L391: Young Adult Literature

Useful Books and Journals

Search IUCat for the titles to find the location information.

• The Booklist [Online and Print]
• School Library Journal : SLJ [Online and Print]
• The Horn Book Magazine [Online and Print]
• The Horn Book Guide to Children's and Young Adult Books [Print]
• A Reference Guide to Historical Fiction for Children and Young Adults [Print]
• The Young Adult Reader's Adviser [Print]
• Books in Spanish for Children and Young Adults : an Annotated Guide [Print]
• Reference Books for Young Readers: Authoritative Evaluations of Encyclopedias, Atlases, and Dictionaries [Print]
• Senior High School Library Catalog [Print]
• Your Reading: a Booklist for Junior High and Middle School Students [Print]
• Searching IUCat

 

If you know the Library of Congress subject heading, use a subject search

S=CHILDRENS LITERATURE

S=YOUNG ADULT LITERATURE

 

If you want to find books by a particular author:

A=PAULSEN GARY

 

If you want to find a specific title:

T=ROLL OF THUNDER

 

Computer Databases for Information on Children's or Young Adult Literature 

ACADEMIC SEARCH  - provides articles on a web variety of topics

 

ERIC - Cites education related information in journals plus published and unpublished materials such as conference proceedings, curricula, dissertations, research papers, and syllabi.

Publication Dates Covered: 1982 - Present

Updates: Quarterly

 

MLA - Literature and literary criticism, languages, linguistics, folklore from articles, books, bibliographies, dissertations, essay collections, proceedings, and workding papers.

Publication Dates Covered: 1963 - Present

Updates: Quarterly

 

Project Muse - Provides worldwide, networked, subscription access to the full text of the Press's 40+ scholarly journals in the humanities, social sciences, and mathematics. Two journals will be particularly useful for young adult literature.

IMAGINE - A newsletter for precollege students in grades 7-12. Imagine is also a valuable source of information for parents, teachers, school administrators, counselors, and librarians.

THE LION AND THE UNICORN - A Critical Journal of Children's Literature A theme- and genre- centered international journal committed to literature for children. Noted for its interviews with authors, editors

 

Internet Resources for Young Adult Literature 

• Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA) - A division of the American Library Association 
• ALAN (Assembly on Literature for Adolescents Review)  - A Special-interest group of the National Council of Teachers of English
• Booklist 
• Children's Book Council  - CBC Online is the website of the Children's Book Council--encouraging reading since 1945.
• Genreflecting - Guide to Genre Fiction, including teen literature.
• Internet Public Library - Created by librarians to help impose some organization on the internet. Includes a teen section.
• Virtual YA: Public Libraries With Young Adult Web Pages
• School Library Journal 
• Kay Vandergrift's Page - Excellent source for YA resources.