Resources for Ordering Books

Learning Resources Center policies

LRC Collection Development Policy: "to support the education activities of faculty, students, and staff by making available in various formats materials relevant to the curriculum and purpose of the College".

Budget and calendar: Initial allottment at beginning of fiscal year; sometimes non-recurring funds may be allotted in January. Ordering occurs year round.

Sending Orders to the LRC

• Order on paper: memos, catalogs
• Order electronically: Use the BCTC Book Recommendation Form, or send an e-mail to Kathleen Richardson.

Electronic Resources for Citations and Reviews

• "Books in Print" information:
  Books in Print with Reviews (through KYVL; off-campus access with ID/PW), Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Amazon UK; Brandon/Hill list (Small Medical Library / Nursing/ Allied Health)
• Electronic journals:
  Reviews from Booklist (ALA), N.Y. Times, L.A. Times, Boston Globe, The Internet Writing Journal, Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, available through BookWire, BookPage, etc.; InfoTrac and other LRC databases available from LRC Web page index book reviews, some full-text; Courier-Journal and Lexington Herald-Leader reviews available from LRC workstations. Other e-journals may only be open to subscribers or association members, such as the AEAweb, the American Economic Association's Web publications site.
• Web lists of review sources
  BookWire, BookPage, Book Reviews site, Internet Book Information Center, BookSpot
• Publishers' and vendors' catalogs
  Ex.: Cambridge UP, Majors (medical/science vendor)
• Individuals' Web-published reviews
  Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Dr. Dobb's Electronic Review of Computer Books, Amazon UK, DooYoo (UK), Internet Book Information CenterWeb review sources can be located with a search on Metacrawler and other search engines. Reviews posted by individuals also are available from the archives of newsgroups (rec.arts.books) and listservs that can be searched by such engines.

Paper Resources for Citations and Reviews

• Review journals at BCTC LRC
  Choice, Library Journal, New York Times Book Review, New York Review of Books.
• Subject journals including book review sections
  Ex.: Filson Club Quarterly (history), JAMA, Community College Journal of Research & Practice, Computers and Composition, The Sciences, Sky and Telescope.
• Newspapers
  Lexington Herald-Leader, Courier-Journal, etc.