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Starting
Points: Book
Reviews (and Books) |
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R E F E R E N C E B O O K S -
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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I R C U L A T I N G B O O K S |
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025.2
Bak |
Double
Fold |
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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 You |
You’ve
Got to Read this Book (New Books, 1st floor) |
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028.9 Bir |
The Gutenberg Elegies |
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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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| F I N D I N G B O O K S
& O T H E R L I B R A R Y M A T E R I A L S
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 - Search Our Catalog - in the upper right hand.
A good subject heading for this topic
is books and
reading.
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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. Search
for employment and career books by the following categories: subject,
title, author. See a reference librarian for more detail.
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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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For additional information,
please see a reference librarian.
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