Library catalogs
- Author search (USC catalog)Change to Browse by author and type in the last name, first name of your author or illustrator to learn what books are in our library system.
- PASCAL DeliversSearch other college and university libraries in the state. You can request most materials be delivered. If you don't have a specific title, use the word juvenile in your search along with other keywords.
- South Carolina Center for Community LiteracyThe center is the state’s designated examination site for new children’s and YA books available to the public. In addition, staff provides a range of outreach activities that address literacy issues in SC communities.
Recommended Readings (Syllabus)
Stories matter: the complexity of cultural authenticity in children's literature (2003) by Some copies requestable from PASCAL Delivers
Literature and the Child (2014) by Two copies available
Creating critical classrooms: Reading and writing with an edge by One copy available
Doing critical literacy: Texts and activities for students and teachers (2014) by USC Columbia users can download entire book (click on book title). A few print copies available through PASCAL Delivers
From the ground up: Creating a culture of inquiry (2001) by Several copies requestable through PASCAL Delivers
Teaching globally: Reading the world through literature (2016) by One copy available; USC ordering another
Biographical info for authors & illustrators
- Something About the Author (Gale Literature) This link opens in a new windowExamine the lives and works of children and young adult authors and illustrators.
- Literature Resource Center (Gale Literature) This link opens in a new windowProvides biographies, bibliographies, and critical analyses of more than 120,000 authors from every age and literary discipline. Also contains Merriam-Webster’s Encyclopedia of Literature, featuring definitions of literary terms.
- Dictionary of Literary Biography (Gale Literature) This link opens in a new windowBiographical and critical essays on the lives and works of the world's most influential literary figures from all eras and genres.
Reviews and criticism
- Literature Resource Center (Gale Literature) This link opens in a new windowProvides biographies, bibliographies, and critical analyses of more than 120,000 authors from every age and literary discipline. Also contains Merriam-Webster’s Encyclopedia of Literature, featuring definitions of literary terms.
- Literature Criticism (Gale Literature) This link opens in a new windowSearch an extensive compilation of literary commentary publications, covering literature from the classical to current and including drama, short stories, poetry, and children's literature.
- Children's Literature Comprehensive Database This link opens in a new windowIdentifies children’s literature, (infant to young adult, fiction and non-fiction) by author, illustrator, subject, genre, age or grade level, language, Lexile Range and publisher. Lists over 900,000 books and media, many including reviews.
- Book Review Digest Plus This link opens in a new windowAn index of reviews for both fiction and non-fiction books, with coverage back to 1983. Includes descriptive annotations, citations, review excerpts, book summaries, and more than 100,000 full-text reviews.
