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The Source is an online subject guide to children's literature: books, short stories, traditional literature and poetry from around the world with an emphasis on Australian and New Zealand literature.
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Magpies Magazine Pty Ltd 2007
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html. hyperlinks source citations
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It consists of four continuously updated and revised databases - Books and Authors, is a database of over 10,000 picture books, children's, young adult novels and collections which are searchable by subject, author or illustrator, title, type, genre, series and sequels. Subject searches can be refined by age, genre and type. Brief biographies of authors and illustrators are included - Poetry, is a database of 14,500 poems from around the world which appear in the 380 anthologies indexed. Of these the full texts of over 3,000 poems in the public domain are available on the Source . The poetry database is searchable by subject, poet, title, genre, and first line - Short Stories, is an index to over 2,000 short stories including fairytales, folktales, myths and legends linked to the collections in which they appear. All are annotated, the full text of some is included and the short story index is searchable by author, title, subject, genre and age - Awards, is a database of the winners and short-listed books for 44 Australian, New Zealand and international children's literature awards. This database is searchable by author, title, award and year of award. Where deemed useful, links are provided between databases and external websites. The Listmaker option enables users to easily construct booklists using information from whichever fields they choose. The Support Material button links to an index of downloadable PDF files of teachers' notes to selected books in addition to links to existing notes available on other websites and to units of work. Books that are currently out-of-print have been included if there is a reasonable expectation that they will be held in school and public library collections.
Dewey class:
028.505 MAG
Local class:
028.505
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English
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BRN:
61116
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