The Professional Research and Decision-Support Platform for Children’s Literature
CLCD Enterprise brings together deep children’s and young adult literature data, independent professional reviews, awards, age and grade guidance, powerful search, collection tools, and Version 8 Curated AI Insights in one comprehensive research environment.
More Than a Book Database
CLCD Enterprise is designed for academic institutions, public libraries, school systems, educators, and other professionals who need more than basic book discovery.
It brings together the evidence needed to research a title, understand how it has been reviewed, evaluate age and grade considerations, study award recognition, build reading lists, support instruction, and make informed collection decisions.
Enterprise is especially valuable when the question is not simply “Can I find this book?” but “What do I need to know about it?”
Powerful Search and Discovery
Search with More Than 50 Filters
Search by author, title, subject, genre, topic, publisher, publication date, award status, reading program information, language, country, format, age, and many other fields. Combine criteria to create precise research and collection-development queries.
Build Complex Queries
Boolean and multi-field searching gives experienced users the control needed for curriculum development, comparative research, collection analysis, and specialized literature searches.
Explore Across Genres and Topics
Topic-based discovery helps users move beyond exact-match searching and locate books across broad themes, curriculum areas, genres, and cross-genre subjects.
Explore 1,275+ Award Programs
Search national, international, state, regional, and specialized awards by award name, sponsor, location, year, and other criteria. Review winners, honorees, award history, descriptions, and associated title records.
Save, Organize, and Collaborate
Build reading lists for courses, programs, instruction, readers’ advisory, collection projects, or research. Collaborative lists make it easier for teams, faculty, and students to work from a common set of titles.
Connect CLCD to Your Holdings
Local Collection Management and OPAC linking help users identify which CLCD titles are already held locally, move between CLCD and the library catalog, and apply CLCD’s enriched information directly to collection work.
Version 8: Curated AI Insights and Enhanced Decision Support
Version 8 adds a new decision-support layer to CLCD Enterprise. These capabilities are designed to help users reach the most relevant information faster while keeping professional judgment and institutional policy at the center of every decision.
AI Traffic Light Indicators
Quick visual guidance to help identify titles that may require closer review across age and grade levels.
AI Review Summaries
Condensed insights from professional reviews, including sentiment, recurring themes, word maps, and notable reviewer observations.
Enhanced Age & Grade Guidance
Guidance based on multiple title-level parameters to provide a more complete view of age appropriateness.
Nuance Guidance
Additional context that helps explain when and why a title may deserve closer attention.
Faster Review Workflows
Improved navigation, filtering, and title-level organization help users move from discovery to evaluation more efficiently.
Award Analysis
Coming soon: additional interpretation of award recognition patterns and the context behind a title’s honors.
Available at no additional cost for the first six months: Version 8’s new AI-driven capabilities are included free during the introductory period. Afterward, they are planned to be offered as an optional low-cost add-on.
Built for the Work You Already Do
Universities & Colleges
Support Education, English, Children’s Literature, and Library & Information Science programs with a professional research environment students can continue to use in practice.
- Teach children’s and YA literature research
- Build text sets and thematic reading lists
- Study reviewing, awards, publishing, and representation
- Teach collection development and title evaluation
- Prepare future teachers and librarians for professional practice
Public Libraries
Give Children’s and Teen Services teams a centralized source for readers’ advisory, collection development, programming, review, and collection questions.
- Discover titles across ages, topics, genres, and awards
- Review professional commentary in one place
- Use Local Collection Management with existing holdings
- Support challenge review with documented evidence
- Develop and maintain stronger collections
Schools & Districts
Help librarians, media specialists, teachers, and administrators find books and evaluate titles with greater consistency and context.
- Support curriculum and classroom text selection
- Review age and grade guidance
- Use professional reviews and award history during evaluation
- Build reading lists around instructional needs
- Respond to title questions with better supporting information
Trusted Content in One Professional Resource
Enterprise brings together a wide range of title-level information that would otherwise require searching across multiple sources.
- 1.3M+ FRBR-organized children’s and young adult titles
- 630K+ professional reviews from leading review sources
- 1,275+ award programs and extensive award history
- 125K+ award-winning titles
- Best Books and recommended-title lists
- Age and grade guidance
- Accelerated Reader and Scholastic Reading Counts information
- Subjects, genres, formats, languages, and bibliographic data
- Author links and supporting title information
- Challenged Book Alerts
- Saved searches and Collaborative Reading Lists
- Local Collection Management and OPAC linking
- Acquisition export capabilities
- Administrator settings and display controls
- Version 8 Curated AI Insights
From Discovery to Decision
Discover
Use advanced filters, topic discovery, Award Search, and local holdings to identify relevant titles.
Understand
Review professional commentary, awards, age guidance, reading information, and Version 8 contextual insights.
Evaluate
Compare titles, examine context, and apply professional judgment to selection, instruction, or collection questions.
Use & Share
Build lists, export data, connect to local catalogs, support courses, and collaborate with colleagues or students.
Owl Tip: When Enterprise Stands Out
Enterprise is the best fit when your users need deep search, professional review context, award research, local collection tools, and stronger title-level decision support.
See CLCD Enterprise in Action
A short demonstration can show how Enterprise supports your specific workflows—whether your priority is research, instruction, readers’ advisory, collection development, local holdings, or title evaluation.
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