Here are some
tips that will help you navigate Children's Magazine Guide and find
what you are looking for.
SUBJECT
of the magazine article. Subjects are listed in alphabetical order.
CROSS-REFERENCES
indicate that more information on this subject can be found in another
place in Children's Magazine Guide.
TITLE
of the magazine article. Titles are listed in alphabetical order.
NOTES
are added by the editor to give more information about the magazine article.
AUTHOR
of the magazine article.
MAGAZINE
in which the article appears.
DATE
the magazine was published (month/week and year).
PAGE NUMBERS
where the articles will be found in the magazine. Sometimes a plus sign
(+) follows the page number. It means that the article is continued later
in the magazine, usually in the back.
WEB SITE
ANNOTATION is a brief annotation describing the Web site.
Tips
to help you find what you’re looking for:
ARRANGEMENT
All
subject are listed in alphabetical order. These subject headings are printed
in dark, capital letters, such as ANIMALS and ART.
FICTION
Fiction is listed under the type of story. Some of the subject headings
you might find listed are: DRAGON STORIES; HUMOROUS STORIES; MYSTERY AND
DETECTIVE STORIES; SCIENCE FICTION; TALL TALES. Look also under a subject
with a subdivision FICTION, such as PETS - FICTION or SPORTS - FICTION.
For stories written by children, look under the subject heading CHILDREN’S
STORIES AND POETRY.
PLAYS
All plays, including Readers Theater, are listed under the subject heading
PLAYS. They are listed alphabetically by title.
POETRY
Poetry is listed according to the type of poem. Subject headings you might
look under include HUMOROUS POETRY; LIMERICKS; NONSENSE VERSES. You many
also find poems under a subject with the subdividison POETRY, such as ANIMALS
- POETRY or DINOSAURS - POETRY. For poems written by children, look under
the subject heading CHILDREN’S STORIES AND POETRY.
REVIEWS
Look for the subdivision “- REVIEWS” to locate reviews of books,
movies, video games, etc. Books are listed alphabetically by title of the
book, including the author of the book, not the name of the reviewer. To
find book reviews, look
for the subject headings BOOKS, FICTION - REVIEWS and BOOKS, NONFICTION
- REVIEWS. To find movie reviews, look for MOVIES - REVIEWS.
RECIPES
All recipe citations are listed under the subject heading COOKING.
SONGS
All songs are listed under the subject headings SONGS.
Additional
Information:
Children's
Magazine Guide uses two types of cross-references: see
and see also. This makes it easier to quickly find
what you are looking for.
See
references readers from subjects that are not used in CMG to those
that are used. For example:
ANDROIDS: see Robots
FARMING: see Agriculture
GERMS: see Bacteria
MEMOIRS: see Autobiography
SPEED OF SOUND: see Sound - Speed
See also occasionally points readers to related subject headings
where additional information may be found, or provides more specific terms
for a general subject area. For example:
ANIMALS: see also types of animals, as Elephants
ARCHEOLOGY: see also Mummies
AUTHORS:
see also names of Authors, as Bridges, Shirin Yim
Sometimes, see also points to a term that is not included
in that specific issue of Children's Magazine Guide. This is done
to alert readers that the term may have been used in other issues of CMG.
Abbreviations
Used in Children's Magazine Guide:
...
- words omitted
+ - continued on later pages
bc - back cover
concl. - conclusion
cont. - continued
ed - editor
fc - front cover
No. - number
p - pages
pt - part
supp - supplement
trans. - translator
vol. - volume
Jan - January
Feb - February
Mar - March
Apr - April
May - May
Jun - June
Jul - July
Aug - August
Sep - September
Oct - October
Nov - November
Dec - December
We strive
to make our magazine abbreviations as self-explanatory as possible. For
example:
Cobble = Cobblestone
Owl = OWL Magazine
Ranger Rick = Ranger Rick
For
quick lookup, there is a reference chart in every issue of Children's
Magazine Guide.
If you come
across something that needs clarification, please do not hesitate to contact
us.
