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Websites Suggested By The Group - incl short description of site

GENERAL
  • NoveList www.nswnet.net - a subscription based database that NSW libraries should be able to access through their NSWnet databases. The database includes author profiles, reading recommendations and readers' advisory resources and training materials. NoveList Notes provides regular updates on particular applications of NoveList in the Library environment.
  • Library Thing www.librarything.com - online site that enables the user to catalog their books.
  • Book Choice www.bookchoice.net.au - a fairly new site that recommends and reviews new books published in Australia.
  • Book Tribes www.booktribes.com - search for your favourite book or author and view recommendations from other people who have loved the book.
  • Revish www.revish.com - online community, allowing users to post reviews and comments on books.
  • Literature Mind-map www.literature-map.com - type in an author's name and see a floating list of authors related to them. The closer the name to the author in the centre, the more likely it is that a someone will read both of them.
  • Logan Berry Books : Stump the bookseller www.loganberry.com/stump - use the united brain trust to find out the title of that book that you read as a child. To submit a question incurs a minimal fee.
  • Readers Advisor Online www.readersadvisoronline.com/blog - from the team at Libraries Unlimited who bring us Genreflecting and the Genreflecting Advisory Series, a useful blog with regular tips and updates about all things RA.
  • FictionDB http://www.fictiondb.com/ - for a comprehensive guide to fiction authors and titles
  • Mostly Fiction - http://bookreview.mostlyfiction.com/ - online book review site
  • Who else writes like . . . ? - http://www.whoelsewriteslike.com/ - online version of Roy & Jeanne Huse's (editors) familiar book. Variety of subscriptions available including individual, bookshop and library. Free Trial also available.

LIBRARY BASED READERS' ADVISORY SITES
  • Hennepin County Library Bookspce www.hclib.org/pub/bookspace/ - features of this site include Readers' lists which can be added by their borrowers
  • WorldCat www.worldcatlibraries.org- search the catalogue for holdings of books around the world.
  • Morton Grove Public Library http://www.webrary.org/rs/rsmenu.html - prominent feature of this site is Fiction_L - an electronic mailing list devoted to RA issues and concerns, it is also a great storehouse of compiled booklists
  • The Minnesota Competencies http://www.arrowhead.lib.mn.us/renewal/readers.htm - for those of you who have completed Rewarding Reading training, this is the link to those key competencies referred to in the training and put forward by the Arrowhead Library System of Minnesota , USA.

SPECIALIST BOOKSELLERS IN AUSTRALIA
  • Infinitas Bookshop www.infinitas.com.au - Located in Parramatta, Infinitas specialises in fantasy, science-fiction and horror books, including game and role-playing titles.
  • Galaxy Bookshop www.galaxybooks.com.au - Located in Sydney, Galaxy books specialises in science-fiction, fantasy and horror.
  • Rosemary's Romance Bookshop www.rosemarysromancebooks.com - Located in Brisbane, Rosemary's covers a wide range of romance fiction, including paranormal, regency, and contemporary titles .
  • Shearers Bookshop www.shearersbookshop.com.au - Located in Leichhardt, Sydney. Lists latest reads on Radio 2GB, ABC Radio, SMH, and more
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