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Reviews. " I find the book reviews that are completed for H-Net far above those that are published in journals. They are more analytically insightful and have a genuine honesty about their usefulness in the classroom. " " The reviews have been an excellent resource for me, in research as well as in teaching. With respect to teaching, due to the online availability of reviews, it's easy to incorporate discussions of recently published literature or recent films in class.

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The Reviews archive is separated into annual volumes. Home. Kirkus Reviews Online - Kirkus Book Reviews - KirkusReviews.com. Sidekicks -- graphic novel reviews for kids -- part of no flying no tights. ACQWEBs Directory of Book Reviews on the Web. Home: Library Science: Collection Dev: Book Reviews Contents of This Page: This page links primarily to actively maintained sites done by experienced reviewers or subject experts.

We try not to link to pages that are primarily promotions of print book reviews, with little substance on their Web site. See also: Booklist Online - Book Reviews - Home. Publishers Weekly. BookPage.com Book Reviews, Author Interviews. TheBookseller.com | Daily News and Comment for the book business. Genrefluent. Brodart TIPS. Kirkus Book Reviews. National Union Catalog of Manuscript Collections (NUCMC), Celebrating Fifty Years, 1959-2009, Library of Congress. Jay Hyland, an archivist at the Jewish Museum Milwaukee says, "the NUCMC project has enabled us to display catalog records of many of our archival collections worldwide at a faster rate than if we had tried posting catalog records on our own.

Also, the association with the Library of Congress helps give further credence to the Museum and shows that we are serious about collecting materials. " >> learn more Robert Roblee collection of William N. Bell family materials, ca. 1850s-1910 Location: Museum of History & Industry, Sophie Frye Bass Library (Seattle, Wash.) Background: William Nathaniel Bell (1817-1887) and his wife, Sarah Ann (Peter) Bell (1819-1856) arrived at Alki Beach in present-day West Seattle with the Denny party and other pioneers on the schooner Exact in 1851. Contents: Legal and business documents, correspondence, and ephemera related to the Seattle pioneer Bell family, together with photographs of early Seattle. Bookmarks Magazine | Comprehensive Book Reviews and Coverage. CHOICE. Current Issue January 2016 About the Cover: Elgin Campus Library, Austin Community College, Elgin, TX.

Julie Beth Todaro, Ph.D., dean of library services. Photo courtesy of Courtney Mlinar. Editorial: We've Only Just Begun. Outstanding Academic Titles, 2015. Community College Feature: Editors' Top 75 Community College Resources. Resources for College Libraries Resources for College Libraries™ is the premier list of core print and electronic resources for academic libraries, featuring over 75,000 titles in 117 subjects. The redesigned RCL offers both professional researchers and beginning students an easy-to-use interface and discovery features for exploring content. Visit the Resources for College Libraries marketing site to learn more and sign up for a free trial.