LibGuides: ENGL 180 Children's Literature: Find Scholarly Sources

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Using Scholarly Sources

Find the articles you need for your research papers and presentations using the databases linked below.

Search Tips

Use your SID to login from off-campus.
Search by simple keyword, author, title, or Subject Heading
Limit to Full-text article if you want to only see results that you can immediately download
Under Source Type, on the menu to the left, limit to Journals or Academic Journals

Academic Search Complete (EBSCO) This link opens in a new window
Multi-disciplinary academic database that specializes in academic and peer-reviewed journals. You can also find reviews here.
Gale Literature This link opens in a new window
(At Limit Results, check the box: Literature Resource Center under electronic resources) Full-text articles from more than 360 academic journals and literary magazines. Work overviews, literary criticism, reviews, and authors' biographies from reference books, magazines and journals.
ERIC (EBSCO) This link opens in a new window
This Ebsco interface searches the U.S. government’s Education Resources Information Center (ERIC). Search education journals and education documents.
ProQuest Combined Databases This link opens in a new window
Multi-disciplinary database that specializes in newspapers and magazines. Includes some academic and peer-reviewed journals.
Database Tutorial: ProQuest Advanced Search
Database Tutorial: How to Select & Cite Sources in ProQuest (and more)
Biography in Context (Gale) This link opens in a new window
A collection of biographical resources. For background information and overviews, select reference articles.

Journals & Magazines

Searching Within Specific Journals

Unlike searching in a database to see results from many different publications, you can also limit to search one specific publication at a time. Use the links below to access specific publications.

Children's Literature
Search full-text from 01/01/1998 to present.
Children's Literature Association Quarterly
Spring 2004 (Vol. 29, no. 1/2) - present
(delayed 1 year)
Children's Literature in Education
09/01/1993 to present (with a 12 Month delay)
Highlights for Children
Jan 1997 (Vol. 52, no. 1) - present
The Horn Book Magazine
The Horn Book Magazine reviews new books for children and young adults, and features articles and commentaries on issues in children’s and young adult literature. The online version includes excerpts from selected current articles, columns and editorials, sample reviews, and a complete list of Boston Globe/Horn Book Award winners.
Available in Academic Search Complete, ProQuest, and Academic OneFile.
Bookbird
Winter 1998 (Vol. 36, no. 4) - present
Lion and the Unicorn
Jun 1996 (Vol. 20, no. 1) - present
(delayed 1 year)

Scholarly Articles

Reviewing a Scholarly Article

What's inside a scholarly article? Check out these two examples below.

The Hidden Curriculum and the Child's New Discourse: Beverly Cleary's Ramona Goes to School.
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Benson, Linda. “The Hidden Curriculum and the Child’s New Discourse: Beverly Cleary’s Ramona Goes to School.” Children’s Literature in Education, vol. 30, no. 1, Mar. 1999, pp. 9–29. EBSCOhost, doi:10.1023/A:1022477517959.
Politicizing Young Adult Literature: Reading Anderson's Speak as a Critical Text: Critical Texts Confront Difficult Topics. Students Need to Read, Write, and Talk about these Relevant Issues.
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Alsup, Janet. "Politicizing Young Adult Literature: Reading Anderson's Speak as a Critical Text." Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy, vol. 47, no. 2, 2003, pp. 158-166. ProQuest, https://ezproxy.greenriver.edu/login?url=https://www-proquest-com.ezproxy.greenriver.edu/docview/216915221?accountid=1558.

Open Access Journals

Open Access Sources

Consider "The Looking Glass: New Perspectives on Children's Books" - It is an electronic journal about children's literature.

The Looking Glass : New Perspectives on Children's Literature

Sample Resources

Who (the) Girls and Boys Are: Gender Nonconformity in Middle-Grade Fiction
Find in Academic One File