WorldCat Collection Analysis Authoritative Lists

Collection Development Lists

• Booklist
  

  Published by the American Library Association, 50 E. Huron Avenue, Chicago IL 60622.
  Includes 89,500+ works reviewed from 1991 through the present; updated with the WorldCat Collection Analysis service quarterly updates.

• Books for College Libraries
  

  Published in 1988 by the American Library Association, 50 E. Huron Avenue, Chicago IL 60622.
  Includes 49,500+ works published up to 1988.

• Doody's Core Titles in the Health Sciences (DCT)
  

  Published since 2004 by the Doody Enterprises, Inc., 500 N. Michigan Avenue,, Suite 1410, Chicago, IL 60611. Successor to the Brandon/Hill Selected Lists begun in 1965, DCT presents essential purchase recommendations in 121 specialities for academic healthcare professionals and health sciences librarians. Includes 2,996 holdings; updated annually.

• Library Journal
  

  The single-most comprehensive publication in the field, Library Journal delivers groundbreaking features, news, technology and analysis, along with nearly 7000 book reviews and hundreds of reviews of audiobooks, videos, databases, systems and software. Includes over 100,000 works reviewed through the present. Serves the information needs of librarians and acquisitions staff in public, academic, and special libraries to help them manage the library, its collections, systems, and services to the community.

• Outstanding Academic Titles
  

  Published by the American Library Association, 50 E. Huron Avenue, Chicago IL 60622.
  Includes over 10,000 works reviewed from 1991 through the present; updated annually.

• Publishers Weekly
  

  PW's weekly Reviews section previews books in all categories and genres — fiction and nonfiction, mystery, science fiction, graphic novels, audios, children’s and much more. Includes over 120,000 works, reviewed through the present.

• School Library Journal
  

  School Library Journal (SLJ) serves librarians who work with students in school and public libraries and is the world's largest and most authoritative reviewer of children’s and young adult content, principally books, but also including audio, video, and the Web. Includes over 67,000 works, reviewed through the present.