Meeting the Needs of Public Library Professionals.

FOR SEARCHING, BIBLIOGRAPHIES & GENRE LISTS:

   “CLCD is a one-stop shopping place for all our youth services literature needs. It’s great for building subject lists for book displays and bibliographies and it's also a good source of author and illustrator information. I use it all the time and encourage my staff to use it as well. In fact, we’re going to show the adult services staff how to use it for help in finding great genre fiction for teens. I'm so glad to have this wonderful tool available to me.”

Sharon Grover, Head of Youth Services
Hedberg Public Library
Janesville, WI

   “The CLCD is a useful tool for helping me to respond quickly and accurately to my patrons’ requests. The ability to search by subject and age level is very helpful when I am creating bibliographies and bookmarks. To help supplement my recommendation for holiday or special occasion titles, I check the CLCD and inevitably find additional options. The CLCD is a valuable resource for anyone working with children’s and young adult literature.”

Helen Petersen, Children's Services Librarian
Clarence Dillon Public Library
Bedminster, New Jersey

FOR BOOK SELECTION:

   “The Children’s Literature Comprehensive Database is one of the services we offer to our patrons both for use in the library and at home.”

Brenda Hager, Children’s Supervisor
Charlotte Hall Library
St Mary’s County, MD

FOR REFERENCE:

   “When a young person has a special request, the CLCD helps me easily find just the right books. The ability to search by age, subject and reading level is invaluable. Even if we do not own all the books, I can usually get them from another library in our system.”

Joyce R. Laiosa, Head of Youth Services
Voorheesville Public Library
Voorheesville, NY

FOR PURCHASING:

   “The Children’s Literature Comprehensive Database is a great source for complete and up-to-date information on children’s and young adult books. As a Teen Services Librarian, I am constantly checking sources for professional book reviews, award winners, and books of a similar subject. When I am updating our collection CLCD is like one-stop shopping. Just a simple title search gives you an annotation, ordering information, a best books list, as well as any awards or honors that the book has received. There are extensive professional reviews of the book, a list of subject headings, links to the author, and reading measurement levels, including the point value for the Accelerated Reader program. The other excellent feature that I use frequently is the genre search. This search can be limited to grade level and book publication date and then used to develop current bibliographies. The CLCD is a very valuable source for librarians.”

Candace Reeder, Teen Services Librarian
Northport-East Northport Public Library
Northport, NY

FOR READER'S ADVISORY:

   “This database is a daily companion at my desk. I have promoted the use of this to my Youth Services staff finding full-text reviews for books they recommend to children and for our Voice of Youth Award lists that we put together each school year. I especially appreciate your ‘Featured Authors and Illustrators’ monthly feature, that gives great insights into authors and illustrators and their books not found elsewhere.”

Jan Watkins, Head of Youth Services
Skokie Public Library
Skokie, IL

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Updated 6/12/08