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Finding information on young adult & children's literature

Beverly High School English Department | English 9 | Ms. Collins

Assignment

Reference Books

Magazines

Internet Resources  
 

 
 
 

Reference Books

Twentieth Century Children's Writers. (New York: St. Martin's Press, 1978). 1507 p. 
Location:  Ref 809.8 Twe
Biographical, critical, and bibliographical information on more than 600 English-language authors for children.

The Oxford Companion to Children's Literature.  (New York:  Oxford University Press, 1984). 588 p. 
Location:  Ref 809.89 Car 
This dictionary-like book contains nearly 2,000 entries, more tha 900 of which are biographical sketches of authors.

Writers for Children:  Critical Studies of the Major Authors Since the Seventeenth Century.  Jane M. Bingham, ed.  (New York:  Scribner's, 1988). 
Location:  Ref. 809.812 Wri 
This is a survey of 84 writers of "children's classics".  Each entry is an extensive critical essay, including bibliographies.

Something About the Author.  Alan Hedblad, ed.  (New York:  Gale, 1972-2000).  111 vol.
Location:  Ref. 920.03 Com
This is a continuing series devoted to biographies of children's authors. 

Authors & Artists for Young Adults.  Agnes Garrett and Helga P. McCue, eds. (New York: Gale, 1989-). 
Location:  Ref. 011 Aut
This is the counterpart of Something About the Author for young adults.
 
 

Magazines & Other Periodicals

There are two great resources for finding criticism published since 1980, 
EBSCO & InfoTrac.  These both provide an index to thousands of magazine articles, some of which are included in full text.  If you are using EBSCO, make sure to have your public library card ready.  For more information about either of these, go to the Magazine Database page.
 

Where to start on the Internet

Young Adult Authors on the web:
This guide from About.com will help you find official webpages of authors on the Internet.  Remember, these pages will be biased!

The Children's Literature Web Guide
Here is a site created by a professor at the University of Calgary, which contains a huge list of authors on the web.  For finding criticism, this is a good place to look.  Try going to the "Digging deeper" link.