THURSDAY, JANUARY13, 2011
e-Selection Tools
Here is a list of currently available tools for collection development selection decisions. The list is selective, not comprehensive and the tools are mixed in that some review, some award, some publish core lists, some publish, and some act simply as finding aids.
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African American Literature
1.African American Literature Book Club
http://aalbc.com/
2. Quarterly Review of Black Books
http://www.qbr.com/
3. AfroPoets.net
http://www.afropoets.net/
4. W.E. DuBois Department of Afro-American Studies
http://www.umass.edu/afroam/
5. 100 African American Books of the 20th century
http://aalbc.com/books/thebesttitles.htm
6. Coretta Scott King Awards
http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/rts/emiert/cskbookawards/index.cfm
7. Center for Black Literature
http://www.mec.cuny.edu/spcd/caddi/cbl.asp
Alternative Press
1.Alternative Press Center
www.altpress.org/
Art
1.Metropolitan Museum of Art
http://www.metmuseum.org/
2.ArtistBookstore
http://www.artistbookstore.com/
3.Art Book Reviews
http://artbooksreviews.com/
4.Art Libraries Society of North America
http://www.arlisna.org/resources/reviews/index.html
ASIAN Resources
1.Asia for Kids
http://www.afk.com/index.tmpl
2.Lee And Low Books
http://www.leeandlow.com/home/
3.Children and YA books with Asian American themes
http://www.cynthialeitichsmith.com/lit_resources/diversity/asian_am/asian_am.html
Audio-Visual Resources
1. Library Video
http://www.libraryvideo.com/ (select award winners)
2. Listening Library
http://www.randomhouse.com/audio/listeninglibrary/
3. AudioBooks
http://www.audiobooks.com/
4. Video Librarian
http://www.videolibrarian.com/
5. PW Audio Fiction Bestsellers
http://www.publishersweekly.com/bestsellerslist/8.html?channel=bestsellers
6. Kids First Website
http://www.cqcm.org/
7. Media and Methods
http://www.media-methods.com/
8. Bowkers Complete Video Directory
9. Center for Media Literacy
http://www.medialit.org/reading_room.html
10. Landers Film Review
11. OnVideo
http://www.onvideo.org/
12. Films for the Humanities and Sciences
http://www.films.com/
13. Books on tape
http://www.booksontape.com/
14. Recorded Books
http://www.recordedbooks.com/
Awards
1. American Book Awards
http://www.bookweb.org/btw/awards/The-American-Book-Awards---Before-Columbus-Foundation.html
2. AwardWeb
http://dpsinfo.com/awardweb/
3. Caldecott
http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/alsc/awardsgrants/bookmedia/caldecottmedal/caldecotthonors/caldecottmedal.cfm
4.Coretta Scott King Awards
http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/rts/emiert/cskbookawards/index.cfm
5.Costa Book Awards
http://www.costabookawards.com/
6. Hollywood Foreign Press Golden Globes
http://www.hfpa.org/
7. Hugo Awards
http://www.thehugoawards.org/
8.Man Booker Prize
http://www.themanbookerprize.com/
9.National Book Awards
http://www.nationalbook.org/nba2010.html
10. National Book Critics Circle Award
http://www.bookweb.org/btw/awards/Critics-Circle.html
11. Newbery
http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/alsc/awardsgrants/bookmedia/newberymedal/newberymedal.cfm
12. Nobel Prize
www.nobel.se/
13. PEN/Faulkner Award
http://www.penfaulkner.org/
14. Pulitzer Prize
http://www.pulitzer.org/
15. Pura Belpre
http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/alsc/awardsgrants/bookmedia/belpremedal/index.cfm
16. Tony Awards
http://www.tonyawards.com/en_US/index.html
Bibliographic Sources
1. Amazon
http://www.amazon.com/
2. BIP
http://www.booksinprint.com/
BookSellers /BookFinders
1. ABEBOOKS
www.abebooks.com/
2. Alibris
http://www.alibris.com/
3.Amazon
http://www.amazon.com/
4. American Booksellers Association
http://www.bookweb.org/index.html
5. Barnes and Noble
http://www.barnesandnoble.com/
6. Bibliofind
http://www.bibliofind.com/
7. BookFinder
http://www.bookfinder.com/
8.Borders
http://www.borders.com/online/store/Home
9. Powell's Books
www.powells.com/
10. US Book Exchange
http://www.usbe.com/index.html
Book Pricing Services
1. ADDALL
www.addall.com/
2. Antiquarian Book Sellers
http://www.abaa.org/
3. BookPricer.com
http://www.bookpricer.com/
4. Guide to rare and old books
http://www.fadedgiant.net/
Business Books
1.Business Week
http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/08_50/b4112081259662.htm
