Acquisitions, Serials, and Collection Development:
Book Reviews
| TITLE: |
Academia |
| DESCRIPTION: |
"A monthly online magazine of academic titles and
information"--Title screen. This site contains lists of university press bestsellers,
academic essentials, academic bestsellers, upcoming books by subjects and academic levels,
buyer's picks, etc. Each list includes brief reviews for the titles listed. |
| KEYWORDS: |
publishers' catalogs, book reviews |
| TITLE: |
ACHUKA:
Children's Books UK |
| DESCRIPTION: |
Reviews of books for children, teens, and young adults
published in United Kingdom. |
| KEYWORDS: |
publishers' catalogs, book reviews, united kingdom |
| TITLE: |
Amazon.com
Books |
| DESCRIPTION: |
A site for searching million titles (including in print and
out-of-print materials), buying items online, and accessing book reviews resources. |
| KEYWORDS: |
publishers' catalogs, book reviews |
| TITLE: |
Best Big On-line Bookstores |
| DESCRIPTION: |
Offers "fine old books and a traditional book search
capability, a list of best selling book titles to choose from, {and help users to} find
book publishers, book reviews and libraries on-line."--Title screen. The lists of
online US and Canadian bookstores, music stores, foreign books and antiquarian books are
excellent sources to locate books on the Internet. Book reviews are also available. |
| KEYWORDS: |
book stores, book reviews, catalogs |
| TITLE: |
Book Lovers: Fine Books and Literature |
| DESCRIPTION: |
Provides links to book-related resources on the Internet. It
includes booksellers and publishers, rare books, library collections, literature, literary
journals, etc. |
| KEYWORDS: |
book reviews, meta-index |
| TITLE: |
Booklist |
| DESCRIPTION: |
A magazine published by ALA. It provides "reviews of the
latest books and (more recently) electronic media." It reviews annually nearly 4,000
books for adults, 2,500 titles for children, more than 500 reference books and electronic
reference tools, and 1,000 other audiovisual materials. It also publishes a wide variety
of feature articles including author interviews, bibliographies, book-related essays by
well-known writers, and a selection of columns. |
| E-MAIL: |
Ben Segedin, bsegedin@ala.org |
| KEYWORDS: |
book reviews, book catalog, media review |
| TITLE: |
BookPage |
| DESCRIPTION: |
"A monthly book review that is published both in print
and on the web. The print edition is distributed by librarians as a free publication for
their patrons. BookPage provides patrons with a high quality book review that introduces
them to the best new books each month. BookPage focuses on new releases with a wide
variety of titles and author interviews."--Supplied by publisher. |
| KEYWORDS: |
book reviews |
| TITLE: |
Bookwire |
| DESCRIPTION: |
Claims to be "the most comprehensive guide to the
book-related resources of the Internet". Contains the Bookwire Bestseller List
Database, the Bookwire's Best Bets, Publishers Weekly Bestseller Lists, Publishers Weekly
Multimedia Directory, Mort Gerberg's Bookwire Cartoon of the Day, the Boston Book Review,
the Bookwire Index, and links to book publishers and sellers on the Web, Online Libraries,
and Reading Room, the Library
Journal's Hot Picks, etc. |
| E-MAIL: |
www@bookwire.com |
| KEYWORDS: |
book reviews |
| TITLE: |
The Bulletin of the Center for Children's
Books |
| DESCRIPTION: |
Published by the University of Illinois, it claims to be
"one of the nation's leading children's book review journals for school and public
librarians."--Title screen. |
| KEYWORDS: |
book reviews, children books |
| TITLE: |
CM: Canadian Review of Materials |
| DESCRIPTION: |
Published by the Manitoba Library Association, "cm
magazine is . . . book reviews, media reviews, news, features and stories of interest [for
Canadian materials] to teachers, librarians, parents, and kids."--Title screen. |
| E-MAIL: |
cm@mts.net |
| KEYWORDS: |
book reviews, canada |
| TITLE: |
CHOICE |
| DESCRIPTION: |
"CHOICE publishes reviews of current scholarly books and
electronic products. Most academic libraries in the U.S. use CHOICE for selecting and
purchasing materials.... CHOICE emphasizes scholarly titles, often presenting the first
reaction in print to new titles of potential value to undergraduate collections. CHOICE
covers more than 50 subdisciplines spanning the humanities, science and technology, and
the social and behavioral sciences."--About. |
| E-MAIL: |
choicemag@ala-choice.org |
| KEYWORDS: |
book reviews, academic libraries |
| TITLE: |
The
Horn Book, Inc. |
| DESCRIPTION: |
Information on two review journals on children's literature.
The site includes excerpts, sample reviews, editorials, subscription information, and
more. |
| E-MAIL: |
info@hbook.com |
| KEYWORDS: |
children, young adults, book reviews |
| TITLE: |
Internet Book Information Center,
Inc. |
| DESCRIPTION: |
A joint project of Sun Microsystems and the University of
North Carolina-Chapel Hill. Contains the IBIC Guide to Book-Related Resources on the
Internet, which provides links to lists of Authors, Publishers, Booksellers, and
Libraries, etc., the IBIC Virtual Review
of Books which provides links to major review databases, lists of bestsellers,
"top 100" books, and award-winners, the Commonplace Book, and What's New for
Book-Lovers. |
| E-MAIL: |
ibic@sunsite.unc.edu |
| KEYWORDS: |
book reviews, meta-index |
| TITLE: |
Library Link News |
| DESCRIPTION: |
Reviews of books for library and information professionals. |
| E-MAIL: |
liblink@mcb.co.uk |
| KEYWORDS: |
book reviews, library science, information science |
| TITLE: |
ParentsPlace.com: Fun |
| DESCRIPTION: |
Reviews of books, music, videos, and software for babies,
toddlers, preschool children, kindergarten, grade 1 to teens. |
| CONTACT: |
Feedback |
| KEYWORDS: |
book, video, music, software, reviews, children |
| TITLE: |
Science Books & Films (SB&F) |
| DESCRIPTION: |
An online sample version of the printed "critical review
journal devoted exclusively to print and nonprint materials in all of the sciences and for
all age groups."--About. |
| KEYWORDS: |
book reviews, science, reference, children |
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