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Thursday, March 03, 2011
Children's literature resources
New resources for discovering good children's and young adult literature are now available through WilsonWeb. You can link to WilsonWeb in the "Database Quicklinks" dropdown menu at the top of the Library's home page to select any of these 4 resources. The items in each collection are selected by educators and librarians, so all are recommended.
Children's Core Collection - For collection development, readers’ advisory, curriculum support, and selection and purchasing, here is working data on fiction and nonfiction works, story collections, picture books and magazines recommended for readers from preschool through sixth grade. Listings include sources of reviews and complete bibliographic data, price, subject headings, a descriptive annotation, and evaluative quotations from a review when available.
Middle and Junior High Core Collection - For collection development, readers’ advisory, curriculum support, and selection and purchasing, here are thousands of entries for nonfiction works, fiction and collections for children and adolescents, plus review sources and other professional aids. Entries provide complete bibliographic data, price, subject headings, a descriptive annotation, and evaluative quotations from a review when available. Items in this collection are recommended for grades five through nine.
Senior High Core Collection -- Similar in purpose and design to the previous two collections, this one contains items recommended for grades 9 through 12.
Graphic Novels Core Collection -- The Graphic Novels Core Collection addresses the growing popularity of this literary form. It highlights approximately 2,000 recommended titles with descriptive and evaluative annotations (including review excerpts and awards the title has won), plus cover art. Standards for rating material by age appropriateness are strictly applied, plus all titles are searchable by author, title, subject, genre, and grade level.
For additional resources, select the Mundt Library's "Children's Literature" link in the "Course and Subject Research Guides" dropdown menu at the top of the library's home page. Send any questions about these resources to Ask a Librarian, and a DSU librarian will respond.