2. LJ Best Business Books, 2010
http://www.libraryjournal.com/lj/collectiondevelopmentbestbooks/888437-476/lj_best_business_books_2010.html.csp
3. US News and World Report Best Business Books of all Time
http://www.usnews.com/usnews/biztech/articles/070513/21best.intro.htm
Childrens Sources
1.Childrens Literature Web Guide (ceased ca 2001)
www.acs.ucalgary.ca/~dkbrown
2. Booklist
www.ala.org/booklist/index.html
3. Horn Book
http://www.hbook.com/
4. School Library Journal
http://www.slj.com/
5. Voya
http://www.voya.com/
6. YALSA
www.ala.org/yalsa/
7. Bulletin of the Center for Childrens Books
www.lis.uiuc.edu/puboff/bccb/
8. Fairrosa (last updated 2008)
http://www.fairrosa.info/
9. Best NonFiction for Young Adults
http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/yalsa/booklistsawards/nonfiction/nonfiction.cfm
10. NYPL Recommended Reading for Children
http://kids.nypl.org/reading/recommended.cfm
12. A to Zoo: Subject Access to Children's Picture Books, 5th ed.
13. Kathy Schrock's Guide for Educators
http://school.discovery.com/schrockguide/index.html
14. Reading Corner
www.carr.org/read/ (last updated 2005)
15. Learning Media
http://www.learningmedia.co.nz/
16.100 Picture Books Everyone Should Know
http://kids.nypl.org/reading/recommended2.cfm?ListID=61
17. 100 Best Books for children
http://www.teachersfirst.com/100books.htm
18.Children’s Choices
http://www.reading.org/resources/booklists/childrenschoices.aspx
Electronic Information
1. Scout Report
http://scout.wisc.edu/Reports/ScoutReport/Current/
2. Children’s Software Review
http://www.childrenssoftware.com/
3. Internet Library for Librarians
www.itcompany.com/inforetriever/index.htm
4. Project Gutenberg
http://promo.net/pg
5. NetLibrary
http://www.netlibrary.com/
6. American Memory
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/ammemhome.html
7. Electronic Book Review
http://www.altx.com/ebr/
ESL or Languages
1.California Language Laboratories
http://www.esltapes.com/
2. Language Learning Advisor.com
http://www.language-learning-advisor.com/index.html
3. Random House Living Language
http://www.randomhouse.com/livinglanguage/
4. World Language and Cultures
http://www.vistawide.com/languages/gifts_foreign_language_books.htm
Fiction Sources
1.100 Best Novels
http://www.randomhouse.com/modernlibrary/100best/novels.html
2. Amazon.com
http://www.amazon.com/
3. Best Adult Genre Fiction, BookList
http://www.booklistonline.com/ProductInfo.aspx?pid=3369864
4. BookSpot.com Reviews
http://www.bookspot.com/reviews/
5. GoodReads
http://www.goodreads.com/
6. Historical Fiction Reviews
http://www.bookbrowse.com/browse/index.cfm?category_number=39
7. Kirkus Reviews
http://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/fiction/
8. Mostly Fiction Book Reviews
http://bookreview.mostlyfiction.com/
9. NY Times Book Reviews
http://topics.nytimes.com/top/features/books/bookreviews/index.html
10. OverBooked
www.overbooked.org/
11. Reader’s Robot
http://www.tnrdlib.bc.ca/rr.html
12. Speculative Fiction Internet Database
www.sfsite.com/
Films (see Movies)
Gay Literature
1.Cleis Press
http://www.cleispress.com/index.html
2. GLBT Literature
http://jclarkmedia.com/gaybooks/
3. Amazon Best Gay Novels
http://www.amazon.com/The-Best-Gay-Novels/lm/BDY4GAGCFEBO
4. The 100 best lesbian and gay novels
http://www.publishingtriangle.org/100best.asp
5. Best gay, lesbian, bisexual films
http://www.logoonline.com/sitemap.jhtml (scroll to films)
6. Rainbow List
http://blogs.ala.org/glbtrt.php?cat=441
Genealogy Sources
1.Biography and Genealogy Sources for Texas
2.Cyndi’s List
http://www.cyndislist.com/
3. USGenWeb Project
http://www.usgenweb.com/
4. National Archives
http://www.archives.gov/publications/lists/topic-genealogy.html
Government Documents
1. Catalog of US Government Publications
http://catalog.gpo.gov/F?RN=720564951
2. Library of Congress
http://thomas.loc.gov/links/
3. Government Publications FactSheets
http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/rts/godort/godortfactsheets/
4. FEDWORLD
http://www.fedworld.gov/
5. US Government Bookstore
http://bookstore.gpo.gov/
Medical Resources
AccessMed Books
http://books.mcgraw-hill.com/cgi-bin/pbg/medical-home.html
American Medical Writers Association
http://www.amwa.org/default.asp?id=167
Brandon-Hill Books for the Small Medical Library
http://library.mssm.edu/brandon-hill/small_medical/pdf/brandon4.pdf
