Reviews-Books

** PROFESSIONAL SELECTION TOOLS ** ** Booklist **[|http://www.booklistonline.com]
 * COST: Cost $350/ building for online version
 * PUBLICATION: American Library Association
 * REVIEWERS: Librarians and editors listed on the Web site
 * UNIQUE: Included with //Booklist// is a quarterly supplement called //Book Links// which ties books to classroom assignments, themes, etc.
 * SCOPE: Adult fiction and non-fiction; youth fiction and non-fiction, audio, reference, and graphic novels

** Bulletin for Children’s Books **[]
 * COST: Institution Print or Online Subscription $93/year; Institution Print and Online Subscription $130.20/year; Individual Print Subscription $55/year; Students Subscription $15/year.
 * PUBLICATION: The Johns Hopkins University Press
 * REVIEWERS:A current list of editors and staff is available on the Web site. The past reviewers are also posted on the same page.
 * UNIQUE: This bulletin is published monthly, excluding August. The only titles reviewed by this publication are new trade and mass-market books, excluding self published and "vanity press" works. There is a section titled "Professional Connections" where adult professional, scholarly, and trade books regarding the profession are listed and/or reviewd.
 * SCOPE:Children's and young adult fiction and non-fiction; adult professional, scholarly titles.

** Children’s Literature Comprehensive Database (JCKL database) ** > a number of highly credible review sources(e.g. The ALAN review, Audio File, Booklist, The Bulletin of the Center of Children's books).
 * COST:The cost is $295/year for a personal subscription. The cost for school and public libraries is based on enrollment or population.
 * PUBLICATION:The CLCD Company, LLC
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">REVIEWERS: A list of the staff is available on the Web site. They use independent reviewers and include reviews from
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">UNIQUE:Reviews span from 1993 to present. In addition to the database the CLCD releases the most up-to-date news about children's literature via Twitter and their Blogger.com Blog. They also release a free monthly newsletter.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">SCOPE:Children's and young adult fiction and non-fiction.

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">** Cooperative Children’s Book Center []**
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">COST: //Choices// cost $10 for non-Wisconsin residents.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">PUBLICATION:The University of Wisconsin-Madison
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">REVIEWERS:Staff biographies are available online.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">UNIQUE: The CCBC is a non-circulating examination, study, and research library that is not for use by families or children. It publishes //Choices// annually. //Choices// is a list of the best children's and young adult titles from the previous year.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">SCOPE:Children's and young adult literature; no audio books are reviews, only books available in print.

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">** Federal Resources for Educational Excellence [|http://free.ed.gov]**
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">COST:Free
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">REVIEWERS:A couple of employees from the Office of Communications and Outreach, Peter Kickbush and Kirk Winters, maintain the site with some support from outside of their department.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">UNIQUE:This database consists of resources from the federal government and maintained by the the Department of Education. New resources are posted every week.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">SCOPE:Teaching and learning resources spanning from Art & Music to Science.

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">** Horn Book Magazine [] **
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">COST: The Horn Book Magazine (six issues) costs $49/year and the Horn Book Guide (two issues) costs $49/year. If you buy both the magazine and the guide, the subscriber saves $10.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">PUBLICATION:Media Source Inc.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">REVIEWERS: a list of editors is
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">UNIQUE:Two of the six issues includes speeches from the winners of the Boston Global-Horn Award, Newbery medal, and the Caldecott
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">SCOPE:

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">** Junior Library Guild ** http://www.juniorlibraryguild.com/
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">COST:Subscriptions vary in price. There are packages starting at $1,004.40/year to $2,845.80/year.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">PUBLICATION:Media Source Inc.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">REVIEWERS:There is an Editorial Department, but there is not a list of editors provided.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">UNIQUE: The subscribers save, save save! JLG offers GREAT prices on newly-released childern's and young adult books. They even have services that go "beyond books."
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">SCOPE:Children's and young adult books; fiction, non-fiction, foreign language, and graphic novel.

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">** Library Media Connection **http://librarymediaconnection.com/
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">COST: The cost is $69/year.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">PUBLICATION: Linworth Publications
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">REVIEWERS: LMC has an editorial staff.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">UNIQUE:The LMC offers Spanish and Bilingual reviews and their special columns discuss audio books, graphic novels, copyright laws, and issues concerning the profession.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">SCOPE: Children's fiction and non-fiction.

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">** Publishers Weekly **http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/home/index.html
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">COST:The cost for the annual print subscription is $249.99 (51 issues). Print subscribers also receive the electronic collection included free.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">PUBLICATION: PWxyz, LLC
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">REVIEWERS:The reviewers are part of the editorial staff.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">UNIQUE: The reviews include self-published books as long as the have an ISBN number.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">SCOPE: Adult fiction and non-fiction, audio, graphic novels, and children's fiction and non-fiction.

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">** School Library Journal **
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">COST: The magainze costs $136.99 for 15 issues.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">PUBLICATION: Media Source Inc.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">REVIEWERS: The reviewers are part of the editorial staff.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">UNIQUE:They include age/grade appropriate reviews and their articles include up-to-date coverage on professional reading.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">SCOPE: Adult fiction and non-fiction (for teens), Children's fiction and non-fiction, young adult fiction and non fiction, technology, digital resources, and multimedia.

