The collection contains over 8,500 children's books and periodicals from the 19th century to 1950. Some of the reference works most frequently used by school library media, children's literature students and faculty are listed here. The Oxford Companion to Children's Literature . Oxford, Oxford University Press, 1984. This is a reference work on English and American children's book authors and illustrators.
Entries vary in length from brief to detailed.
1008.5 C37 International Companion Encyclopedia of Children's Literature . London, Routledge, 1996. PN 1008.5 I57 Beacham's Guide to Literature for Young Adults . Washington, DC, Beacham Publishing. Covers 450 works.