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Katz, Bill, Ed.; Katz, Linda Sternberg, Ed. – 1995
Today, as the needs of libraries change and librarians face shrinking budgets, selecting the best periodicals from over 147,000 possibilities becomes ever more difficult. This guide simplifies the task by offering the guidance of 150 experts who have screened and evaluated the universe of periodicals to produce this annotated list of approximately…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education, Library Collection Development
Morris, Betty J., Comp. – School Library Media Annual (SLMA), 1994
Lists 91 sources, most of which are journal articles, for identifying notable materials for children and young adults, including books, multicultural materials, nonprint materials, special features and noteworthy bibliographies, reference books and electronic sources, free and inexpensive materials, and periodicals. (KRN)
Descriptors: Adolescent Literature, Books, Childrens Literature, Elementary Secondary Education
Wynar, Bohdan S., Ed. – 1999
Designed to assist smaller libraries in selecting suitable reference materials for their collections, this annual review source identifies and describes 538 of the most useful and affordable reference sources available. The reviews cover reference titles published in 1998. Detailed annotations describe the nature, scope, and usability of each…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Book Reviews, College Libraries, Costs
Peer reviewedEisenhut, Lynn – Catholic Library World, 1994
Discusses themes and characteristics of multicultural children's literature that promote understanding of cultural groups and other forms of diversity. The bibliography, which is organized by subject area, lists 58 works for children and young adults and 47 professional books and articles. Publishers of multicultural children's books and of…
Descriptors: Adolescent Literature, American Indians, Annotated Bibliographies, Asian Americans
Safford, Barbara Ripp – 1998
This publication lists current reference sources that serve the information needs of school library users, including books, CD-ROMs, and World Wide Web sources in all curricular and some extracurricular areas. Criteria for selection include usefulness for curricular applications by elementary and secondary students and teachers, interest for…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Educational Media, Elementary School Curriculum, Elementary Secondary Education
Download full textBenedikt, Anna R. – 1999
This study examined the Young Adult Library Service Association's (YALSA's) Best Books for Young Adults (BBYA) recommended list for the years 1994-98 in order to determine if the list provides diversity in terms of the content of books and the gender and ethnicity of the authors and editors whose works appear on it. The results of the study…
Descriptors: Adolescent Literature, Authors, Bibliographies, Characterization
