LibGuides: EDU 4340 Children's Literature (Gatling) Fall 2020: Online Databases to support literature review and world development

Recommended Databases

McQuade's A-Z list of databases

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Biography - Gale in Context
Find biographies of people, searching by occupation, nationality, ethnicity, birth and death date, and of course by name. Courtesy Massachusetts Library System.
Book Index with Reviews - EBSCOhost
Search BIR for fiction and non-fiction titles for juvenile and adult audiences plus book reviews.
Children's Literature Comprehensive Database-CLCD
Search reviews of children's books by reading level, genre, awards, etc. from 36 review sources. Access ceased July 2020. Use Novelist Plus K-8

Database of Award-Winning Children's Literature
This database of award-winning children's literature can be searched by a number of useful categories, such as the gender of the protagonist, the age of the reader, and the book's setting or genre.

Education Research Complete - EBSCOhost
Search this comprehensive collection of journals, books and conference papers on all aspects and levels of education.
Educator's Reference Complete - Gale OneFile
Search Gale's collection of over 1100 periodicals and 200 reports for educational research from preschool to college. Courtesy MBLC.
ERIC - EBSCOhost
ERIC, the Educational Resource Information Center contains references to educational and education-related journals and reports with increasing full text.
Horn Book Guide Online
Search by author, title, grade level, rating and more to find short, critical reviews of most hardcover trade books published in the US for young people. Updated fall and spring and by Horn Book Magazine. September 2019: A username and password is needed to access site. Login to MyMack and go to Resources > McQuade Library passwords.
Literary Reference Center - EBSCOhost
Find plot summaries, synopses, overviews, literary criticism, author biographies, book reviews, poetry, short stories and more. An alternate graphical interface is also available.

Literary Resource Center w/MLA
Access to biographies, bibliographies, and critical analyses of authors from every age and literary discipline. Literature Resource Center covers more than 120,000 novelists, poets, essayists, journalists, and other writers, with in-depth coverage of 2,500 of the most-studied authors

Literature Resource Center - Gale
Find author biographies and critical analyses from every age and literary discipline, from many Gale sources including Contemporary Literary Criticism. A new mobile-friendly interface will be launched September 25, 2015. Courtesy MBLC & MLS.
Novelist Plus K-8 - EBSCOhost
Fiction and narrative nonfiction recommendations aimed at young readers through 8th grade,

Proquest Education
Access to over 745 top educational publications, including nearly 600 of the titles in full text.

Teacher Reference Center - EBSCOhost
Find full text articles in 280 of the most popular teacher and administrator journals and magazines to assist professional educators.

MACKsearch
Find books, ebooks, streaming videos, DVDs, articles, reports and more from a wide selection of McQuade's databases, the Library Catalog and beyond.

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