Hi all –

Are you looking for book reviews? Using TEL, there are a few ways to find reviews and info about upcoming publications.

Setting up Journal Alerts

For titles available in Gale databases, in a few easy steps, you can set up a journal alert to get links to reviews emailed to you when a new issue is published. There are a number of high-quality journals that contain book reviews to help with reader advisory and collection development!

Creating a Journal Alert

Click on Advanced Search on the TEL Homepage (next to the search box on the right side of the screen)
Click on Publications Search menu option
Enter and Select Title
Click Create Journal Alert on the toolbar
Enter in your info
Start receiving daily, weekly or monthly journal alerts!

Use this helpful guide to set up daily, weekly, or monthly alerts to be sent your email regularly!

The Horn Book Magazine*

School Library Journal*

Library Journal*

Booklist*

Publisher’s Weekly*

The New York Times Book Review

Kirkus Reviews

*Pages from these titles are available for download as full scans from the print version. Click the download option to view/print the full scan!

Using Gale Books and Authors databases for Reviews

Did you know that Gale Books and Authors also contains book reviews? Use this Reader Advisory tool to pull multiple book reviews!

Go to Gale Books and Authors
Search for a book
Underneath Book Cover image, click on Reviews

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Andrea Zielke

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