Book Club Ideas
June 2007 This pathfinder will be useful in finding information about initiating a book discussion club. The resources listed will be helpful for readers who want to start a book club; share their experiences of particular books; and help determine if individuals will enjoy specific titles.
Search Aids
Search Terms
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Group Reading Book Clubs Book Discussions
For an introduction to the topic, see: NOVELIST – a website offering a series of book discussion guides and other resources to help form an exciting reading group. To access this site, visit http://www.urbandalelibrary.org; click on “On-line Tools”; scroll down to “Novelist” and click; choose the tab “For Readers” and click the category link “Book Discussion Guides.”
Subject Headings
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Book Clubs Group Reading Best Books
Key Resources at a Glance:
The Book Group Book: A Thoughtful Guide to Forming and Enjoying a Stimulating Book Discussion Group, [Edited by] Ellen Slezak (2000) (374.22 BOO) Reading Group Guides: an Online Community for Reading Groups www.readinggroupguides.com
Call Number 010-028.9 (Dewy Decimal) 374.22 (Dewey Decimal)
Indexes and Abstracts EBSCOhost http://search.ebscohost.com FirstSearch http://firstsearch.oclc.org
Reference Background
Genreflecting A Guide to Popular Reading Interests, by Diana Tixier Herald (2006) (R 016.813 HER) The Best Novels of the Nineties, by Linda Parent Lesher (2000) (R 016.823 BES) What Do I Read Next?, by Gale Research Inc. (2003) (R 016.813 WHA 2003) Library catalogs Urbandale Public Library http://www.urbandalelibrary.org SILO - (Iowa Locator) - Statewide catalog http://z3950.silo.lib.ia.us/cgibin/zform.CGI?SILO WorldCat -- world-wide catalog http://worldcat.org
Resources
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. 1719) 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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