LibGuides: English: ENG 112 Spring 2024 -- Mrs. Oliver

Children's Picture Books on the Shelf

News Databases

Try some of the following searches in any of the databases below.

"children's book" AND race

"children's literature" AND race

"juvenile literature" AND race

library AND ban

library AND (ban OR censorship)

library AND ban AND "Critical Race Theory"

library AND ban AND diversity

education AND __________

education AND race

"young children" AND race AND education

Alt-Press Watch This link opens in a new window
Alt-Press Watch supplies resources from the nation's most respected grassroots newspapers and journals.
Global Newsstream This link opens in a new window
Global Newsstream enables users to search global news content from 1980 to today from newspapers, newswires, and news sites in full-text format.
Gale in Context: Opposing Viewpoints This link opens in a new window
Gale in Context: Opposing Viewpoints is an online resource covering today’s hottest social issues. This cross-curricular research database supports science, social studies, current events, and language arts.

Encyclopedias

Search for basic definitions of complex terms. Try these out:

Critical race theory

Book banning

Censorship

Britannica - Academic Edition This link opens in a new window
Articles, primary sources, journals, and other academic research tools.
Gale eBooks This link opens in a new window
Formerly called Gale Virtual Reference Library, this is a database of encyclopedias, almanacs, and specialized reference sources for multidisciplinary research.

Databases for Academic and News Articles

Academic Search Complete This link opens in a new window
This database provides journal and newspaper coverage for most academic areas of study.

CU Search

CU Search provides a quick, powerful search of most of Montgomery Library's online and physical resources.
After you click search, always click Sign in at the top right before you try to access online search results.
Click the tabs below to search for only one kind of source at a time (articles, e-books, print books, or DVDs).
To search an individual database, find a complete list of databases here: Databases A-Z

To review concepts from the Library Instruction Session, please check out the link below for videos and also the CU Search Tutorial page.