Meeting Your Needs

   “Although other good products offer children’s literature reviews and information, CLCD’s searching capabilities surpass them in ease and available qualifiers, making this my first choice for locating reviews or books on a certain topic.”

The Charleston Advisor

FOR MULTIPLE VIEWPOINTS:

   “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

FOR BEST BOOKS, STATE READING LISTS, AWARD WINNERS AND READING MEASUREMENTS:

   “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 CLCD is a very valuable source for librarians.”

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

FOR PREPARATION OF UNIT AND THEMATIC LISTS:

   “The education students at SUNY Oswego rely on CLCD in completing their assignments. This database is a great tool for quickly finding subject relevant and age-appropriate children's literature for lesson plans they are preparing.”

Barbara Shaffer, Education Librarian
Penfield Library
SUNY Oswego, NY

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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Updated 5/31/08