Best books for a Consumer Health Library
http://library.uchc.edu/departm/hnet/pdf/corelist.pdf
Doody Publishing
http://www.doody.com/
E-streams
http://www.e-stream.com/
Matthews Medical Books
http://www.matthewsbooks.com/
MEDBook .MD
http://www.medbook.md/
National Library of Medicine
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/
Recommended Books for a Consumer Health Reference Section
http://library.uchc.edu/departm/hnet/pdf/corelist.pdf
Miscellaneous Resources
1. Genreflecting
www.mancon.com/genre/
4. Romance
http://www.tlt.com/ (select reviews)
5. Oprah’s Book of the Month Club
http://www.oprah.com/entity/oprahsbookclub
6. Readers Advisor
http://www.readersadvisoronline.com/blog/
7. Sequels: An Annotated Guide to Novels in Series
http://www.alastore.ala.org/detail.aspx?ID=2418
8. Best Westerns
http://www.westernwriters.org/best_westerns.htm
9. Chapter One [read the first chapter of a reviewed book]
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/style/books/chapterone.htm
10. Currency Converter
http://europe.oanda.com/
11. Horror Writers Association
http://www.horror.org/
12. MysteryNet
http://www.mysterynet.com/
Movies
1.Internet Movie Database
http://www.imdb.com/
2. Ebert on the Movies
http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/
3.Oscars
http://www.oscar.com/
4. Golden Globes
http://www.goldenglobes.org/
5. Rotten Tomatoes
http://www.rottentomatoes.com/
6.Metacritic
http://www.metacritic.com/film/
Music
1.Billboard
http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/index.jsp
2. CDconnection
www.cdconnection.com/
3. Gramophone Website
http://www.gramophone.co.uk/
4. Music Sales
http://www.musicsales.com/Dealers.aspx
5. The Recording Academy
http://www.grammy.com/
Native American
1.American Indian Books
http://www.native-languages.org/books.htm
2.National Museum of the American Indian
http://www.nmai.si.edu/
3.Native American Books
http://www.kstrom.net/isk/books/bookmenu.html
4. Native American Indian Children’s Literature
http://www.cynthialeitichsmith.com/lit_resources/diversity/native_am/nat_lit/native_lit_novels.html
5. Oyate
http://www.oyate.org/index.php?option=com_virtuemart&Itemid=97
Plays
1.Dramatists
http://www.dramatists.com/
2. Play Reviews
http://www.lib.umd.edu/guides/play_reviews.html
3. Samuel French
http://www.samuelfrench.com/
Poetry
1. The Poetry Society
http://www.poetrysociety.org.uk/
2. Poetry4Kids
http://www.poetry4kids.com/
3. Poets
http://www.poets.org/
4. Poet’s Corner
http://www.theotherpages.org/poems/
5. Poetry for Children
http://poetryforchildren.blogspot.com/
Publishers
1. HW Wilson
www.hwwilson.com/
2. Baker and Taylor
www.btol.com/
3. Bookwire
http://www.bookwire.com/
4. Blackwell’s
http://www.wiley.com/WileyCDA/
5. Yankee Peddlers
www.ybp.com/
6. Bowker’s
http://www.bowker.com/
7. American BookSellers Assn
www.ambook.org/booksense/
8.The Publishers' Catalogs Home Page
http://www.lights.ca/publisher/
9. Directory of Scholarly and Professional Associations
http://www.scholarly-societies.org/
Religion
1.Association of Jewish Libraries
www.jewishlibraries.org/
2. Best Muslim Books for kids
http://www.noorart.com/
3. Christophers Awards
http://www.christophers.org/Page.aspx?pid=563
4. Christian Books
http://www.christianbook.com/
5. The Muslim Family
http://azkiah.tripod.com/
6. National Yiddish Book Center
http://www.yiddishbooks.com/
7. 21st Century Christian Publishing
http://www.21stcc.com/
8. Zondervan
http://www.zondervan.com/
Reviews
1. NY Times Book Review
http://topics.nytimes.com/top/features/books/bookreviews/index.html
2. Library Journal
http://www.ljdigital.com/
3. PW
www.publishersweekly.com/
4. Ebert on the Movies
http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/
5. Gale Reference Reviews
http://www.galegroup.com/reference/
6. Choice
www.ala.org/acrl/choice/home.html www.choicereviews.org/Rev150choicescripts/mainmenu.asp?dslid=1000
7. Science Books and Films
http://www.sbfonline.com/
8. Book Review Digest [available through FirstSearch]
9. Kirkus
10. ALAN Review
http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/ejournals/ALAN/
11. BookNotes (C-Span)
http://www.booknotes.org/
Science Materials
1.National Science Teachers Association
http://www.nsta.org/
Serials
1. Gale Directory of Publications
http://www.gale.cengage.com/servlet/BrowseSeriesServlet?region=9&imprint=000&titleCode=DOP
2. Magazines for Libraries
http://www.bowker.com/index.php/component/content/article/488
3. Magazines for Kids and Teens [Available through ERIC.]
4. North American Serials Interest Group
http://www.nasig.org/
5. Serials in Internet Public Library
http://www.ipl.org/div/serials/
6. Serials in Cyberspace
http://www.uvm.edu/~bmaclenn/
7. Serials Librarian
http://www.informaworld.com/smpp/title~content=t792306962
8. Serials Review
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/00987913
9. Ulrich’s Directory of Periodicals
http://www.ulrichsweb.com/ulrichsweb/default.asp?navPage=4&
Spanish Language Materials
1.Barahona Center for the Study of Books in Spanish for Children and Adolescents
http://www.csusm.edu/csbs/
2. CLASP Awards
http://www.uwm.edu/Dept/CLACS/outreach_americas.html
3. Europa’s Foreign Books
http://www.schoenhofs.com/
4. Pura Belpre Award
http://www.ala.org/alsc/belpre.html
5. Adler’s Foreign Books
http://www.afb-adlers.com/
6. Lectorum
http://www.lectorum.com/
Standards
1. American Reference Book Annual
http://www.arbaonline.com/
2. Childrens Catalog
http://azkiah.tripod.com/Children%27scatalog.htm
3. Fiction Catalog
http://www.hwwilson.com/print/fictcat.cfm
4. Public Library Catalog
http://www.hwwilson.com/print/publibcat.cfm
5. Readers Advisor
http://rainfo.lu.com/
6. Elementary School Library Collection
http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/article/CA90692.html
7. Reference Sources for Small and Medium Sized Libraries
http://www.amazon.com/Reference-Source-Medium-Sized-Libraries-Sources/dp/0838909434
8. Books for Junior College Libraries
http://www.rclweb.net/
9. Guide to Reference Books
http://www.guidetoreference.org/HomePage.aspx
10. Middle and Junior HS Library Catalog
http://www.hwwilson.com/print/mjhscat.cfm
11. Junior HS Library Catalog
12. Senior HS Library Catalog
http://www.hwwilson.com/print/srhscat.cfm
13. MicroForm Review
http://www.periodicals.com/html/ihp_e.html?em05179
StoryTelling Resources
1.StoryNet
http://www.storynet.org/
2. National Storytelling Network
http://www.storynet.org/resources/booknotes/index.html
TeenAge Sources
1. Favorite Teenage angst books
http://www.grouchy.com/angst/
2. Teen Read ALA
http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/yalsa/teenreading/trw/trw2007/booklists07.cfm
3. Adolescent Literature
http://www.people.virginia.edu/~jkb3y/project/home.html
4. Reading Rants
http://www.readingrants.org/
5. Magazines for Teens
http://www.madisonpubliclibrary.org/youth/magazines.html
Vendors
1. Bound to Stay Bound
http://www.btsb.com/
2. Mackin Educational Resources
http://www.mackin.com/index.aspx
3.Publishers Quality Library Service
http://www.pqlsbooks.com/
4.Titlewave
http://www.titlewave.com/
Womens Studies
1.Feminist Bookstores, Publishers
http://womenst.library.wisc.edu/
2. Women’s Studies Database
http://www.mith2.umd.edu/WomensStudies/FilmReviews/
