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Children’s Literature Comprehensive
Database |
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Subject Content |
Guide to
children's and young adult(ya) fiction and nonfiction. |
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Date Coverage |
Reviews published 1992 to
present; catalog records can date to earlier time
Updated monthly |
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Type of Material Covered |
Books, video and audio
recordings, film strips, and other children or ya-focused media reviewed
in 36 review sources and/or described in detail by catalog records that
include children’s subject headings, annotations, awards, and jacket
image with a link to “View the MARC Record” (a format used by libraries)
at the end of the page. |
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Full-text |
Yes |
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Refereed Journal Filter |
No |
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Remote Access |
Available to Boise State University students, staff, and faculty after
entering BroncoWeb userid and password |
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Help Pages |
Within the database, context
sensitive help links and “Consult Help” at upper left. |
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Boolean |
No. Use “all of the words,”
“any of the words,” and “exact phrase” radio button options in the
search interface. |
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Truncation Symbol
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No. Use
“singular and plural forms,” “variant forms,” and “exact words” radio
button options in the search interface. |
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Other Search Options |
The default “Search” page
supports limiting by genre, all fields or specific field (title, series,
annotation, subject headings, awards, best books, reading lists, review,
reviewer, ISBN), age range, grade, language, author/illustrator,
publisher, publication date range, and lexile range. “Go
to Browse” supports browsing by author, reviewer, subject, LC
Classification, Dewey Classification and text words. |
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Alerts |
No |
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Special Notes |
For the monthly newsletter;
feature articles; author & illustrator profiles; events; award, prize,
best, & state reading lists; teaching materials; themed reviews; and
other resources, go to the Children’s Literature Home Page. |
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List of Journals |
Path: from the Children’s
Literature Home Page select Database Services’ Overview then Review
Sources. URL: http://www.childrenslit.com/d_clcd_review_sources.html
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Related Indexes |
Book Collection: Nonfiction;
Book Index with Reviews; Book Review Digest listed in “Online
Databases.” |
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Reference Assistance |
Phone, email, chat, and
in-person reference services are available; link to
http://library.boisestate.edu/reference.htm for further information.
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