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Children's Literature Children's Literature Comprehensive Database Comprehensive Database

(CLCD) is a resource with an (CLCD) is a resource with an extensive array of bibliographic extensive array of bibliographic

data about children's books, data about children's books, video and audio recordings, video and audio recordings,

and other child-focused media. and other child-focused media.

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CLCD presently contains CLCD presently contains more than 900,000 catalog more than 900,000 catalog records that have children's records that have children's subject headings included. subject headings included. These records often come These records often come

with annotations- brief with annotations- brief summaries of the books. summaries of the books.

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In addition, the database In addition, the database contains more than 130,000 contains more than 130,000

critical reviews of thousands of critical reviews of thousands of children's books, ranging from children's books, ranging from the earliest baby board books the earliest baby board books to novels and nonfiction for to novels and nonfiction for young adults. An average of young adults. An average of more than 1500 new reviews more than 1500 new reviews are added to the database are added to the database

monthly. monthly.

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Begin Begin your use your use of CLCD of CLCD on the on the

JCC JCC Library Library home home page. page.

Use the Quick Link!

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Select the Select the Research Research DatabaseDatabasess link. link.

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CLCD is CLCD is found in found in

the the Literature Literature ResearchResearch

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The CLCD The CLCD homepaghomepag

e will e will display.display.

Take a Take a few few

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Consult Consult Help.Help.

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If you are just If you are just starting to starting to experiment experiment

with this with this database, we database, we suggest that suggest that you begin by you begin by

working working through the through the tutorials. By tutorials. By following the following the tutorials, you tutorials, you will quickly will quickly

become become proficient in proficient in using CLCD. using CLCD.

Begin here

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Click on a link, or scroll down the page

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If you are using a JCC network computer, and would like to

do the tutorials now, click here.

If not, or to continue this overview, click outside this box to advance to the next

slide.

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Access to the records within CLCD is provided via two separate information retrieval mechanisms: a Search page and a Browse page. The Search page allows you to perform full text searches of the bibliographic data and book reviews within the database. The Browse page provides you with the ability to create several types of browse lists that also can be used to access records in the database.

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To start a search from the Search page, enter words into the Full-Text Search Word(s) field and click the Search button. You may wish to type in one or more terms that are related to your research subject.

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A single term, if it is not too common, frequently will produce good search results. However, a search using a common term such as "dogs" will return a large number of records.

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To narrow such a search, include another term related to the specific concept you are interested in (such as “work").

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A screen of results will display.Check the size of your list of results. Too many? Not enough?

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Titles are sorted in relevancy ranked order. A green dot means that one or more reviews are present.An orange dot means that curriculum tools are available.

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Your search term/s will be highlighted.Click on any title to examine a record.

Click here

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Each record gives the author, title and publication information, and may include at least one review.

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At the bottom of the screen are options for examining more results, or for starting a new search.

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Some records include information on reading level, or awards won by the book...

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... or clickable subject links that will start a new search.

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Your list of results also has several options.

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To start a search from the Browse page, enter a word into the Browse Word(s) field, select the Browse category, and click the Browse button.

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A screen of results will display.Notice that your term is listed with other terms near to it alphabetically.Check one or more subjects. Then click on SELECT.

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…check one or more subjects. Then click on SELECT.

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A list of results will display. You can work with them as you did for a Search page search.

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One of the options for using your results is to make a customize

d list.

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Here is a sample

search for informatio

n on Newbery Award-winning books.

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Let’s

create a list of those

books by author’s name.

Click on Sort to

begin this list.

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When the

Sort options are displayed,

select Author, select

Ascending, and

then click Sort.

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You now have the

list displayed with the authors’ names in

alphabetical order.

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Let’s select only those titles that

have curriculum

-related materials included.

Check the box of any item with an orange dot.

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When you have

selected the

records you need, click on Display Saved Items.

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The list of saved items

is displayed.You can Sort this

list.You can

also make a bibliograph

y using Custom Reports.

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Let’s create a

bibliography.

Click on Custom Reports

and follow the

instructions.

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Format your

bibliography with

authors’ names

first, then title,

publisher, and date.

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Your bibliograph

y will display.

Follow the directions

for printing, saving, or starting a

new search.

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As you work with the CLCD, please consult with a Reference Librarian if

you would like guidance or help:• Call 517-796-8622

• Email JCCLibrary@jccmi.edu• Fax 517-796-8623

• Visit the Library in Walker Hall

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