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English Literature and Language Resources: Children's Literature

This guide is intended to provide guidance for students researching in the area of English language and literature.

Finding reference sources

Finding Books

Search our library catalogue by Title or Author if you already know the book you are looking for.  Remember to type the Author's last name first!

Search by KEYWORD if you don't know the Subject Heading or if you are looking for something in an Anthology or Collection of essays.  Browse your results, using the assigned Subject Headings to find more books on your topic.

Search by Subject Heading to find additional books on your topic, or books about a particular author.  Examples of the types of subject headings you can use:

  • Children, books and reading
  • Children's literature 19th century
  • Children's literature Canadian
  • Children's literature Canadian French
  • Fairy tales
  • Illustrated children's books
  • Rowling, J.

Finding newspaper, magazine and journal articles