Tempe Public Library
Youth Services Professional Resources

PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS

• American Library Association (ALA)
• Arizona Library Association (AzLA)
• Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC)
• Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA)
• Public Library Association (PLA)
• Office for Intellectual Freedom
• Children's Book Council

PROFESSIONAL RESOURCES

• Child Safety on the Information Highway
• Electronic Frontier Foundation: A nonprofit civil liberties organization that protects online access to information.
• Censorship and Freedom Page
• Kay Vandergrift's Special Interests Homepage
• "Library in the Sky" : A resource for educators, students, and librarians.

CHILDREN'S LITERATURE LINKS

• Mock Caldecott, Newbery, and Printz Discussions: Learn how to participate in this stimulating discussion.
• Children's Literature Web Guide: The best place to start browsing the web in terms of children's literature. Vast amounts of information for librarians, teachers, and parents.
• Children's Literature: A Guide to the Criticism: A full-text online version.
• Carol Hurst's Children's Literature Site: Includes reviews for books and classroom ideas. Sponsored by Teach K-8 magazine.
• Randolph Caldecott Society of America Home Page: See the man who inspired the award.
• Katherine Paterson's Official Home Page

YOUNG ADULT LITERATURE LINKS

• Children's Literature Web Guide: The best place to start browsing the web in terms of children's literature. Vast amounts of information for librarians, teachers, and parents.
• Tempe Public Library's Books for the College Bound List

ONLINE JOURNALS

• ALAN Review: Assembly on Literature for Adolescents.
• Amazon.com: Earth's biggest bookstore with lots of features useful to librarians!
• Bookwire
• Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books
• National Council for the Social Studies
• Library Journal
• Notes From the Windowsill: Electronic journal of book reviews.
• The Scoop: Children's Books Online
• The Web: Celebrating Children's Literature: Magazine that studies classic children's books.

OTHER LIBRARIES

• Library WWW Pages
• School Libraries on the Web: A Directory
• Allen County Public Library
• Berkeley Public Library
• Chicago Public Library
• Cooperative Children's Book Center: Book examination center at the University of Wisconsin. Has links to book lists, authors, and illustrators.
• deGrummond Children's Collection: From the University of Southern Mississippi. Relays information about this historic children's literature collection.
• Internet Public Library: Has great children's and teen sections.
• Library of Congress World Wide Web
• Multnomah County Library

Arizona Library Association's Home Page