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ED 487: Reading Across the Content Areas

Find sources for your ED 487 assignments.

Find Sources for Pre-Reading Activities

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.

Children's Literature Review is useful for author, plot, and literary themes contexts.

Find YA Books in OneSearch

  • Search by title or series name if you know the book that you want.  For example, Darth Paper strikes back or Origami Yoda.
  • If you can't find a match by book title, try including a series name or author name in your search. 

Searching in one search for chapter and series books by title or series name.

OneSearch

OneSearch is a good place to start your research. Use this search box to find books, peer-reviewed articles, videos, and more. After you search, you can use filters to narrow your search.
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Find YA Novel Recommendations

Find Magazine and Scholarly Articles

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.

Picking Your Search Terms

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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