Using Catalogs: Use the WSU
online
catalog to find location and availability of books and other media
in Stewart Library.
Young People's Collection: Most
of the young adult literature is located on
the lower level, North side in the Young
People's Collection and in the Curriculum
Library. The Young People's Collection is organized by the Dewey
Decimal Classification System. This is the same system used in most
school and public libraries. Books can also be found in the Stewart
Library General Collection under Library of Congress Classification
call numbers beginning with LB for education, and PN for children's
literature and in Z for bibliography.
Subject Searching:
Library of Congress Subject Headings for this topic include:
- young adult literature
- young adult drama
- young adult fiction
- young adult poetry
From Bookstores:
Order books online from Amazon Books,
Barnes and Noble or Yahoo Books
Page. Also use Books
in Print sources as needed.
Interlibrary Loan:
If we do not own a particular book or article you need, we will
borrow it for you from another library through Interlibrary
Loan.
Reference resources include
encyclopedias, dictionaries and other materials you use to "refer"
to. Use these resources for background information on a topic.
For home or off campus access please
use your WSU Login.
Online Reference
Resources
- Literature
Resource Center - (Includes Contemporary Authors, Dictionary
of Literary Biography and other materials) - Literature
Resource Center provides access to biographies, bibliographies
and critical analysis of over 90,000 authors from every age and
literary discipline. Search by Author Name, Title, Genre, Literary
Movement or Literary Themes. A great place to start any literature
research project or paper.
- Encyclopedia Mythica
- This is an encyclopedia on mythology, folklore, legends, and
more. It contains over 5700 definitions of gods and goddesses,
supernatural beings and legendary creatures and monsters from
all over the world
Print Reference Books
- The Oxford Companion to Children’s Literature
Reference PN 1008.5 .C37 1984
- Children's Books
Reference PN1009.A1C49 1996
- Characters from Young Adult Literature
Young People Reference - Lower Level
North 028.55.S673c 1991
- Serving Adolescents' Reading Interests Through Young Adult
Literature
Curriculum Fastback - Lower Level North
370.1.F251 no.258
Finding
Book Reviews
All of the article databases
below can also be used to find book reviews.
ARTICLE DATABASES
To find articles on
your topic you need to use article databases, also known as periodical
indexes. Each database usually covers a group of subject related
journals. Search by subject or keyword in these indexes. For
home or off campus access please use your WSU Login.
- EbscoHost
Education Databases - Cross-database
searching for several databases, including ERIC. Selected
full text.
- Education
Full Text - Education database covering preschool, elementary,
secondary & higher education, special/vocational education,
adult/continuing education, computer technology, evaluation
& methods. Selected full text articles. 1994-present.
- MLA
- MLA International Bibliography is usually the best index for
researching literature and literary criticism topics. MLA provides
article reference for articles in literature, languages,
linguistics, and folklore back to 1963. Updated ten times per
year.
- Arts
& Humanities Search - Citations from many of the world's
leading arts and humanities journals. 1980 - present, updates
weekly.
- Academic
Search Premier - Provides some full text articles
in over a thousand magazines and journals
- Lexis/Nexis
Academic
- Full-text coverage of many newspapers from across the US and
around the world.
- More Education
and Arts
& Humanities article
databases to find journal articles
- Literature
Resource Center - (Includes Contemporary Authors, Dictionary
of Literary Biography and other materials) - Literature
Resource Center provides access to biographies, bibliographies
and critical analysis of over 90,000 authors from every age
and literary discipline. Search by Author Name, Title, Genre,
Literary Movement or Literary Themes. A great place to start
any literature research project or paper.
ELECTRONIC JOURNALS
Here are
some WWW sites to get you started. Many of these will take you to
other links, so explore!
Illustration of Harry Potter from Scholastic Books