture books, Sensitive Issues, and Native American, as well as her own lists, opinions, and theories about children's literature.
- The Children's LIterature Web Guide
by David K. Brown
http://www.ucalgary.ca/~dkbrown/index.htmlThe Children's Literature Web Guide is an attempt to gather together and categorize Internet resources related to books for Children and Young Adults. Much of the information that you can find through these pages is provided by others: fans, schools, libraries, and commercial enterprises involved in the book world.
- Children & Books
by Zena Sutherland
CCB Reference Collection - 026.1 A667cThis well respected overview of children's literature is divided into four sections: "Knowing Children and Books," "Exploring the Types of Literature," "Bringing Children and Books Together," and "Areas and Issues."
- Children's Literature: An Issues Approach
by Masha Kabakow Rudman
CCB Reference Collection - 011.62 R916cA discussion of how issues involving family, the life cycle, and society are represented in children's literature, and suggests criteria in which to judge books in these topics.
- The Power of Reading: Insights from the Research
by Stephen D. Krashen
LIS - 028.9 K864p2004A summary of research proving the importance of reading and how reading positively affects student achievement. Includes research on graphic novels.
- Picture This: How Pictures Work
by Molly Bang
CCB Reference Collection - 741.6 B224pUsing Little Red Riding Hood as an example, Molly Bang explains how composition, shapes, and colors affect illustrations.
- Baldwin Library of Children's Literature
University of Florida
http://www.uflib.ufl.edu/UFDC/UFDC.aspx?c=juvThis library has many resources for historical children's literature--including over 300 editions of Robinson Crusoe.
- Center for Children's Literature and Culture
University of Florida
http://www.clas.ufl.edu/cclc/This interdisciplinary center has many resources for those working with or creating "works for children in print and other media."
- International Children's Digital Library
http://www.icdlbooks.org/As a "Library for the World's Children," the International Children's Digital Library is a good resource for information about many different children's.
- Children's Literature Research Collections
University of Minnesota
http://special.lib.umn.edu/clrc/The "internationally recognized resource in the field of children's literature" has six "core" collections and "several smaller" collections. This is a perfect starting place for those doing research in the history of children's literature.
- Kerlan Collection
University of Minnesota
http://special.lib.umn.edu/clrc/kerlan/auweblinks.phpPart of the Children's Literature Research Collection at the University of Minnesota, the Kerlan Collection contains "more than 1,500" authors and illustrators with original work in the collection.
- DeGrummond Children's Literature Collection
University of Southern Mississippi Libraries
http://www.lib.usm.edu/~degrum/This is "one of North America's leading research centers in the field of children's literature." With a focus on American and British children's literature, this collection is a great place to look for historical information in children's literature. The DeGrummond Children's Literature Collection has also pulled together many other web-related sources for Children's Literature Special Collections. This is found at http://www.lib.usm.edu/~degrum/html/relatedsites/rs-cl-webguide.shtml
- Cotsen Children's Library
Princeton University
http://ccl.princeton.edu/research/e2/index.htmlAs a "major historical collection of rare illustrated children's books, magazines, original artwork, prints, and educational toys from the 15th century to the present day," this resource will help with many historical children's book queries.
- UIUC
http://www.library.uiuc.edu/catalog/Searches for materials located on the UIUC campus.
- LINC Public Library System
http://www.ltls.org/ipac.htmlSearches the Lincoln Trails Library System, which serves east-central Illinois.
- I-Share
http://i-share.carli.illinois.edu/uc/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?DB=local&PAGE=FirstSearches 65 other Illinois libraries.
- World Cat (OCLC)
http://www.library.uiuc.edu/orr/about.php?resid=43886Searches catalogs world-wide.
- Bowker's Books in Print
http://www.library.uiuc.edu/orr/about.php?resid=43872Searches all forthcoming and currently in print audio, visual, and print materials.
- Library of Congress Catalog
http://catalog.loc.gov/Searches 14 million records, from books to audio-visual materials.
