Publisher's Synopsis
Concise critical evaluations are culled from more than 95 selected American, British, and Canadian periodicals.Book Review Digest is an essential library tool that brings together book reviews on a wide range of topics, from a variety of sources. Unlike reviews on book-sale sites and the open Internet, many of the reviews are serious, academic works. This invaluable resource for literary and biographical research is essential for readers' advisory and collection development. It provides excerpts from, and citations to, reviews of adult and juvenile fiction and non-fiction. It also includes descriptive summaries of the books. Virtually every book has at least one substantial review excerpt, and most have at least two. Every book in Book Review Digest appears with all its reviews together.The Digest includes:A citation to every book review that appears in any of over 5,000+ indexed journalsGenerous excerpts from book reviewsCoverage of books for children with a suggested grade rangeEntries in Book Review Digest are arranged alphabetically by author, or title if appropriate, and supply:AuthorTitlePagingPublication yearPublisherISBNLC numberDescriptive noteReview excerptsNotation of illustrations or mapsEnhancing its value as both a collection development and general reference tool, Book Review Digest offers subject access to book reviews in a separate Subject and Title Index which also provides subject headings for adult fiction under the entry for ""Fiction themes,"" and gathers biographies in a biography section and juvenile literature into three age ranges. In addition, complete publication data is provided in every issue for each of the journals from which reviews are excerpted.
