Club Ideas

June 2007 Search Aids This pathfinder will be useful in finding information about initiating a book discussion club. The resources listed will be Search Terms helpful for readers who want to start a book club; share their (Use for computer searches) experiences of particular ; and help determine if individuals  Group will enjoy specific titles.  Book Clubs  Book Discussions

For an introduction to the topic, see:  NOVELIST – a website offering a series of book discussion Subject Headings (Use in card catalogs and print indexes) guides and other resources to help form an exciting reading  Book Clubs group. To access this site, visit http://www.urbandalelibrary.org; click on “On-line Tools”;  Group Reading scroll down to “Novelist” and click; choose the tab “For  Best Books Readers” and click the category link “Book Discussion Guides.” Call Number  010-028.9 (Dewy Decimal) Key Resources at a Glance:  374.22 (Dewey Decimal)

 The Book Group Book: A Thoughtful Guide to Forming

and Enjoying a Stimulating Book Discussion Group, Indexes and Abstracts [Edited by] Ellen Slezak (2000) (374.22 BOO)  EBSCOhost  Reading Group Guides: an Online Community for Reading http://search.ebscohost.com Groups www.readinggroupguides.com  FirstSearch http://firstsearch.oclc.org

Reference Background  Genreflecting A Guide to Popular Reading Interests, by catalogs Diana Tixier Herald (2006) (R 016.813 HER)  Urbandale  The Best of the Nineties, by Linda Parent Lesher http://www.urbandalelibrary.org (2000) (R 016.823 BES)  SILO - (Iowa Locator) - State-  What Do I Read Next?, by Gale Research Inc. (2003) (R wide catalog 016.813 WHA 2003) http://z3950.silo.lib.ia.us/cgi- bin/zform.CGI?SILO

 WorldCat -- world-wide catalog Resources http://worldcat.org

Books  A Year of Reading: A Month-by-Month Guide to Classics and Crowd-Pleasers for You and Your Book Group, by Elisabeth Ellington and Jane Friemiller (2002) (011.73 ELL)  Good Books Lately: the One-Stop Resource for Book Groups and Other Greedy Readers, By Ellen Moore and Kira Stevens (2004) (374.22 MOO)  Readers’ Choice: 200 Book Club Favorites, by Victoria Golden McMains (2000) (028.1 MCM)  Read It and Eat: A Month-by-Month Guide to Scintillating Book Club Selections and Mouthwatering Menus, by Sarah Gardner (2005) (028.9 GAR)

Magazine Articles  How to Start a Book Club by Melissa Ballard. Hopscotch (Jun/Jul 2006, Vol. 18 Issue 1, p. 17- 19) Available through EBSCOhost  Giving Readers a Voice: Book Discussion Groups by Anna Healy. Book Links (Feb/Mar 2002) Vol. 11 Issue 4; p. 28) Available through EBSCOhost

Web Pages and Web Portals  Book Muse: Book Discussions Made Smarter http://www.bookmuse.com  Book Reporter: Where Readers and Writers Click http://www.bookreporter.com  Reading Group Choices http://www.readinggroupchoices.com

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