Saturday, April 4, 2015

Looking for something to read?



Reader’s Advisory Databases & Websites


Are you looking for something to read? Do you have a favorite genre?  Do you need help finding a title?  The following databases and websites have links on the library’s website under “e-Resources” and then under the database categories of “Reader’s Advisory” and “Literature Review”:

NoveList Plus has both fiction and nonfiction reading lists separated by subject or genre for different age levels and also lists read-alikes for popular titles;

eSequels.com: The  Online Guide to Series Fiction lists the most popular series, and it indexes character, location and subject, as well as author and title, so that you can identify a series that you may recall only vaguely;

What’s Next?  Books in Series allows one to search fiction by series or title and by the reader’s age category for a variety of popular fiction genre;

\Books and Authors has genre title lists, best-selling and award-winning titles, and title recommendations by experts;

Reader’s Advice.com lets one browse fiction books by big-name authors and also offers reader’s advisory tips and sources.

So, the next time you are at a loss for something to read, take a quick look at some of these database and website links to help you to make a decision.  Happy Reading!!



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