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Acquisitions librarians, reference librarians and catalogers can all use this reliable guide to building and maintaining a well-rounded collection of the most highly recommended reference and non-fiction books for adults. For collection development, weeding your collection, readers' advisory, and general reference, Public Library Core Collection: Nonfiction satisfies the needs of a broad readership. Entries provide complete bibliographic data, price, subject headings, a descriptive annotation, and evaluative quotations from a review when available, plus information on electronic editions of works where available.

Listing works published in the United States, or published in Canada or the United Kingdom and distributed in the United States, Public Library Core Collection: Nonfiction features extensive revisions in the areas of health, science and technology, personal finance, sports, cooking and gardening, and handicrafts. Biography, poetry and literary criticism continue to receive comprehensive treatment. Reference works in all subject fields are included.

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An online subscription to Public Library Core Collection: Nonfiction brings you all the rich content available in the print edition with the convenience of enhanced online search capabilities. Search over 12,000 titles (including over 1,000 analytical records for parts of collections or anthologies) in one easy-to-use database.

Search by:

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• Document Type: Books, Book Chapter, CD-ROM

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Additional features, available exclusively in the online version, make Public Library Core Collection: Nonfiction even more valuable for collection development and curriculum support:

• Entries link to additional review excerpts from Wilson’s Book Review Digest Plus 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 Core Collections or other Wilson databases, including Readers’ Guide.

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

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Public Library Catalog, 12th Edition brings you entries for more than 8,000 books in the main volume (2004), and more than 2,400 new titles in annual paperbound supplements published 2005 through 2007. Each volume includes the following sections:

• Classified Catalog
  With entries by Abridged Dewey Decimal Classification, with complete bibliographical and cataloging information for each book. Entries include such information as price and ISBN to facilitate acquisitions.

• Author, Title, Subject and Analytical Index
  An in-depth key to the information in Classified Catalog—including author and title analytics for works contained in anthologies and collections and subject analytics for parts of books not covered under the subject heading for the whole.

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◘ Hardcover volume: 2004, 1,445 pages
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