Book 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 books; and help determine if individuals Group Reading 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 Library catalogs Diana Tixier Herald (2006) (R 016.813 HER) Urbandale Public Library The Best Novels 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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