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Children's Literature Research Guide

Introduction

This guide is designed to assist students enrolled in Children's Literature and YA Literature courses with locating Library resources for their research assignments. The guide is organized into steps that cover the basic research process for locating and citing relevant sources used in writing a paper or other projects. For general research assistance other than Children's Literature and YA Literature, view the links listed under Research Tools.

Subject keyword search terms related to Children's Literature include:

Caldecott Medal • Children's literature • Children's plays • Children's poetry • Children's stories • Fairy tales • Storytelling • Children's writings • Children--Books and reading • Reading--Parent participation • Children's literature--Study and teaching (Elementary) • Juvenile literature • Young adult literature • Young adult fiction