Resources for Research on Children's Literature
The Information Sciences Library offers a wide array of resources on children's literature. The Elizabeth Nesbitt Room located in the Information Sciences Library at the University of Pittsburgh houses several unique collections related to the history of children and their books and media. The volumes in this collection include more than 12,000 books and magazine titles of interest dating from the 1600s through today. It also houses the videotape archives of a real-life Pittsburgh neighbor - Fred Rogers. The collection contains the videotape archives of the Mr. Rogers' Neighborhood program as well as other materials related to the production of the show. The holdings include well over 700 videorecordings of the half hour PBS program and all of the "specials" Mister Rogers has produced during his career. The Elizabeth Nesbitt Room Chapbook Collection contains more than 250 chapbooks printed in both England and America between the years 1650 to 1850. The Following resources have been suggested by the Reference Desk at Hillman Library at the University of Pittsburgh's main campus.
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Other Useful (Paper) Resources
Children's Literature Abstracts (paper index) Information Sciences
Library Index Carrels Some Gale Series:
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- Black Literature Criticism (excerpts of critical essays) Hillman, African American Collection Reference PS153 N5B556 1992 Children's Literature Review (excerpts of critical essays) Information Sciences Library Reference PN1009 A1C5139 Contemporary Authors (biographies, bibliographies of works, references) Hillman Reference Z1224 C761 Contemporary Literary Criticism (excerpts of critical essays) Hillman Reference PN94 C6 Dictionary of Literary Biography (biographies, bibliographies of works, references) Hillman Reference Z5051 D5 Twentieth-Century Literature Criticism (excerpts of critical essays) Hillman Reference PN94 T84
- Twentieth-Century Literature Criticism (excerpts of critical essays) Hillman Reference PN761 N5
Some "Explicators":
- The American Novel (1789-1969) Hillman Reference Z1231 F4G38 American Novel Explication, 1991-1995 Hillman Reference Desk Z1231 F4G58 1998 The Contemporary Novel (1945-1972) Hillman Reference Desk Z1231 F4A34 English Novel Explication (works published 1973-1990) Hillman Reference Desk Z2014 F5P26 +4 supplements The English Novel, 1578-1956 Hillman Reference Desk Z2014 F4B43
- The English Novel, 20th Century Criticism Hillman Reference Desk Z2014 F4E53 v.1-2 1982