Deb Kachel's List: Online Review Sources

Description: Booklist Online, featuring over 120,000 book reviews, is the counterpart to Booklist magazine, published by the American Library Association. Booklist Online is both a free Web site and a subscription database. The free site offers a generous selection of Booklist content-plus some Web-only features like "browse recent reviews" and award lists. The subscription database contains archived reviews back to 1992. Indexes reviews of: books, audio, video, databases. Special search features: by format (books, "media," "books for youth," "reference"), age groups, "find similar," fiction or nonfiction, awards\n\nOther features: can create, store, and print lists in subscription version; free online newsletter; blog\n\nPrice/subscription info: A subscription to the print journal is included with an online subscription, but the online does not come with a print subscription. Offers a free 30-day trial; special pricing for school libraries.