Children's & Young Adult Literature

The following are search terms for finding additional titles:

Start with an emotion or characteristic

• anxiety
• emotions
• fear
• "mindfulness (psychology)"
• meditation
• anger
• "self-confidence"
• persistence
• happiness

Add one of these to indicate children's fiction or non-fiction (literature). Use "quotation marks" as shown:

• "juvenile fiction"
• "juvenile literature"

Examples: 

• "Anxiety -- Juvenile fiction"
• "Emotions -- Juvenile fiction"
• "Emotions -- Juvenile literature"
• "Fear -- Juvenile fiction"
• "Mindfulness (Psychology) -- Juvenile fiction"
• "Meditation -- Juvenile literature"
• "Anger -- Juvenile literature"
• "self-confidence -- juvenile fiction"
• "persistence -- juvenile fiction" 
• "happiness -- juvenile fiction"

Search for children's books in all UW System Libraries, available for request:

One way to limit to picture books for young children but still have access to other UW collections is to add "picture books" to the fiction or literature subject, like this: 

Search for books just at UW-W Andersen Library: 

         If you only want to see books available only at Andersen Library,   

1.   1.  scroll down to the Location filter
2.   2. tap Show More
3.   3. check the Curriculum Collection locations (Easy = picture books and easy chapter books)
4.   4. tap Apply Filters

        Here is a suggestion to help you start searching:

                  "mental health" OR stress OR anxiety OR mindfulness

The following are search terms for finding additional titles:

If you are searching ONLY UW-Whitewater Libraries, search any of the following examples, and refine the Location to select Curriculum Collection areas.

• Children of gay parents 
• Coming out (Sexual orientation)
• Cross-dressing 
• Gay and lesbian youth
• Gay comics
• Gay fathers
• Gay parents 
• Gay people
• Gay teenagers
• Gays
• Gender creative
• Gender identity 
• Homosexuality
• Lesbian mothers
• Lesbians
• Queer sons
• Queer youth
• Transgender people

If you are searching ALL UW System Libraries, you will need to add one of the following to your search:   

•   "Juvenile fiction"
•     "Juvenile literature"
•     "Picture books"
•     "Comic books"  

Example searches for book just at UW-W Andersen Library: 

lesbian AND "picture books"

(transgender OR "gender identity") AND "picture books"

Example searches for books in all UW System Libraries, available for request:

homosexuality AND "juvenile fiction"

"gay parents" AND "picture books"

The following are search terms for finding additional titles:

Search by ethnic group name. Note that subject headings do not always use the most currently accepted terminology!

• "African Americans"
• "German Americans"
• "Hispanic Americans" 
• "Hmong Americans" 
• "Indians of North America"
• "Indigenous peoples"
• Ojibwe (specific Indian tribe names), etc

Search by religion, religious holidays, or other related terms:

• Christian
• Christianity
• Diwali
• Easter
• Hindu
• Jewish
• Jews
• Muslim
• Ramadan, etc.

Search by topic:

• "ethnic relations"
• multiculturalism
• pluralism
• prejudice or prejudices
• racism
• tolerance or toleration

If you are searching ALL UW System Libraries, you will need to add one of the following to your search:

• "Juvenile fiction"
• "Juvenile literature" 
• "Picture books"
• "Comic books"
• "Board books"

Example searches for book just at UW-W Andersen Library: 

Ojibwe

Example searches for books in all UW System Libraries, available for request:

Ojibwe AND "juvenile literature"

Try combining various book genres/subject headings with OR, like this:

Ojibwe AND ("picture books" OR juvenile OR "board books")

Keep in mind that Sex Education is part of the broader Health Education topic.

For younger children, try the following:

• pregnancy
• health
• babies