Reference
- Canadian Children's Book CentreThe Canadian Children's Book Centre (CCBC) is a national, not-for-profit organization dedicated to encouraging, promoting and supporting the reading, writing, illustrating and publishing of Canadian books for young readers.
- CanLit for LittleCanadiansThis website highlights and reviews books by Canadian authors and gives them the representation they deserve. This includes direct links to dozens of Canadian authors and publishers.
- Children's Literature - The Booklist ReaderExplore recommended and new publications sorted by age and genre
- School Library JournalSchool Library Journal is the premiere publication for librarians and information specialists who work with children and teens. A source of quality journalism and reviews for more than 60 years, SLJ produces award-winning features and news coverage on: literacy, best practices, technology, education policy and other issues of interest to the school library and greater educator community.
- The Booklist ReaderBooklist editors and freelancers write about everything from adult books to kidlit, from print and ebooks to audio and video, from editors’ rants to author Q&As to lists, book news, and much more.
- BookRiotBookRiot is a website that provides book recommendations and reviews for different genres. Provides specific sections on young adult novels.
- Epic ReadsHarperCollins Children's Books website and blog dedicated to the promotion of all things related to teen and YA books.
- Fantastic FictionThis website provides a short biography of an author, lists all books they've written in the order they were published. It also has a list of read-alike authors and also gives a list of books that are recommended by that author.
- GoodreadsGoodreads is a popular book review website which allows users to make book lists, track read books, and see what friends are reading. Book ratings are completely based upon user reviews and recommendations.
- Literature MapLiterature Map generates a web of authors that have similar writing styles and genres. This can be a great tool to use when you have patrons asking for help finding new authors and books.
- NovelistNovelist is a tool that works in your library's catalog to recommend other resources on a page.
- We Need Diverse BooksThis is a fantastic grassroots and non-profit organization that seeks to celebrate and promote diverse reads while also helping to support authors of diversity.
- CARL - CopyrightCopyright is an important issue for Canada’s research libraries. The sharing of information is governed by copyright legislation, jurisprudence and licences. Distinguishing what uses are allowed from what are not, is vital for librarians, students, faculty and researchers across Canada.
- Doody's Review ServicesDoody's Review Service provides extensive tools to allow you to research titles and keep up-to-date with the latest books and software in the health sciences.
- WorldCatFind what you want in a library near you with WorldCat, a global catalogue of library collections.