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4023 Materials for Children
Assistant Professor
Information Services Librarian
Office:
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E235 Library (
3100 E.
Telephone (918) 449-6453
FAX (918) 449-6454
Email: louderba@nsuok.edu
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NSU
NSU John
Vaughan Library Web Page: http://library.nsuok.edu/index.html
Interlibrary Loan Interlibrary Loan is available for books and journal articles not
available at NSU. Use the ILLiad system to order materials from other libraries. Allow several
weeks for materials to arrive.
Resources
Online
Catalogs
Search the NSU Libraries' Online Catalog: http://library.nsuok.edu/vtls.english/index.html
(Use the Location pull-down menu to limit your results to Curriculum Materials or Y Collection.)
Books
(BA Campus only)
Authors & Artists for Young Adults BA Ref. PS490 .A98 2002
Major Authors and Illustrators for Children and Young Adults Ref PN451 .M37
The children's and young adult literature handbook: a research and reference guide Z1037.A1 G475 2005
Books
(sample list)
Book Review Index Call # Z1035.A1 B6
Best Books for Children Call # Ref. Z1037 .G48 2002
*Contemporary Authors Call # Ref. PN451 .C59
*Something About the Author Call# Ref. PN451 .M37 1993
Books
(JVL Campus)
Book Review Digest Call # Z1035.A1 C95
Books for the Journey: Guide to the world of reading Call # Z1003 .B7195 2003 (main collection)
*Children's Literature Review Call # Ref PN1009.A1 C5139
*Contemporary Authors Call # Ref. PN451 .C59
*Something About the Author Call# Ref. PN451 .S6
*Use Contemporary Authors Cumulative Index Call #
Ref. PN451 .C59 Index V. 1-133 OR
the Biography and Genealogy Master Index to
locate the volume that includes your author.
E-Books
NetLibrary provides
24/7 access to over 42,000 academic books for NSU students. PLEASE NOTE: You must initially access this database ON CAMPUS to
set up a username and password with NetLibrary via
NSU’s account. Once you have set up your
account, you may access this site from any computer with Internet access.
Biography Database
Biography and Genealogy Master Index - indexes current, readily available reference sources, as well as the most important retrospective works that cover individuals, both living and deceased, from every field of activity and from all areas of the world. Searching Biography and Genealogy Master Index will enable you to quickly determine which publication to consult for biographical information.
Search Tips -
Biography
In order to obtain the maximum number of records, make sure to check all possible forms under which a name may be listed. This is especially true in the cases of:
Names with prefixes or suffixes:
- Angeles, Victoria De Los
- De Los Angeles, Victoria
- Los Angeles, Victoria De
Compound surnames:
- Garcia Lorca, Federico
- Lorca, Federico Garcia
Names which appear in inverted order:
- Chiang Kai Shek
- Kai Shek, Chiang
Names transliterated from non-Roman alphabets:
- Hsiang, Chung-Hun
- Xiang, Zhonghua
Pseudonyms, stage names, or nicknames:
- Clemens, Samuel Langhorne
- Twain, Mark
- Crosby, Bing
- Crosby, Harry Lillis
Initials or middle names used in place of full names:
- Eliot, T.S.
- Eliot, Thomas Stearns
- Welles, George Orson
- Welles, Orson
HELPFUL RESOURCES
Literature Resource Center by Gale - your most current,
comprehensive, and reliable online resource for research on literary topics, authors,
and their works. Its coverage includes all genres and disciplines, all time
periods, and all regions of the world.
TitleWave by Follett Library Resources - quickly and easily identify the best titles to fit your collection. You can search using up to 13 criteria, including keywords, Dewey, languages, reviews, and awards.
Journals
(sample list)
Booklist Call # Z1035 A.39
The Horn Book Magazine Call # Z1037 .A1 A15
Kirkus Reviews Call # Z477.5 (* online journal; find through library catalog)
School Library Journal Call # Z675.S3 S29115
Online Journal Databases
Academic Search Premier - This is a general database, which means it contains article citations and full text articles covering many academic subjects. It is one of the twenty-five databases produced by EbscoHost for which NSU has a subscription. It is probably our most widely used database and is sometimes referred to simply as "Ebsco."
ERIC - This is another database produced by EbscoHost. ERIC stands for the Educational Resource Information Center. It contains more than 2,200 digests along with references for additional information and citations and abstracts from over 1,000 educational and education-related journals. ERIC contains a thesaurus, which can be very helpful in figuring out which search terms to use when looking for information.
