Database Support: Children's Literature

Content within Book Review Digest Plus includes more than 937,000 full-text book reviews with links to reviews from various sources, book covers and suggested related titles. Additionally, Book Review Digest Plus offers retrospective coverage dating as far back as 1983, extensive coverage of books for children and teens with a suggested grade range and adds more than 50,000 new reviews each year.(Ebsco)

This index helps you identify children's and young adult books by reading interest, age, class, and Lexile levels, as well as by topic. Professional reviews are included for over 540,000 titles. Also identifies award winners and provides links to online curriculum resources such as lesson plans and teaching guides.

A comprehensive database that provides more than 35,000 plot summaries, synopses, and work overviews. Also provides nearly 100,000 articles/essays of literary criticism. (Ebsco)

(LISTA) indexes more than 600 periodicals, plus books, research reports and proceedings dealing with librarianship from mid 1960's on. (Ebsco)

Features indexing of articles from key library and information periodicals as far back as 1980. Contains over 390 journals and over 300 books annually, as well as chapters in collected works such as conference proceedings, library school theses and pamplets. (Ebsco)

This source on language and literature provides indexing to 4,400 journals going back to 1920 and countless books. Coverage includes many languages. (Ebsco)

Another database designed to help users find the next great read. Contains information on over 260,000 fiction and nonfiction titles. (Ebsco)