Friday, November 21, 2008

Another great addition to our online databases is Books & Authors. This database allows you to search in so many different genres of books with their own sub-genres. For librarians working in the public setting, this is the ideal database. We cannot possibly keep up with all the genres, let alone all the categories that they can be divided into. This database is an excellent resource for reader's advisory, and again, it's all available online. If someone were interested in historical fiction, but really only wanted to read about the Antebellum American South, this database has that precise category. Many libraries just have one list of historical fiction in their reader's advisory resources. That is why this is so unique and helpful.

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