CLCD NEWS Volume 1, Issue 8 August 2002      While so many of us are sweltering in the heat, the stores are reminding us that back-to-school is just around the corner. Stores are stocked with new pens, pencils, notebooks and backpacks - basics to keep students efficient and organized. Your subscription to the CHILDREN'S LITERATURE COMPREHENSIVE DATABASE (CLCD), will keep you functioning effectively throughout the year. We'd like to share with you what some of your colleagues have to say about us: "...we worked on a list of recommended literature for science and mathematics for the California Department of Education. It was an excellent resource for this project." Martha Rowland, School Library Consultant, Sacramento, CA "The powerful full-text search offers searches that are not available on most online library catalogs." Linda Lowell, Whitford Middle School, Beaverton, OR (Reviewed in School Library Journal, August 2000) "As a longtime children's book expert and enthusiast, but a new librarian, the CLCD has been a true gift in keeping up with the demands of collection development." Walter M. Mayes, Library Media Specialist, The Girls' Middle School, Mountain View, CA (Walter is the author of the soon to be released Walter The Giant Storyteller's Giant Book Of Giant Stories and coauthor of Valerie & Walter's Best Books For Children: A Lively, Opinionated Guide) "I can't imagine how I ever survived before subscribing to the CLCD! It is useful for so many things. I use it for cataloging, jiggling my memory for booktalks, new book reviews (all in one spot!), authors, titles, and anything else I need to know about children's literature--new and exciting features are being added to it all the time." Quinby Frank, Library Media Specialist, Green Hedges School, Vienna, VA      The CLCD is meeting the needs of school librarians with reliable, accurate and current information. An annual subscription is $249.95. New this month is a 30-day subscription for $29.95. It has been designed to help teachers, students, children's literature specialists, and others who may want to use the database for just a short period of time to undertake research, develop lesson plans, or prepare thematic units. For details, see of the home page of www.childrenslit.com or click here to view ordering information. We accept American Express, Master Card and Visa for payment. Order forms can be faxed to 301 469 2071 or call our toll free number 1 800 469 2070 between 10 and 8 EST. Search Tip of the Month NOTE: You must be using a version 4 browser with JavaScript support enabled for the following functions to be available on the Search results page.      JavaScripts provide the ability to sort the records in the results set and to select and save specific records found by the search. A pop-up window will appear that will allow you to resequence the records in the results set. Accept the default which will resequence the records in descending order based on publication date. Click on the SORT button to complete the resequencing operation. Result: The records in the results set are now presented in reverse chronological order by date of publication.      You may sort by date, title, author, language, Dewey number, or LC number in either ascending or descending order. The Free Stuff      This month we are featuring interviews with June Cotner best known for her book Amazing Graces, Elizabeth Winthrop of Castle in the Attic and Dumpy La Rue fame, a Q & A piece with Ian Falconer and a brief look at "Lessons from Nature" by Gwynne Spenser. In addition we have updated the pages for publishers, authors and illustrator web sites, kids and parent resources and much more. Click here to go back to the newsletter index.