Digging Deeper (Part One): Mining the Library for Gold

🔎 Digging Deeper (Part One): Mining the Library for Gold

A Free Hands-On Research Webinar for Children’s Book Writers

You've been honing your writing craft. You’ve got a great idea. But how do you find the right facts—to make your manuscript shine?

In this free, practical 60-minute webinar, nonfiction author Kirsten W. Larson shows you how to dig deeper using the tools already at your fingertips—starting with your public or university library.

This session is packed with hands-on demos, insider tips, and real-world strategies for:

✔ Finding reliable nonfiction and reference titles

✔ Using subject terms to widen your search

✔ Requesting hard-to-find materials through WorldCat and interlibrary loan

✔ Accessing databases (often from home!)

✔ Working with librarians—even if you can’t visit the archive in person

✔Starting your bibliography

Whether you’re researching a picture book, middle grade, or YA, this session will cover the basics.

This session has already occurred. Your PDF download includes the replay link plus the handout, 5 Things to Try in Your Local Library (PDF download).