Meeting the Needs of College and University Librarians, Professors and Students.
AS A RESEARCH TOOL:
“The education students have been using the CLCD to look up reviews and to find children’s books on specific subjects for specific grade or reading levels for their 3 methods classes. I use it for those purposes, and for compiling my subject bibliographies. I really like it, and so do my students. I think it’s better than NoveList, easier to use, with more search options, and indexing more children’s books.”
Krista Hartman, Information Services Specialist/Librarian - Associate Professor
Mohawk Valley Community College Libraries
Utica, NY
AS A TEACHING TOOL:
“The pre-service teachers here at Bowling Green State University have embraced the Children’s Literature Comprehensive Database. Many of their assignments involve creating annotated bibliographies and presenting children's books that require them to search out resources by topic and grade level. A quick demonstration of the CLCD and the students are beaming with appreciation. Our statistics show that they are using it often both on campus and from remote sites. We couldn’t be more pleased.”
Kathy Yoder, Librarian
Curriculum Resource Center, University Libraries
Bowling Green State University
Bowling Green, OH
AS A RELIABLE AND EFFICIENT RESOURCE:
“CLCD is the easiest place to find book reviews. Having the full text of many reviews from so many different sources in one place for each title is a great time-saver. I also love the ability to limit by age or grade level. These and other features make CLCD invaluable for teachers, professors, students, and children alike.”
Christina M. Desai, Education Librarian,
Morris Library,
Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL
AS AN AGGREGATE OF REVIEW SOURCES:
“Before CLCD I needed to use several very thick books, and journals, to gather the information I needed. Now I can look up books by subject, and find details about the books and reviews - all in one easy to use package!”
Barbara Shaffer, Education Librarian
Penfield Library, SUNY
Oswego, NY
AS A COLLECTION DEVELOPMENT TOOL:
“I have been encouraging my students to look at CLCD as a collection development tool- they are pretty darned impressed.”
Janice M. Del Negro, GSLIS
Dominican University
River Forest, IL
AS AN EASY-TO-USE-RESOUCE LOCATOR:
“CLCD makes keeping up to date with children’s literature a pleasure. The site is friendly and tells you what you would like to know about the great range of books discussed on it. It’s a boon for a busy librarian, teacher or any other children’s literature professional.”
Valerie Coghlan, Librarian and Lecturer in Children’s Literature
Church of Ireland College of Education
Dublin, Ireland
AS A COST-EFFECTIVE RESOURCE:
“Our students and student teachers find the CLCD especially helpful to support their Children’s Literature courses. Also, they have been happy to find that the Instructional Materials database assists them in locating materials and ideas to take into elementary, middle school, and secondary classrooms, as well as in completing assignments for their Teaching Methods courses. We were delighted to find that the expanded databases have been offered at such a reasonable, affordable price, so that students at small colleges like ours can continue to access this growing resource.”
Flora S. Lowe
Library Director
Ashford University, IA
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