Research Guides: Children's & Young Adult Literature: Articles & Journals

Article Databases

Education Research Complete
Contains articles and extensive full-text access on all levels of education from early childhood to higher education, including educational specialties. Contains book reviews and articles on children's and young adult books.
LISTA (Library, Information Science & Technology Abstracts)
A database for librarianships containing book reviews and articles on children's and young adult literature.
MLA International Bibliography
A literature database containing articles and book reviews on children's literature books and topics.
Something About the Author
A children's & young adult literature database that includes biographical information on authors, their publication history and award, references to book reviews and critical sources, etc. Includes digitized content from all past print volumes.

In education, the American Psychological Association (APA) Style is usually the preferred citation style for bibliographies and in-text.

Purdue OWL (APA)
Great website with tips and examples on how to use the APA Style. This is a great place to start.
Basics of APA Style (Tutorial)
On the APA website.
Sample paper in APA Style

Visit the UNM CAPS Writing Center for additional help with citations.

The ALAN Review
Call Number: Zim Periodicals: Z1037.A1 A87

Scholarly journal on young adult literature. Print only
Bookbird
Scholarly journal on international children's literature.
Children and Libraries
Published by the American Library Association: Association of Library Services to Children.
Children's Literature Association Quarterly
Scholarly journal on children's literature.
Children's Literature in Education
Scholarly journal on children's literature.
The Horn Book Magazine
Articles and book reviews.
Journal of Children's Literature
"Devoted to teaching and scholarship in the field of children's literature."

The Journal of Research on Libraries and Young Adults
An open-access, peer-reviewed online research journal published by YALSA.

The Lion and the Unicorn
Scholarly articles, book reviews, and interviews on children's literature.
The New Review of Children's Literature and Librarianship
Discussion of children’s literature, and of issues relating to libraries for young people.
Voice of Youth Advocates: VOYA
Magazine for young adult advocacy and literature.