DATABASES

1.  Academic Libraries
 
• ARBA: American Reference Books Annual
• Best Books for Academic Libraries
• Choice Reviews
• ISI Journal Citation Reports (Institute for Scientific Information) note: ask librarian for password
• Ulrich's Serials Analysis System note: ask librarian for password

• ARBA: American Reference Books Annual
• Title Source (Baker and Taylor) note: click Anonymous Login
• Title Wave (Follett: Free Access After Registration)
• Horn Book Guide
• Children's Catalog
• Middle and Junior High Library Catalog
• Senior High School Catalog
• Libraryvideo.com

 

  4. Review Databases
 

• Book Review Digest
• Media Review Digest
• Computing Reviews
• Charleston Advisor: Critical Reviews of Web Products for Information Professionals

 

5. Verification Databases
 

• WorldCat
• Ulrich's Periodicals Directory
• Books in Print Global
• Rare and Out-of-Print Dealers

CORE LISTS

 

AWARDS AND BEST LISTS

1.  General
 

• Children's Book Awards and Other Literary Prizes: ISLMC
• Amazon Best Books


2   Children
 

• Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books 2002 Blue Ribbon Books  and Blue Ribbon Archive
• Orbis Pictus Award for Outstanding Nonfiction for Children (NCTE)
• Robert F. Sibert Award for Nonfiction
• Caldecott Medal Home Page
• Newbery Medal Home Page
• Coretta Scott King Award
• Notable Children's Books (ALSC)
• School Library Journal Best Books

 
3.  Young Adult
 
• Alex Awards
• Coretta Scott King Award
• Jefferson Cup Award
• Margaret A. Edwards Award
• Michael L. Printz Award
• Society of School Librarians International Book Awards

 
4.  Adult
 
• Pultizer Prizes
• National Book Awards
• New York Times Book Review
• Random House Modern Library 100 Best Books of the 20th Century: Fiction
• Random House Modern Library 100 Best Books of the 20th Century: Non-Fiction

5. Media Award Winners
 
• Libraryvideo.com List

FOREIGN LANGUAGE


 
• Shoenhol's Foreign Books
• Criticas: An English Speaking Guide to the Latest Spanish Language Titles
• Barahona Center for the Study of Books in Spanish for Children and Adolescents
• International Book Centre, Inc. (Select "shop now" for selections)
• AcqWeb Regional Publishers

 

CD WEBSITES


 
• AcqWeb Collection Development Sources
• Collection Development Resources for School Libraries
• Louisiana State University Libraries Selector's Toolbox
• William and Gayle Cook Music Library: Internet Music Collection Development Resources

 

OTHER SOURCES

• Recent Acquisitions Lists
• Dartmouth College
• Northeastern University
• University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, LIS Library
• AcqWeb Directory of Collection Development Policies on the Web

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Simmons College Libraries
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Last updated 7/16/06