Children's Literature  Tags: children's_literature literature  

The catalogue is the key to the collection; use it to find primary resources such as books, exam papers, journals and audiovisual items. Be ready to use a wide range of terms, both general and precise.

For example:

• Geographical names - Australia, United States, Europe, etc.
• Time elements - Contemporary, Modern, 18th century etc.
• Genre or Style - fantasy, realism, adventure etc
• Audience - young adult, juvenile, younger readers etc.
• Additional concepts - family, racism, gender etc

Use quotation marks around two or more words to search as a phrase e.g. "suspension of disbelief" or "Greek mythology"
Truncate words to pick up different forms or endings. e.g. archetyp* will search for archetype, archetypical, archetypes etc.

Finding items in the library catalogue will help you refine your searching

The Library reference collection contains a broad range of useful printed resources such as encyclopaedias and dictionaries. Search the catalogue adding dictionary or encyclopedia to your keyword search, to find definitions of unfamiliar terms, summaries of topics or as a starting point for information.
Online dictionaries include:

• Thesaurus.com
• YourDictionary.com - including specialty subject dictionaries