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Use these databases to find credible background context related to your novel for the YA Literature Pre-Reading Activity assignment.
Library databases contain different articles, so it's important to try more than one. If you need help, ask a librarian!
CREDO Reference is useful for cultural and historical context.
General Reference database that includes general and subject-specific encyclopedias, dictionaries, thesauri, atlases and many other reference materials in the humanities, social sciences, and sciences.
Children's Literature Review is useful for author, plot, and literary themes contexts.
Children's Literature collection including overviews, illustrations, commentary, and criticism of major children's authors, illustrators, and works. Available within Gale's Literature Online Database.
Use these databases to find articles about using young adult (YA) literature in the classroom. For example, in literature circles, in different school subjects like science or social studies, and more.
Education collection of specialized journals and reports.
Education collection of peer-reviewed journal articles covering topics in K-12, higher education, administration, funding, and policy.
Keywords -- or search terms -- are the words you use to search in the library's databases. OneSearch and the library's databases will search for all the words you type into a search box. Instead of searching for a whole sentence or question, you need to break your topic down into keywords. You can mix and match different keywords to find different articles when you search.
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