Reference and Instruction Librarian
Lori Lysiak
she/her
Contact:
Consultations by appointment:
814-949-5252
lal29@psu.edu
220 Robert E. Eiche Library
Penn State Altoona
3000 Ivyside Park
Altoona, PA 16601
Altoona Campus Liaison for:Accounting, Business, Economics, Electro-Mechanical Engineering, Entrepreneurship, Information Science & Technology, Marketing, Open and Affordable Educational Resources, Rail Transportation Engineering
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814-949-5252
lal29@psu.edu
220 Robert E. Eiche Library
Penn State Altoona
3000 Ivyside Park
Altoona, PA 16601
Altoona Campus Liaison for:Accounting, Business, Economics, Electro-Mechanical Engineering, Entrepreneurship, Information Science & Technology, Marketing, Open and Affordable Educational Resources, Rail Transportation Engineering
Thank a Library Worker:
Subjects: Campus: Altoona, Rail Transportation Engineering
Booklists
- A to Zoo: Subject Access to Children's Picture BooksBook in the Eiche Library that provides subject access to more than 13,000 titles.
- Colorín ColoradoBooks for children and young adults on the heritage, history, and contemporary communities of American Indians and First Nations Peoples.
- Colours of UsFeatures African, Hispanic, Asian and diverse ethnicities.
- Common Sense MediaSearch for books by age, subject, and genre.
- Diverse BookfinderMulticulturalism in picture books.
- Rainbow Project Book ListBibliographies of books with significant and authentic LGBQTIA+ content for children from birth through eighteen.
- Social Justice BooksMulticultural and social justice books with link to a Guide for Selecting Anti-Bias Children's Books
Children's Authors
- Gale Literature Criticism This link opens in a new windowContent includes Something About the Author, Children's Literature Review,and other biographical and critical information about authors.
- Gale Literature: Something About the Author This link opens in a new windowBiography, criticism, and recommended reading. Covers individuals from Caldecott and Newbery award-winners to the latest writers.
Children's Literature
- 100 Great Children's Picture BooksBook at the Penn State Harrisburg Library that covers the Intersection of art, culture and family.
- Colorín ColoradoTips for choosing culturally appropriate books and resources about Native Americans.
- Integrating Children's Literature through the Common Core State StandardsBook in the Eiche Library that provides practical "how to" tips.
- The Oxford Encyclopedia of Children's LiteratureFour volume book set in the Eiche Library that documents and interprets books read by children worldwide.
- Personal Reading: How to Match Children to BooksBook in the Eiche Library that introduces the "must know" of children's literature by age group.