School Librarians - Overview - Teaching and Learning - Guides at Milner Library, Illinois State University

Databases for Book Reviews and Author Info

NoveList Plus
Full text book reviews for children's and young adult literature (fiction and non-fiction). Also includes reading level indicators (Lexiles) for readability.
Book Review Digest Plus
Full text reviews of fiction and non-fiction books (children's, young adult, adult) published between 1983 to present day. Limited to one user at a time.

Includes sources published from 1983 to present
MAS Ultra School Edition
Geared toward K-12 educators, this full text database includes magazines, books, book reviews, and health and science-related pamphlets.

Includes sources published from 1984 to present
Something about the Author (SATA)
Full text biography database focused on writers and illustrators of children's and young adult literature.

Includes volumes published from vol. 1, 1971 to present
Contemporary Authors
Full text biography database focused on authors from the nineteenth century to the present.

Includes current biographical and bibliographical data on more than 120,000 authors.

Book Review Sources

Kirkus Reviews
Create book reviews that can be searched by genre, subgenre, age, category, rating, release, and more. Also release 'Best of' booklists. Their Kirkus Star "marks books of exceptional merit".
Booklist
"Booklist is a book-review magazine that has been published by the American Library Association for more than 100 years, and is widely viewed as offering the most reliable reviews to help libraries decide what to buy and to help library patrons and students decide what to read, view, or listen to." [from source] The reviews are summary mixed with opinion and evaluation.
* PRINT version recommended
Horn Book
Founded by Bertha Mahony Milled in 1924 to recognize excellence in children's literature. A prominent resource for reviews on materials for children and young adults. Horn Book reviews the strengths and weaknesses of publications while ranking them on a scale of 1-4. A review of 1 is a starred review.
School Library Journal
Operating for over sixty years, reviews focus on materials for children and teens, ranging from books to databases. The book reviews include a brief plot summary and a final verdict on the book. Pay particular attention to the SLJ Stars, which are the most noteworthy reads of the month.
Publishers Weekly
"Publishers Weekly, familiarly known in the book world as PW... It offers feature articles and news on all aspects of the book business, bestsellers lists in a number of categories, and industry statistics, but its best known service is pre-publication book reviews, publishing some 9,000 per year." [from source]

Databases for Research on School Librarianship

Library, Information Science & Technology Abstracts (LISTA)
Full text database focused on librarianship (school, academic, public, special), classification, cataloging, bibliometrics, online information retrieval, information management, and instruction.

Includes sources published from 1966 to present
Professional Development Collection
Full text database for professional educators and includes education journals and reports.

Additional topics: continuing education, curriculum
Academic Search Complete
A scholarly, multi-disciplinary full text database of sources including peer-reviewed journals, magazines, newspapers, books, ebooks, reports, and conference proceedings.

Includes sources published from 1887 to present
ERIC (EBSCO)
This ERIC interface emphasizes keyword searching. Premier full text education database includes journal articles, ERIC documents, conference proceedings, meetings, government documents, theses, dissertations, reports, audiovisual media, bibliographies, directories, and books.
MasterFile
Full text multi-disciplinary database includes journals, magazines, primary source documents, and digital images.

Includes sources published from 1975 to present

Top School Librarianship Journals

School Library Journal
The world's largest reviewer of books, multimedia and technology for children & teens
School Library Media Quarterly
"Presents articles, commentary, issues, reviews and news and technical notes on the development of school library media programs and services in elementary and secondary schools." [from source]
School Library Research
"Covers topics related to the management, implementation and evaluation of school library programs." [from source]
School Library Monthly
"Content supports K-12 school librarians as they plan instruction collaboratively with teachers. It helps strengthen information literacy skills, inquiry and the research process and encourages the use of a variety of resources." [from source]
Teacher Librarian
"Articles, review articles and commentary on management and programming issues for library professionals." [from source]

Finding Books on School Librarianship

Call Number Range	Subject
Z675.S3	School Libraries
Z682.4.S34	School Librarians
Z689.8 S36	School Libraries -- Acquisitions

Teaching and Learning Librarian

Caitlin Stewart

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Milner Library: Office 614C

(309) 438 - 3442

Subjects:Teaching & Learning