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Reference Training Materials

This material was used in the graduate Library Media Education program at Western Kentucky University. It is placed here to allow library workers to train themselves in the use of reference materials. Copyright 2001 - 2005 Bryan M. Carson.
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Resources for Children and Young Adults

Bibliography

A to Zoo: Subject Access to Children's Picture Books (Ed Center)
Best Books for Children Preschool through Grade 6 (Ed Center)
Best Books for Young Teen Readers Grades 7 - 10 (Ed Center)
Best Books for Young Adult Readers Grades 7 - 12 (Ed Center)
The Book Finder (Ed Center)
Children's Books and their Creators (Ed Center)
Children's Catalog (Ed Center)
Fiction Catalog (Ed Center)
Beacham's Guide to Literature for Young Adults
EL-HI Textbooks and Serials in Print (Ed Center)
Elementary School Library Collection: A Guide to Books and Other Media (Ed Center)
Senior High Library Catalog (Ed Center)
Fiction, Folklore, Fantasy and Poetry for Children 1876-1985 (Ed Center)
Master Index to More Summaries of Children's Books (Ed Center)
New Press Guide to Multicultural Resources (Ed Center)
Reader's Advisor (Ed Center)
The Young Adult Reader's Advisor (Ed Center)
Reference Books for Young Readers (Ed Center)
Guide to Reference Materials for School Library Media Centers (Ed Center)
What do Children Read Next? (Ed Center)

Indexes

Children's Book Review Index (Ed Center)
Bibliography for Dictionaries and Encyclopedias
Kister's best dictionaries for adults & young people: a comparative guide (REF PE 1611 .K57 1992)
Dictionaries for adults and children*

Dictionaries

My first dictionary (Ed Center Lang Arts PE 1629 .M97x 1996)
School dictionary 2 (Ed Center Lang Arts PE 1628.5 .S35x 1990)
Lincoln writing dictionary for children (Ed Center Juv PE 1628.5 .L53 1988)
Webster's middle school dictionary (Ed Center Juv Ref PE 1628.5 .W3875 1986)
Macmillan very first dictionary : a magic world of words (Ed Center Juv PE 1628.5 .M3 1983)
H.B.J. (Harcourt Brace, Javonavach) school dictionary (Ed Center Juv Ref PE 1628 .H426 1977x)
Magic world of words : a very first dictionary (Ed Center Juv PE 1628.5 .M3)
Scott, Foresman beginning dictionary (Ed Center Juv Ref PE 1628 .T64 1976)
Scott, Foresman intermediate dictionary*
Webster's intermediate dictionary (Ed Center Juv PE 1628 .W55674 1972b)
Young people's thesaurus dictionary (Ed Center Juv PE1628 .W785)

Encyclopedias

DK Millennium Family Encyclopedia (Ed Center Juv A 5 .D643 1997)
The World of Science (Ed Center Juv Q 121 .W66x)
Childcraft: The How and Why Library (Ed Center Juv)

Biography

100 Most Popular Children's Authors (Ed Center)
Black Authors and Illustrators of Children's Books also known as Black Authors and Illustrators of Books for Children and Young Adults (Ed Center)
Children's Authors and Illustrators (Ed Center)
Children's Books and their Creators (Ed Center)
Something about the Author (Ed Center)

Handbooks, almanacs, and yearbooks

American Indian Reference and Resource Books for Children and Young Adults (Ed Center)
Childhood in Poetry (Ed Center)
Connecting Culture (Ed Center)
The Children's Hour (Ed Center)
Portraying Persons with Disabilities (Ed Center)
FactMonster (www.factmonster.com/)
World Almanac for Kids* (Western does not own print edition; available online at www.worldalmanacforkids.com/)