Subject terms
These are some of the terms you could use in MultiSearch to find materials such as academic journal articles, books and more.
| Young adult fiction; Juvenile fiction; Children's stories; Children's literature, history and criticism; Children's literature, history and criticism, theory; Youth fiction; Treatment of female characters; Children's stories Pictorial works; Picture books; |
| Useful general terms | debate; analysis; discourse; criticism and interpretation; philosophy |
Tip:
For example, searches could couple a specific term with one of the useful general terms.
"children's literature" AND discourse
"Dorothy Sayers" AND philosophy
Note that the AND in capitals will link the concepts for more refined results. Using the inverted comma's around a phrase will give you more precise results.
Call numbers
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| Children's Literature |
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Search terms
| Specific | Dystopias – Analysis ; Educational Tests – Analysis ; Harry Potter Books – Analysis ; Young Adult Fiction – Analysis; Young Adult Fiction -- Criticism And Interpretation ; Young Adult Fiction -- Social Aspects ; Literary Characters -- Criticism And Interpretation; adolescents |
| General search terms | rhetoric and composition; technique; creative process; production studies; pedagogical approach; fim theory and criticism; writing; narrative technique; objectification; short story; |
Tip:
For example, searches could couple a specific term with one of the useful generic terms.
"young adult fiction" AND interpretation
adolescents AND "narrative technique"
Note that the AND in capitals will link the concepts for more refined results. Using the inverted comma's around a phrase will give you more precise results.
Call numbers
| Children's Literature | PZ5-PZ90 |
| Graphic novels | PZ7.7 for graphic novels |
| Folklore and legends | PZ8.1 |
Non-fiction
