H.W. Wilson's Children's Catalog,
19th Edition Now on WilsonWeb
Print Edition to be Published in October 2006
New York, New York, September 15, 2006
All the rich content from the upcoming 19th edition of
Children's Catalog (print
version to be published in October 2006), is now available on
WilsonWeb, 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 now 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. 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.
The new print edition of Children's Catalog
will highlight 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 on the Wilson Standard Catalogs,
visit www.hwwilson.com/cat.
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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