Valuable for collection development, readers' advisory and curriculum support, Nonbook Materials Core Collection allows searching (and cross-searching) for materials by a wide range of useful parameters, including media type, reading level, subject, title, publication year, author, publisher, keyword, and more.
Users can limit any search to the most highly recommended titles. Special limiters also allow you to retrieve just entries for fiction, nonfiction, or biography, and a "What's New" limiter lets you find only what's been added in the last week, month, year, or since the last time you checked.
Entries include descriptive and critical annotations that offer insight into both quality and content of resources, and cover art (if available) gives librarians a first-person "feel" for the work. Strict standards are applied to rating materials by age appropriateness. Review excerpts are featured and entries note any awards the work has won. Cataloging records are provided for all items. The database can link to the library's OPAC, for an instant check of holdings for any item cited.
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