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Off Campus Access
FLITE Distance Education Library Services
One of our missions at FLITE is to offer all off-campus students access to the high-quality research materials available through the library. FLITE's subscription databases are available to all current Ferris students, faculty, and staff, including off-campus students. Our Distance Education web site should help you with any questions you may have about reaching FLITE from wherever you are. Be sure to study it carefully and return to it often. If you experience problems logging on, please call (231) 591-2669 or (800) 4-FERRIS (ext. 2669).
Multicultural Children's Books
How to Choose the Best Multicultural Books
Article shared in class from Scholastic.com - Instructor
Sources for Multicultural Author Evaluation
Something About the Author
If searching on your own, remember to find this resource through the Catalog tab on the FLITE homepage, not the Databases.
Literature Resources from Gale
Link to this resource through the Databases tab. Contemporary Authors is particularly useful.
Try using both sources while you are learning more about the authors in your area.
Don't forget about checking the author's personal website for biographical information.
Multicultural Authors and Books shared Saturday
This list is not exhaustive. Refer to the Scholastic article above for more ideas.
Asian
Yu Li-Qiong
- A New Year's Reunion
Amy Tan
- The Moon Lady
- Sagwa, the Chinese Siamese Cat
Allen Say
- Grandfather's Journey
- Tree of Cranes
Laurence Yep
- Dragonwings
- Dragon's Gate
- The Lost Garden
- Tongues of Jade
Ed Young
- The House Baba Built
African-American
James Weldon Johnson
- Lift Ev'ry Voice and Sing
Spike Lee
- Giant Steps to Change the World
Patricia C. McKissack
- Goin' Someplace Special
- Never Forgotten
Walter Dean Myers
- The Glory Field
Kadir Nelson
- Heart & Soul: the Story of America and African Americans
Gloria Jean Pinkney
- The Sunday Outing
Patricia Polacco
- Pink and Say
Hispanic
Alma Flor Aga
- I Love Saturdays y Domingos
Carmen Agra Deedy
- Martina, the Beautiful Cockroach
Xavier Garza
- Maximilian: The Mystery of the Guardian Angel
Guadalupe Garcia McCall
- Under the Mesquite
Duncan Tonatiuh
- Diego Rivera: His World and Ours
The books below are personal favorites. You'd need to do more evaluation as you use them.
- A Handful of Seeds by Monica Hughes
- Jalapena Bagels by Natasha Wing (and Jewish too)
Jewish
John Boyne
- The Boy in the Striped Pajamas: a Fable
Barbara Cohen
- Molly's Pilgrim (2 versions - 1998 and 1983 - with different illustrators)
- Molly's Pilgrim is also available as a DVD and as an accompanying literature unit
Linda Heller
- How Dalia Put a Big Yellow Comforter Inside a Tiny Blue Box
Patricia Polacco Biography (Scholastic)
- The Keeping Quilt
- Mrs. Katz and Tush
- Tikvah Means Hope
Jane Yolen
- The Devil's Arithmetic
Native American
Paul Goble
Virginia Driving Hawk Sneve
- The Christmas Coat: Memories of My Sioux Childhood
Some other stories in E77 - E99 of Juvenile non-fiction as well as by individual authors in Juvenile Easy Fiction
Finding Other Multicultural Books
Finding Books in FLITE
Follow these steps:
- Type your assigned culture into the Encore catalog search box.
Asian (search Chinese, Japanese, and Korean as well), Hispanic, Jewish, Native American
- From your results page, scroll down the left column until you can select under "Search Found In" the word Subject for your term.
- From the resulting list, scroll down the left column and select under "Locations", the words FSU Juvenile 3rd Floor.
Finding Books from Other Libraries
Remember, your Ferris ID allows your to check out materials from the Big Rapids Community Library.
Use the MeLCat service from the Michigan eLibrary.
- Find Books using MeLCat
- For more help using MeLCat, click here.
- For information about using MeLCat from the current FLITE online catalog, click here.
- For information about using MeLCat currently as a Distance Education student, click here.
If you live away from Big Rapids, work with your local public library or school library to request the books and have them sent directly to you.
Publishing
The Writer's Market
Recognized as the authority on book publication, you should always use the most current edition of The Writer's Market for publishing.
WritersDigest.com provides a wealth of resources and tips about publishing. Much of its content is free. You may subscribe to access The Writer's Market online.
(Writer's Digest is the parent company behind The Writer's Market.
Self-Publishing
Dan Poynter's self-publishing manual [ebook] : how to write, print and sell your own book by Dan Poynter.
Self-publishing textbooks and instructional materials : a practical guide to successful--and respectable--self-publishing by Franklin H. Silverman.
Print-On-Demand Book Publishing : a new approach to printing and marketing books for publishers and authors by Morris Rosenthal.
Writing for Publication
Follow the guidelines from the OWL (Online Writing Lab) APA Style Workshop at Purdue University
Use the resources at WritersDigest.com
- Check the "Get Published" tab
- Use the "Browse by Genre" drop-down menu
Journal Publishing
Check with your instructor for now.
APA Citations
APA Citation Style Guide (newly updated March 2011)
E-Books (Electronic Books)
If our discussion of e-Books, Kindles, Google Books, and digital publishing rights on Saturday intrigued you, I recommend this excellent webinar which explains the topic in depth.
What Everyone Should Know About E-Readers and E-Books
90-minute video webinar from July 2010 by Paul Gallagher; Click on "View Presentation".
Contact: Kristen Motz / Email / Phone: 231-591-3625 / Office: FLITE 140H
Don't forget, you are welcome to come to the Oval Information Desk and ask for help any time. You can also call us 231-591-3602 or chat with us.
Last update: March 15, 2012