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9 Decades of Collection Development Expertise:
In Libraries since 1918

A School Library Journal "10 Best" Digital Resource
"Whether you’re just starting out or you’ve had years of experience selecting materials, these resources are (and I’ll say it again) the 'Mother of All Selection Tools.' ...The H.W. Wilson Core Collection databases should be the very first resource purchased by every school librarian this fall."

—School Library Journal

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Are you searching for ways to make sure your library collection is full of the best resources for your students? One of the easiest and probably best ways is to match your collection with what has always been the 'Mother of all Selection Tools,' otherwise known as the H.W. Wilson Standard Catalogs... For keeping us on track with what is recommended for our collections, these databases receive an A+."     See FULL REVIEW

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School Library Journal Names Wilson's Core Collections a 10 Best Digital Resource for 2009

School Library Journal Names Wilson's Core Collections a 10 Best Digital Resource for 2009

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Use the Wilson Core Collections online with the new Bowker's Book Analysis System

Powered by H.W. Wilson’s Core Collections, Bowker's Book Analysis System provides automated holdings gap analyses, eliminating the tedious manual comparisons involved in most collection development. Subscribers to both the Bowker's Book Analysis System and the H.W. Wilson Core Collections on WilsonWeb will be able to view a comparison of core titles with their library's collection, identifying gaps in their resources and books they'd like to purchase.

Bowker and H.W. Wilson, two founding fathers serving the library field, have joined together to create the first online collection development tool of its kind for school and public libraries. Click here for more information.

 

Senior High Core Collection: A Selection Guide,
17th Edition

Online & Print

New Print Edition Available!

"Should be found somewhere in every school district as a core resource for collection building….Highly recommended."
—Teacher Librarian

Highlights over 10,000 books of fiction, nonfiction and collections, for young adults in grades nine through twelve.

Children's Core Collection
Children's Catalog
Online & Print
"Recommended to librarians and libraries at all levels… Easy to use, economical, and makes so much possible for anyone working with children’s literature and collection development."  —Booklist

Delivers entries for over 13,000 fiction and nonfiction works, story collections, picture books and magazines.

Middle & Junior High School Library Catalog, 10th Edition Middle and Junior Core Collection
Middle and Junior High School Library Catalog
Online
& Print

New Print Edition Available September 2009!

"For school librarians, this catalog should be considered a mandatory purchase."  
—American Reference Books Annual

Provides entries for over 8,000 fiction and nonfiction works, and collections, appropriate for readers in grades five through nine. Entries also include select review sources and other professional aids for librarians and school media specialists.

Public Library Core Collection: Fiction
Fiction Catalog
Online & Print
"An essential selection and readers’ advisory tool for most academic and public libraries."
—American Reference Books Annual

Highlights over 8,000 works of fiction for adults, including both established and contemporary works written in (or translated into) English.

Public Library Core Collection: Nonfiction
Public Library Catalog
Online & Print

New Print Edition Available!

9 Decades of Collection Development Expertise:
In Libraries since 1918

"This bibliography continues to live up to one of its earlier titles, as a ‘standard’ catalog guiding general readers and librarians to useful classic and new books."   
—American Reference Books Annual

 

 


 

Created with the input of librarians, each Core Collection is a guide to thousands of books, plus review sources and other professional aids for librarians and school media specialists.

The Wilson Core Collections are powerful aids to:

  • Collection Development and Maintenance

  • Selection and Purchasing

  • Readers' Advisory

  • General Reference

In print: the Core Collections offer a full four-year service for one low price, with a clothbound volume and annual paperback supplements covering newly published titles.

Online: A subscription to the Core Collections on WilsonWeb offers fast, convenient searching by keyword, subject, title, author, and other access points, plus a host of other important benefits.

New Features and New Advanced Search Screen Limiters:

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Develop and maintain the optimal collection for your library.

Information about new titles in a wide range of subjects helps you decide what to purchase, replace, or discard. Descriptive annotations and evaluative quotes from reviews, plus notes on editions available, awards, publication history, and series titles help you decide what new titles are right for your collection.

 

Turn here for purchasing information and bibliographic data.

Accurate information for acquiring new resources and integrating them into your collection—publisher, price, ISBN, suggested Dewey Decimal classification, and more.

 

Advise readers and educators with authority.

Up-to-date subject headings help you address any inquiry with the appropriate books, or find relevant material via the analytical entries for parts of books.

 

Develop curricula.

Identify materials appropriate for classroom use whatever the subject, with informative descriptions of a wide range of books and electronic resources.

 

Created with input from noted librarians.

Representing diverse geographical areas, experts familiar with the special needs of each type of library choose titles for each of the Core Collections.

 

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