Professional Development Collection - Designed for professional educators, this database provides a highly specialized collection of more than 550 high quality education journals, including more than 350 peer-reviewed titles. This database also contains more than 200 educational reports.
Education Full Text - Part of Wilson's Omnifile Full Text, Mega Edition, EFT provides comprehensive coverage of an international range of English-language periodicals, monographs and yearbooks. Coverage includes 79 journals (37 with full text) not covered by ERIC's Current Index to Journals in Education. Index coverage goes back to 1983. Full text articles from 1996 to the present. Contains a thesaurus.
Search
Tips for
Databases
1. Be prepared with synonyms in case your original search produces no results. Use a thesaurus if the database is equipped with one.
2. Pay attention to search tips or help screens provided by each database. Even experienced researchers (like professors and librarians!) can have trouble when dealing with a new interface. Take the time to learn how to use the tool - it will help you to avoid frustration!
3. Remember that most databases allow for Boolean Searching. Use and to narrow, or to expand, not to exclude. Truncation is also useful for bringing back all relevant results. For example, type counsel* to bring back documents containing the words counsel, counseling, counselor...
4. Take advantage of the following sources of help:
- Reference desk: Located on both floors of the NSUBA library, the desk is staffed from 8:30 a.m. to 10:00 p.m. by reference librarians or other experienced library staff members.
- College of Education Resource Coordinators: Feel free to email us with a question or to schedule a one-on-one reference session.
Evaluating resources: Critical
Analysis of Information Resources (Olin & Uris Libraries)
Helpful sites on
Annotated Bibliographies:
How to
Prepare an Annotated Bibliography (Olin & Uris Libraries)
Citing Sources: It is important to cite materials correctly to avoid
plagiarism. Indiana
University
Bibliography and
References Citation Format Guides:
Following APA style rules
The American Psychological Association originally created a publication manual to provide a common structure for all journal manuscripts in the area of the social sciences.
Many other disciplines (including psychology, the behavioral sciences, nursing, personnel administration and many areas within education) have adopted this as their professional writing standard as well.
In an academic environment, you will often be expected to conform to this standard when writing. At this point, you should be mostly concerned with creating an accurate reference list using proper format and providing citations within the text to give credit for an idea or concept to the source from which you got it.
Print:
Publication manual of the American Psychological Association (5th ed.). (2001). Washington, D.C.: American Psychological Association.
The library owns several copies of the style guide; however, only the 4th edition circulates (can be checked out). There are five copies of the 5th edition in reference and one on reserve. ( BF76.7 .P83 2001)
Citing a Review Websites:
Using APA format (Purdue University) - this comprehensive guide summarizes the print version of the book. Click on Your Reference List to find examples of the proper format to use when listing sources you used.
APA Style.org's Frequently Asked Questions
Internet Sites:
General
Sites for Teachers: http://www.sitesforteachers.com/
Can Teach: http://www.canteach.ca/index.html
Children's Literature Review journals online:
American Library Association's Booklist Online: http://www.ala.org/ala/aboutala/offices/publishing/booklist_publications/booklist_online/booklistonlinecom/booklistonline.cfm
Midwest Book Review's Children's Bookwatch: http://www.midwestbookreview.com/cbw/index.htm
The Horn Book, Inc.: http://www.hbook.com/default.asp
Notes from the Windowsill: http://www.windowsill.net/
School Library Journal.com: http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/
Internet Sites relating to Children's Literature:
Chronicle Books: http://www.chroniclebooks.com/site/catalog/index.php?main_page=index&store=kids
The Reading Corner: http://www.carr.org/read/newbery.htm
The Children's Literature Web Guide: http://www.acs.ucalgary.ca/~dkbrown/index.html
Carol Hurst's Children's Literature Web Site: http://www.carolhurst.com/
Award Winners:
Scott O'Dell Award for Historical Fiction
The Official Site of the Sequoyah Book Awards
Evaluating Web
sites
It's important to remember that publishing on the web is very easy - almost anyone can do it! The problem with that is knowing what's credible (worth your time) and what's not.
Here are some of the thing you want to look at or for:
the URL (.gov, .mil, .us, .edu
are usually pretty credible);
links to information about the author or sponsoring organization;
links to other sites that are credible;
how current it is
Ultimately the researcher must be the one to determine whether or not to use information found on a web site. The following information from the University of California at Berkeley provides some excellent guidelines for evaluating sites: http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/TeachingLib/Guides/Internet/Evaluate.htm
For access to other electronic indexes
and databases that
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