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Finding Books 

How to locate books, ebooks, reviews, and more.
Last update: Oct 02nd, 2009 URL: http://libguides.bethel.edu/findingbooks  Print Guide  RSS Updates

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Your Book Shelf

  • Shelfari  
    Social networking site for book lovers! Connect with others who like your reads, make new friends, invite your friends, or just keep your own bookshelf and reviews.
  • Library Thing  
    Keep a personal catalog of your own books, connect with people who have similar interests, all with a library flare. Unleash your inner librarian!
  • Good Reads  
    2 million members and 47 million books; maybe they can recommend something to read?
 

Review Websites

  • Arts & Letters Daily  
    Contains much more than book reviews and is from The Chronicle of Higher Education.
  • Christian Book Summaries  
    "Encapsulated views of the best in Christian publishing."
  • Book Space - Hennepin County Library  
    This local library website provides a rich collection of resources for the book lover--book lists, book clubs, author events and more.
  • The New York Review of Books  
    Every two weeks, writers publish essays and reviews of books and the arts, including music, theater, dance, and film.
  • New York Times - Books  
  • The Paris Review  
    Over 50 years of literary wisdom rolled up in 300+ Writers-at-Work interviews, now available online—free. Read, search, and download these in-depth interviews with poets, novelists, playwrights, essayists, critics, musicians, and more.
  • Today in Literature  
    A daily calendar of engaging stories about literary history.
  • Book Browse  
    Devoted to current fiction and nonfiction books. Contains information for starting a book club, including hundreds of discussion guides "with a substantial excerpt and multiple reviews of each book."
  • Book Hive  
    Children's book guide from the Public Library of Charlotte & Mecklenburg County, N.C.
  • BookPage - America's Book Review  
    Serves as a broad-based selection guide to the best new books published every month. The tone is upbeat and literate, focusing on bestsellers as well as new discoveries.
  • Chapter One  
    From the Washington Post, includes the first chapter and reviews of selected books.
 

Databases Reviews

  • MasterFILE Premier  
    Choose "Book Review" under the Document Type to find reviews.
  • JSTOR  
    Chhose "Review" under Type to find reviews.
 
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