Information about Authors and Illustrators
- Guide to Authors and Illustrators
by the Education and Social Science Library
http://www.library.uiuc.edu/edx/authors.htmLists web and print resources.
- Index to Internet Sites: Children's and Young Adults' Authors and Illustrators
by the Internet School Library Media Center
http://falcon.jmu.edu/~ramseyil/biochildhome.htmLists web resources, including author birthdays, author/illustrator appearances, author online interviews, literary maps, and links to websites about specific authors.
- Pronouncing Dictionary of Authors' Names
by members of LM_Net
http://mainst.monterey.k12.ca.us/library/libpg/Dictionary/dict.htmlEver wonder how to say Scieszka? This list tackles this difficult name and many others.
- Author and Illustrator Pronunciation Guide
and Movies
by TeachingBooks.net
http://www.teachingbooks.net/
Check out original, in-studio movies of authors and illustrators, audio excerpts of professional book readings, guides to thousands of titles and a wealth of multimedia resources on children's and young adult literature. You can even listen to the authors tell you how to pronounce their names themselves. - Something About the Author
1971-1992
CCB Reference Collection - 928 SO5Facts and pictures about contemporary authors and illustrators of books for young people.
- Dictionary of Literary Biography
Vol. 42: American Writers for Children Before 1900
Vol. 22: American Writers for Children, 1900-1960
Vol. 52: American Writers for Children Since 1960: Fiction
Vol. 61: American Writers for Children Since 1960: Poets, Illustrators, and Nonfiction Authors
CCB Reference Collection - 810.9 AM358Multi-page articles, usually including lists of their work and a long critical piece.
- Authors of Books for Young People
by Martha E. Ward and Dorothy A. Marquardt
CCB Reference Collection - 809.89282 W25A1971Includes short paragraphs about author's and illustrator's personal lives, including lists of published works.
- Seventh Book of Authors and Illustrators
edited by Sally Holmes Holtze
CCB Reference Collection - 928 K96jContains more than two hundred personal sketches of authors and illustrators.
- Authors & Artists for Young Adults
CCB Reference Collection - 810.9 Au82Each volume contains profiles of 18 authors or illustrators. There is information about personal life, career, awards and honors, writings, adaptations, works in progress, and "sidelights" - a long personal description.
Children's Literature
Children's Literature in Education
Children's Literature Association Quarterly
Lion & the Unicorn
Resources to Help with Identifying Font, Point Size, and Binding
- Identifont
http://www.identifont.com/This website will help to identify fonts in books (which is especially helpful in History of Children's Literature).
- "What is Point Size?"
http://nwalsh.com/comp.fonts/FAQ/cf_8.htmHere's a webpage that will help you identify your Point Size (and provide further information about fonts).
- A Short Course in Book Anatomy
http://www.burkesbooks.com/anatomy.htmFrom a book dealer's prospective, this short course on Book Anatomy will help to identify the various parts of a book.
- The Private Lives of Books: Anatomy of a Book
http://www.nls.uk/privatelivesofbooks/anatomy.htmlThis is another website to help with learning the anatomy of a book--only this website has a UK flavor.
- About Bookbinding
http://www.aboutbookbinding.com/This website provides access to a number of fulltext books on bookbinding.
- Bookbinding and the Conservation of Books: A Dictionary of Descriptive Terminology
http://palimpsest.stanford.edu/don/don.htmlThe Bookbinding and Conservation of Books website will answer every book vocabulary and terminology question you will ever ever have.
- Bookbinding: A Tutorial
http://www.cs.uiowa.edu/~jones/book/#abstractThe goal of this tutorial is to help the reader rebind a disintegrating paperback, which of course isn't the same as binding a new book, but there is lots of information here, plus a bibliography of other information resources.
- Bibliography: Is it a Book?
http://www.philobiblon.com/isitabook/bib.htmlThis website will provide further information about books as physical objects.
