Research Guides: Children's Literature: Databases

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Primary Search This link opens in a new window
Primary Search is a go to database for elementary school age magazine and journal articles. This database is specifically geared towards elementary schools. All articles have reading level assigned to them in the form of Lexils. Please see below for Primary Search's lexil chart:

Primary Search Lexile Chart:

Teacher Reference Center This link opens in a new window
Index of hundreds of teaching, education, curriculum dev.titles
Teacher Reference Center provides indexing and abstracts for 280 of the most popular teacher and administrator journals and magazines to assist professional educators.
OmniFile Full Text Select (H.W. Wilson) This link opens in a new window
Contains a wealth of essential material for learning and research across the disciplines, including peer-reviewed articles.
JSTOR This link opens in a new window
JSTOR is a interdisciplinary database of full text journals.

Caldecott Medal
Awarded by the American Library Association, to the artist of the most distinguished American picture book for children.
Coretta Scott King Book Awards
Honors books by authors of African descent whose books promte an understanding of the American Dream.
Jane Addams Children's Book Awards
Books that promote the casuse of peace, social justice, world communtiy and the equality of the sexes and all races.
Kate Greenway Award
Award given to a distinguished illustration in a book for children.
Laura Ingalls Wilder Medal
Award honors an author or illustrator whose books, published in the United States, have made, over a period years, a substantial and lasting contribution to literature for children.
NCTE Orbis Pictus Award for Outstanding Nonfiction for Children
Established as an annual award for promoting and recognizing excellence in the writing of nonfiction for children.
Newberry Award
The most distinguished book contribution to American literature for children
Pura Belpré Award
This award is presented to a Latino/Latina writer and illustrator whose work best portrays, affirms, and celebrates the Latino cultural experience in an outstanding work of literature for children and youth.
Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Award
Awarded annually to the author (including co-authors or author-illustrators) of the most distinguished informational book published in English during the preceding year.

Physical Copies: All issues are shelved alphabetically by Journal Title at the Lancaster branch: