[LM_NET] Need Review (Source) for OLD books

[Kathy Hutton <khutton@EWOL.COM>]

Okay…the horse is out of the barn and now we’re trying … well, you know 
the story!

Question:
Do you know of any source (preferably, online) that identifies and 
provides reviews—preferably, full text—for fiction titles, many of which 
are old (published in the early 80s) and/or out-of-print?  If you had to 
locate reviews for your collection, retrospectively, what source or 
sources would you use?  I’m talking about hundreds, maybe thousands, of 
titles.

Problem:
As with many (most?) schools, our teachers have been encouraged to 
develop classroom libraries.  Some began growing a collection years 
before this encouragement was offered.  Now, it seems, that the 
administrators who did the encouraging want to be certain that the books 
included in classroom libraries are “quality literature.”

Although most of the books are relatively current publications, many are 
old and long out-of-print. Reviews are difficult to locate for a lot of 
the titles.

I have been using Follett’s Titlewave because it identifies review 
sources, date of review, and, in many cases, full text reviews. 
Unfortunately, many of the titles included in classroom libraries are 
not included in Titlewave.  While Perma-bound includes names of 
reviewing sources, it provides no indication as to whether reviews were 
favorable, neutral or unfavorable—and provides no date for the reviews.

As you can see, I really am hoping for a miracle!  I would love to find 
an online source (subscription database, or otherwise) that provides 
reviews of young adult fiction titles—with publication dates that range 
from recent to “your mother may have read this book!”  Your help (and 
understanding of the dilemma I’m in) is greatly, greatly appreciated. 
Thanks, so much.

Kathy Hutton, Library Media Specialist
Lemon Bay High School
2201 Placida Road
Englewood, Florida 34224
Kathy_Hutton@ccps.k12.fl.us
khutton@ewol.com

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