Guides: Children's and Young Adult Literature: Useful Library Databases

Useful Library Databases

Biography Reference Source This link opens in a new window
A comprehensive collection of more than 390,000 full-text biographies.
Children's Literature Comprehensive Database This link opens in a new window
Provides professional reviews of children's books, multimedia and audio books as well as national, state, and international award entries dating back to 1922. Search by keyword, author, title and subject; and filter by reading level, age, grade and interest level; and then view, sort and distribute the resulting information. CLCD's Teaching Tools include links to hundreds of web sites with lesson plans and teaching guides.

Something About the Author
Something About the Author Online provides online access to all volumes ever printed in Gale's™ acclaimed and long-standing Something About the Author series, which examines the lives and works of authorsand illustrators for children and young adults and is the preeminent source on authors and literature for young people.

ERIC This link opens in a new window
Also known as Education Resource Information Center, this database provides access to literature in the field of education, with many links to the full-text documents.