Voice of Youth Advocates (VOYA): This journal includes articles about serving young adults, bibliographic essays, collection development guidance, bibliographies and reviews of literature for young adults, including "adult" titles with young adult appeal. Full text is available via Library Literature and Wilson OmniFile databases. The journal's website, featuring web only content and reprints of some feature articles, can be accessed here. Hard copies are cataloged with the periodicals at Z718.5 V65.
Booklist: Booklist is a major review journal used by most libraries for new book selection. The journal reviews adults', childrens' and young adult fiction and nonfiction and features young people's nonfiction series reviews. Michael Cart's regular column, "Carte Blanche," addresses topics in young adult literature. Full text is available (at least 1993 to present) via Academic OneFile and Expanded Academic ASAP, and is available from 2002 to the present via Academic Search Premier. Access to all website content is restricted to subscribers, but one-month trial access is available at the journal's website, here. Hard copies are cataloged with the periodicals at Z1035.A1.B65.
School Library Journal: One of the premier selection journals for youth serving librarians, this periodical reviews children's, young adult and adult books for young adults. Full text of the journal from 1974 to the present is available via Academic Search Premier. Significant content is also available via the journal's website, here. Hard copies of the journal are cataloged at Z675.S3 S45.
The Horn Book: This review journal takes a distinctly more literary tone in its reviews of children's and young adult literature. Patty Campbell's erstwhile "Sand in the Oyster" column is good source of information about young adult literature. Academic Search Premier features full text of the journal from 1990 to the present. Some content, including thematic bibliographies, is available via the journal's website, here. Hard copies of the publication are cataloged with the periodicals at Z1037.A1 H67.
The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books: Like Horn Book, this journal features more literary review content and addresses children's and young adult literature. While little journal content is available on the journal's website, the Center for Children's Books site, here. Full text of the journal from 1998 to the present is available via the ProQuest Education Journals database. Hard copies are shelved at Z1037.A1 B85.
Teacher Librarian: Formerly called Emergency Librarian (I liked that name better), TL is dedicated to school librarianship at all levels. Monthly bibliographies submitted by practitioners are included each month. Some content is available online at the journal's website. Full text from 1998 to the present is accesible via Academic Search Premier. The journal is shelved at Z675.S3 E43.
Young Adult Library Services: This new journal is the result of the division of the former Journal of Youth Services in Libraries into two: Children and Libraries and Young Adult Library Services. YALS includes bibliographic essays and articles related to young adult librarianship and collection development. Full text of the journal is available from 2004 to the present via Academic Search Premier and Library Literature. The journal is shelved at Z718.5 Y65.