H.W. Wilson's Children's Catalog,
19th Edition Now on WilsonWeb and in Print
New York, New York, November 27, 2006
A new 19th edition of
Children's
Catalog is now available on WilsonWeb and in print, H.W.
Wilson today announced.
Children's Catalog presents an up-to-date
core collection of fiction and nonfiction works, story collections,
picture books, graphic novels, and magazines recommended for readers
in preschool through sixth grade, selected by a panel of librarians
and specialists in children's services. Titles encompass a full
range of subjects of interest--from topics that complement classroom
curricula, to books that encourage independent reading among
children--offering educators and librarians immense help with
collection development; curriculum support; selection and
purchasing; readers' advisory; and general reference. Analytical
records expand the usefulness of the Catalog, with listings of
titles in collections or anthologies. Children's Catalog also
offers a selection of the best professional resources for educators
and librarians.
On WilsonWeb, recommended titles are added
daily--without the wait for annual print supplements. The database
also brings subscribers substantially more content (all the content
of the Nineteenth Edition plus an archive from the previous
edition), and versatile searching by a wide range of parameters.
Entries link to full text book reviews, review excerpts and
citations, plus holdings information from the library's OPAC.
Librarians can even configure the database to automatically email
educators information on new resources in their specialty as titles
are added to the database, using Dewey Decimal Number searches and
WilsonWeb's Selective Dissemination of Information alert feature.
A WilsonWeb subscription also facilitates
simultaneous searching with other Wilson Standard Catalogs and other
WilsonWeb databases popular in libraries that serve children, such
as Readers' Guide Full Text.
Children's Catalog draws on the evaluations
of an expert panel of esteemed librarians representing diverse parts
of the U.S., focusing on the broad challenges and aims of collection
development. It features more than 5,000 new titles since the debut
of the previous edition, including new coverage of graphic novels,
web resources, and periodicals. On WilsonWeb, users can search over
10,000 titles in all, and will find a new abundance of books on
science, technology, and the social sciences.
The new print edition highlights more than 8,500
titles in total, and some 2,200 additional titles will be listed in
three annual supplements (2007-2009) at no extra charge. Libraries
that subscribe to the electronic edition can save 50% on a
subscription to the print edition. Significant savings are also
available with the "5-Pack" Standard Catalogs subscription on
WilsonWeb (Children's Catalog, Public Library Catalog, Senior
High School Library Catalog, Middle and Junior High School Library
Catalog, and Fiction Catalog), and the new "3-Pack" for school
libraries (Children's Catalog, Middle and Junior High School
Library Catalog, and Senior High School Library Catalog).
Content from H.W. Wilson's Standard Catalogs power
the new Bowker's Book Analysis System for school and public
libraries, providing automated holdings gap analyses, and
eliminating the tedious manual comparisons involved in most
collection development. For more, see
Wilson Standard Catalogs.
Contact:
Roseward Sky
Phone (800) 367-6770, x2272
Email:
rsky@hwwilson.com
Eileen Sutter
Phone (800) 367-6770, x2312
Email:
esutter@hwwilson.com
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