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Key Databases

Children's Literature Comprehensive Database This link opens in a new window
Search this database for reviews, records, and other related information about children's literature. Contains reviews supplied by over 38 review media. Search by subject, age level, genre and curriculum tools.
Literature Resource Center This link opens in a new window
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Full-text biographies, bibliographies, and critical analyses of more than 120,000 writers from a variety of periods and disciplines.

Oxford Encyclopedia of Children’s Literature
Includes brief biographies of every major author and illustrator, as well as feature essays on all genres of children's literature, individual works, and prominent trends and themes, as well as general essays on the traditions of children's literature in many countries throughout the world.

Oxford English Dictionary This link opens in a new window
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The full text of the classic 22-volume Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd Edition, which provides information on the historical development of the language.