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The Oviatt Library maintains a selective collection of young adult (YA) and children's fiction and non-fiction materials as well as teacher's guides, dolls and puppets, videocassettes, games, and sound recordings. The materials are listed on the Oviatt Library Catalog by author, title, and subject. The YA/children's book collection is designated by "TCC-Juvenile Collection" under Location in the catalog record. Both the children's books and the accompanying instructional materials are housed in the Teacher Curriculum Center.
In order to locate YA/children’s books, or accompanying or supplemental materials, you may search the Library Catalog by specific authors or titles. Subject searching may also be performed using specific subject terms such as:
When using the Library Catalog, use the "Quick Search" option and limit your search just to the TCC.
For critical/analytical studies, perform a subject search on the Library Catalog using one or more of the following subject terms:
The periodical indexes below regularly contain citations to reviews of YA/children's books or research documents on the topic of children's literature, reading, etc:
These indexes can be accessed from the library web site's Databases A-Z page. Search under authors' names or titles of juvenile works.
ERIC: indexes education journal articles and research documents including lesson plans, reading lists, reading theory and methodology.
For biographical information on authors or illustrators of children's works, you may use a personal name as a subject and/or perform a subject search in the Library Catalog using the following subject headings :
See also: Something About the Author. Teacher Curriculum Center
PN 451 .S6
Provides concise biographical information and references on authors and illustrators.
The following will assist you in locating information on a variety of children's book awards. Remember that many of these awards are reported first in periodical sources so periodical indexes may also assist you to identify award winners.
Teacher's guides for individual works of YA/children's literature can be located by performing a title search on the Library Catalog. Teacher's guides are designated with the words "teacher's guide" following the title. Some good examples are:
Accompanying or supplemental nonbook materials, such as videocassettes, sound recordings, computer software, or kits (with dolls/puppets) is specified under Location in the catalog record. For example:
The California State Department of Education, local school districts, and others create recommended reading lists. The following is a selected list from the Teacher Curriculum Center collection:
Created by Dr. Karin Duran
Questions or Comments: karin.duran@csun.edu
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