Starting
Points: Guide to Book Reviews (and
Books) |
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REFERENCE BOOKS -
Available for your use in the library, these books cannot be
checked out. |
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R 028
Boo |
Books
of the Century: A Hundred Years of
Authors, Ideas and
Literature |
Some of the century’s best books reviewed in The New
York Times by some of
the century’s best authors. Covers 1896 to 1997. |
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028 Kan |
Vintage
Reading: From Plato to Bradbury |
Discussions
of “eighty of the world’s most
unforgettable books.” |
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028 R |
The
List of Books: A Library of Over 3,000
Works |
Quick
overviews of important books from antiquity through the 20th
century. |
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R 028 Sey |
The
100 Most Influential Books Ever Written |
Books that have formed the “history of thought from
ancient times to today.”
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R 028.1 B |
Book
Review Digest – 1929-present |
Very
short excerpts from book reviews of the previous
year. |
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R 808.8 Mas |
Masterplots - American Fiction Series; Poetry Series -
R 808.1 Mas ; Short Story
Series -
R 808.3 Mas |
Plot
summations and explorations of themes and characters. |
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R 809.03 Boo |
Book Review
Index |
Citations of reviews in magazines and scholarly journals of
books, and audio
books. |
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CIRCULATING BOOKS |
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028
Blo |
How to Read and Why |
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028 Sch |
The Crafty Reader |
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028.1 Maj |
100
One-Night Reads: A Book Lover’s Guide |
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028.8 Boo |
The Book
that Changed My Life: 71 Remarkable Writers Celebrate the
Books that Matter Most to Them |
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028.8 You |
You’ve
Got to Read this Book |
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028.9 Man |
A History of Reading |
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374.22
Moo |
Good
Books Lately – The One-Stop Resource for Book Groups and
Other Greedy Readers |
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YA
808 Fos |
How
to Read Literature Like a Professor |
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808.02 Pro |
Reading
Like a Writer |
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FINDING BOOKS AND OTHER LIBRARY MATERIALS/
Dewey Decimal browsing numbers:
028, 808.8 |
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In
addition to reference books, you may want to search for other books
and materials (videos, audiobooks, etc.) on your topic. The best way
to find good sources of information is to do a subject search
in our Library catalog. You can
access the Library’s online catalog from the Library or home by
going to our Web page (www.wppl.org),
then to Search Our Catalog.
A good subject heading for this topic
is books and
reading. |
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eBOOKS
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You may
also want to check out the collection of thousands of online
books (eBooks) the Library has to offer located on the Web
site
www.netlibrary.com.
Initially, you must open an account from Library computer
terminals, but you will then be able to use the account from
home as well. See a reference librarian for more
details. |
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FINDING ARTICLES
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The following sources can be used to find magazine articles dealing
with your topic:
·
The Readers’ Guide to
Periodical Literature - Adult Reference
R 050 R
Search for articles on a subject within any given year.
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EBSCOhost
and
InfoTrac
OneFile
- Access from the Library or at home using
your library card number at
www.wppl.org.
Search for full text articles on these online databases using your
choice of keywords. You can limit your search to a certain year
or even a certain magazine. |
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WEBSITES
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Book Pages |
Authors interviews and reviews
of approximately 100 books each month. |
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BookSpot’s Book Reviews
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BookSpot’s organized links to
other newspaper, magazine and online review sites and much
more. |
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Four Children’s Book Sites |
The
Bookhive;
Carol Hurst’s Children’s
Literature;
Just for Kids Who Love
Books;
KidsReads |
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January Magazine |
An online magazine dedicated to
book reviews and featuring author profiles. |
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Modern
Library – 100 Best |
Modern Library’s 100 best
novels, 100 best nonfiction books, and Radcliffe’s 100 best
novels. See also,
Time
Magazine’s 100 Best Novels
from 1923-present. |
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New York Times Book Review
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Sunday's Book Review
including archives, bestseller lists, interviews & full-text
1st chapters. |
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New York Review of Books |
Book reviews, essays on
politics, culture and the arts by some of the world’s
premier writers. |
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Reviewing the Evidence |
Thousands of
mysteries and thrillers reviewed. |
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Websites
for Book Lovers |
Morton Grove Public
Library's links
for reviews, discussions, genre fiction, media spotlights on
books and more. |
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For more materials on this
subject, visit the Library's
Literature & Reading.
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Page maintained by Courtney Moore -
cmoore@wppl.org
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Updated:
December 11, 2008 Copyright (C) 2006 Winter Park Public Library. All rights reserved.
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