InfoGuides: Juvenile Literature Collection: Find Articles on Children's Literature

Juvenile/Children's Literature Databases

Education Research Complete
Covers all aspects of education including multilingual education, health education, testing, curriculum instruction, administration, policy, funding, and all levels of education from early childhood to higher education. Provides indexing for over 1,800 journals, as well as full-text for over 900 journals, 81 books, and numerous education-related conference papers.
ERIC
References to thousands of educational topics. Indexes journal articles, books, theses, curricula, conference papers, standards, guidelines and more. ERIC documents (non-journal literature) are available full-text, 1993 to the present.
Linguistics and Language Behavior Abstracts (LLBA)
A valuable source for the latest in linguistics and its various sub-disciplines. Non-evaluative abstracts of articles from hundreds of serials published around the world, complemented with coverage of books, occasional papers, monographs, & more.
Teacher Reference Center
Provides indexing and abstracts for more than 270 of the most popular teacher and administrator journals and magazines to assist professional educators.
Library Literature and Information Science Index Full Text
Provides indexing and abstracting, and some full-text of key library and information science periodicals. Subjects include automation, cataloging, censorship, circulation procedures, classification, copyright legislation, government aid, library associations and conferences, library equipment and supplies, personnel administration, preservation of materials, and more. Coverage reaches as far back as 1980.

Tips For Database Searching

Depending on the database, the terms used to find information on children's literature may vary. Try out these terms in each database to get started.

Education Research Complete

Children’s literature
Children’s stories
Young adult literature

ERIC

Childrens literature
Reading materials
Picture books

LLBA (Linguistics and Language Behavior Abstracts)

Childrens literature
Reading Strategies
Reading instruction

Teacher Reference Center

Juvenile literature
Literature -- study & teaching (early childhood)
Reading (elementary)
Teaching methods AND Books & Reading

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Key Journals

Children's Literature
Publishes theoretically-based articles that address key issues in the field.
Children's Literature Association Quarterly
Publishes first-rate scholarship in children's literature studies.
Children's Literature in Education
A key source of articles on all aspects of children's literature.
Journal of Children's Literature
Devoted to teaching and scholarship in the field of children's literature.
Lion and the Unicorn
An international theme- and genre-centered journal, is committed to a serious, ongoing discussion of literature for children.
Voices from the Middle
Publishes original contributions by middle level teachers, students, teacher educators, and researchers.