See also: Library Science Periodicals and Library Selection Aids.
Some of the standard professional journals commonly found in the media
center do an excellent job of reviewing nonfiction materials. Among my
personal favorites are:
School Library Journal. A publication of R. R. Bowker Company,
this periodical has a special nonfiction section in which it gives signed
evaluative reviews of nonfiction materials. Both print and nonprinnt
materials are included, and grade levels for which the resource is
appropriate are given.
The Book Report. This comes from Linworth Publishing and is geared
more to the higher end of children's resources. It also contains signed
evaluative reviews and grade level indicators for resources. Reviews of
print and nonprint materials are broken into subject matter to make
looking for materials to support a specific part of the school curriculum
easier and less time consuming.
Booklist. An ALA publication, this selection aid has two
categories to break child readers into middle readers and youth. This
speeds up the process of browsing through the reviews for materials for
a certain age group. Nonprint media are lumped together into one
section, but this is small enough to be manageable.
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Elementary Resources/Childrens Lit
Middle & Secondary Resources/YA Lit
