ENG249: Children's Literature; ENG 237: Fairy Tales

A guide to research resources for children's and young adult literature and fairy tales.

Book Reviews

There are also some book reviews available through SUNY Adirondack Library's search. Enter a title and the word review and search All Resources.

Booktalks & Trailers

Films on Demand Video Database

Films on Demand offers more than 44,000 educational and documentary videos from the History Channel, BBC, Ken Burns, Modern Marvels, Royal Opera House, much more.

  • Advanced Search lets you search for specific subjects and closed-captioning.
  • Transcripts tab displays the video's script. 
  • This is a subscription database. If using from off-campus, log in with your SUNY Adirondack username and password when prompted.

Faculty: 

To set up a playlist and other features, see:

Journals & Articles

These databases have numerous children's literature articles and encyclopedia entries.

Don't forget about print journals, magazines, and newspapers. The library subscribes to a wide variety of periodicals, including Young Children, EdDigest, and EDUCAUSE. These are located in the Periodicals area on the Library's top floor. Faculty and administrators may borrow periodical issues. You can also check out industry magazine websites for more news and articles.

Reference Books

Additional Library Resources

The SUNY Adirondack Library also has a small collection of audiobooks. They are interfiled on the shelves with the physical books.

To check if we have a specific audiobook

  • click on the link below
  • add a title or keyword to the search in the second search box
  • limit to Audiobooks under Library Location on the search results.
    • If the Audiobooks limiter does not appear on the search results, then there are no audiobooks that match the search.

Since our collection is relatively small, you may have more luck finding audiobooks through your local public library - either as physical audiobooks or as downloadable e-audiobooks (see the box "Finding More Books Outside of SUNY Adirondack Library" on the Home page of this guide).


The library also has a video collection - both physical DVDs (and a few VHSs) and streaming video.

To find a DVD:

  • enter your search term into the Start Your Research Here search box on the library's home page
    • to see all DVDs, leave the search box blank
  • limit the search to Videos in the dropdown box
  • hit Search
  • scroll down the page until you see Library Location in the left column
  • click on DVDs 
    • the library also has a small collection of VHS tapes, which you can see by clicking on Video Tapes instead of DVDs

DVDs (and VHS tapes) can not be borrowed from the library, but they can be viewed in the library.

The library also offers streaming video through the database Films on Demand. See the Films on Demand box for more information.

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