Children's Collections at Rare Books and Special Collection

Welcome to the subject guide for Children's Literature at Rare Books and Special Collections! To navigate this guide, select one of the tabs on the left.

The guide includes:

• Get Started: Sources for background information to get started
• Find Children's Collection at McGill: Suggestions to find books in the McGill Library catalogue and collections
• Find Articles: Key secondary source databases
• Find Children's Collections  Near you: Significant Children's literature collections at institutions worldwide, and databases with digitized primary sources.

Questions about using the Library? Find out about commonly used services:

• To find out when each branch is open and when in-person services are available

• To learn about borrowing basics, your Library account, and more

• To request items not owned or licensed by McGill Library

• To request scanned copies of articles or book chapters from McGill's print collection, for delivery via email 

• Contact the Library via chat, email, or text

See the McGill Library home page for links to details about all available services.