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">** Teacher Librarian ** http://www.teacherlibrarian.com/
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">COST: The cost is $56.00/year (5 issues).
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">PUBLICATION: E.L. Kurdyla Publishing LLC
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">REVIEWERS: The co-editors are displayed on the Web site. The Wen site also provides the advisory board members and the columnists.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">UNIQUE: The Tl includes many helpful and innovative columns. Some of their columns are written by syndicated columnists.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">SCOPE: Children's fiction and non-fiction, young adult, graphic novels, videos, and computer software; Adult library-related professional materials and technology.

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">** VOYA **
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">COST: The institutional cost is $57.00/year and the personal cost is $46.95/year. Both subscriptions come with six issues per year.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">PUBLICATION: E.L. Kurdyla Publishing LLC
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">REVIEWERS: The editorial staff and board are listed on the Web site.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">UNIQUE: This magazine focuses on young adults. It's columns, article series, book lists and book reviews are extremely helpful with helping and educating young adults.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">SCOPE: Young aduly fiction and non-fiction.

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">** Wilson Catalogs (for example, Senior High School Core Collection) (JCKL database) **
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">COST: The print subscription of Senior High School Core Collection is $254.00 for a four year service. The online format requires those interested to contact a sales representative.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">PUBLICATION: EBSCOhost
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">REVIEWERS: There is an advisory committee that compiles a list of recommendations. Those titles are submitted to librarians for approval. There is a list of staff members available on the H.W. Wilson Web site.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">UNIQUE: There is a "What's New" search device that shows the user what new resources have become available since the last time the subscriber searched.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">SCOPE: The Wilson Catalogs offer reviews of fiction, non-fiction, and CD-ROMs.

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">** ORDERING TOOLS ** <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">** Bound to Stay Bound **http://www.btsb.com/
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">COST: This tool is free. It offers 30% off the publisher's trade list price and 10% off the publisher's library editions.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">PUBLICATION: N/A
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">REVIEWERS:They do not do their own reviews. They use review sites and journals.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">UNIQUE: The books purchased through BTSB long lasting. Librarians can export their MARC records to a book list created on the BTSB Web site. This feature minimizes duplicates. They call this feature DupCheck.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">SCOPE:Children's fiction and non-fiction, young adult fiction and non-fiction.

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">** Brodart **http://www.brodart.com/
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">COST: Sales representatives must be contacted for pricing.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">PUBLICATION: N/A
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">REVIEWERS: N/A
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">UNIQUE: Librarians can order just about anything a library would need; books, furniture, book care and repair supplies, etc.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">SCOPE: They have children's fiction and non-fiction, young adult fiction and non-fiction, graphic novels, audio-visual, and adult level books.
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Follett’s Titlewave **
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">COST: This is a free Web site.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">PUBLICATION: Follett Corporation Company
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">REVIEWERS: They do not do their own reviews. They use review sites and journals.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">UNIQUE: They take the guess work out of selecting appropriate titles. The subscritions are adjusted to work with library budgets.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">SCOPE: Children's fiction and non-fiction, young adult fiction and non-fiction, reference, and audio-visual.


 * <span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Amazon **
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">COST: This is a free Web site.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">PUBLICATION: N/A
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">REVIEWERS: Anyone can write a review of any product. Occasionally Amazon.com offers reviews reviews from legitimate sources.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">UNIQUE: Some books can be previewed before purchase on their Web site. Electronic copies of books can be purchased, downloaded, and read instantly on the Kindle.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">SCOPE: they have books for all age levels. There books range from picture books to adult titles. They also have audio-visual, reference, technology, etc. for sale.

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">**FREE TOOLS FROM THE WEB** <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">** Bookfinder.com **http://www.bookfinder.com/
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">COST: This is a free Web site.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">PUBLICATION: N/A
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">REVIEWERS:N/A
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">UNIQUE: Search though over 150 million new and used books in any language.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">SCOPE: All books including textbooks.

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">** Reading Rants! ** Out of the ordinary teen booklists http://www.readingrants.org/
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">COST: This is a free Wen site.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">PUBLICATION: Jen Hubert Swan
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">REVIEWERS: Jen Hubert Swan, Librarian and Book Reviewer.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">UNIQUE: The Web site is just like a blog. The archives go all the way back to 2007. The language the reviews are written in can easily be understood by teens.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">SCOPE: Young adult literature; novels, poetry, graphic novels, etc.

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> **YALSA** best books lists http://www.ala.org/yalsa
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">COST: This Web site is free to use, but there is a fee for ALA and YALSA memberships.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">PUBLICATION: ALA
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">REVIEWERS: There is a list of committee members listed on the Web site.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">UNIQUE: It's all young adult focus is helpful in finding the best of the best for that age level.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">SCOPE:Young adult fiction and non-fiction, graphic novels, and audio books.

<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">**Green Bean Teen Queen** [|http://www.greenbeanteenqueen.com]
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">COST: This is a free Wen site.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">PUBLICATION: Sarah Thompson via Blogger.com.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">REVIEWERS: Sarah Thompson the tween librarian.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">UNIQUE: This a blog about books, written by a teen. her unique perspective is intriguing and helpful.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">SCOPE: Young adult books; novels, graphic novels, audio books, and movies.