At 05:23 PM 3/1/2006, Kathy Hutton wrote:
>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.
>Kathy Hutton, Library Media Specialist
>Lemon Bay High School
>Englewood, Florida 34224
>Kathy_Hutton@ccps.k12.fl.us
>khutton@ewol.com
Actually I have a couple of suggestions:
#1 - H. W. Wilson's _Junior High Library Catalog_
and _High School Library Catalog_ and _Fiction
Catalog_ (aimed at public libraries) - all 3
publications have been in print for MANY years.
My JHLC goes back to 1975 or so! All 3 are
available online in addition to the print
versions but I couldn't tell if the online version is retrospective or not.
#2 - H. W. Wilson's _Book Review Digest_ online
IS retrospective. The 3 'catalogs' above link to BRD in the online edition.
The difference between the two suggestions is
that the 3 'catalogs' are targeted at school
libraries while BRD covers all kinds of books.
(Really stretching the old memory here back to
Basic Reference class in the 70's!) Wilson's phone number is 1-800-367-6770.
#3 - Search some online catalogs. I'm getting
MARC records that include review sources and
dates so that info should show up in the catalog.
You might have to choose to view a FULL or MARC
view depending on the system to see those fields
displayed. And some systems have "added value"
info that includes the book cover image and
sometimes book reviews. You are welcome to start
with ours at http://lib.splendoraisd.org/
although we are a small school district of only 5
campuses so our collection isn't as large as a big district.
Melissa
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Melissa Davis Librarian
Splendora Junior High phone: 281-689-2853
Splendora, Tx 77372 fax: 281-689-8445
work: mbdavis@splendora.k12.tx.us home: mbdavis50@cox.net
"That's your plan? Wile E. Coyote would come up with a better plan than that."
(John Crichton, Farscape)
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