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"An essential selection and readers’ advisory tool for most academic and public libraries." —American Reference Books Annual

Now available in two convenient formats:

• Print—a five-year ongoing service  

• Online—an annual subscription on WilsonWeb! 

Every library with an adult fiction collection should have this working guide on hand. Fiction Catalog delivers information on thousands of works of fiction for adults, either written in or translated into English. Entries provide complete bibliographic data, price, a descriptive annotation, notes about related works, and evaluative quotations from a review when available. Use the information in Fiction Catalog in collection development and maintenance; selection and purchasing; readers' advisory; and general reference.

Choose the format that best meets your needs—print or online—or subscribe to both and get the print subscription for half-price.

Print—a five-year ongoing service
Order now and you receive the hardcover main volume (2001), and the paper supplements for 2001, 2002, and 2003.  The 2004 paper supplement will be sent to you as soon as it is available in April 2005.

A print subscription to Fiction Catalog, 14^th Edition brings you entries for more than 5,500 books in the main volume (2001), and more than 650 new titles in annual paperbound supplements published 2002 through 2005. Each volume includes the following:

• Author Alphabet. This section lists works of fiction in alphabetical order by the last name of the author or by title, if it is the main entry. 
   

  The following bibliographical information is provided:
  Author	Out-of-Print Status
  Title	Reprint Publication Data
  Publisher	ISBN
  Date of Publication	Library of Congress Number
  Paging	Notes Regarding Sequels
  Illustration Note	Publication History
  Latest Known Price	Contents of Story Collections




• A descriptive summary and, in most instances, an excerpt from a reviewing source conclude the entry. References are made from variant forms of authors’ names, from names of joint authors, and from names of editors or compilers of short story collections.

• Analytical entries, are identified by the word "In," are made for parts of composite works. Analytical entries heighten the usefulness of the Catalog by expanding access to the library’s collections.

• Title and Subject Index. Each book is listed under title, which is followed by the name of the author under which the entry for the book will be found in Part I. Books are also listed under their main subjects or themes, as well as under headings for genre, form, or literary technique, if appropriate. Among specific headings are those for persons, places, events, historical periods, lifestyles, and legendary characters. Editions printed in large type can be located under the heading "Large print books." Subject headings and subject cross references are printed in capital letters.

• The Directory of Publishers and Distributors provides full name, address, telephone and fax numbers, and ordering instructions for publishers of the books listed.

Print Format: 5-year service
(Includes clothbound volume plus four annual paperbound supplements)
$190 ($220 outside the U.S. and Canada) 
ISBN 0-8242-1005-0
Clothbound volume: 2001, 942 pages
Paperback supplements: 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, each approximately 170 pages

Online—an annual subscription on WilsonWeb

An online subscription to Fiction Catalog brings you all the rich content available in the print edition (see above), but with the convenience of enhanced online search capabilities. Search 6,330 entries (including 800 analytical entries for parts of collections or anthologies) in one easy-to-use database. 

These additional features, available exclusively in the online version, make Fiction Catalog even more valuable for collection development and curriculum support:

• Entries link to additional review excerpts from Wilson’s Book Review Digest database.

• Retrieve records in machine-readable MARC format.

• Instantly check your library’s holdings via a link to your OPAC.

• Search descriptive and critical annotations for specific words.

• Search simultaneously with other Wilson Standard Catalogs or other Wilson databases, including Readers’ Guide.

• Now updated quarterly on the new WilsonWeb–no need to wait for annual printed updates to get the latest information on new books.

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