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BOOKS: BOOK REVIEWS :

SOCIAL NETWORKS AND NETWORKING :

LIBRARIES: MEDICAL LIBRARIES:

A Selective Bibliography of Sources Discussing Book Reviews and How to Write Them

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A book review is a form of literary criticism in which a book is analyzed 
based on content, style, and merit.[1] A book review can be a primary 
source opinion piece, summary review or scholarly review.[2] Books can be 
reviewed for printed periodicals, magazines and newspapers, as school 
work, or for book web sites on the internet. A book review's length may 
vary from a single paragraph to a substantial essay.

Book review
From Wikipedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Book_review

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Internet Resources Concerning Book Reviews and Book Review Writing

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How to Write a Book Review

Los Angeles Valley College

Library

http://www.lavc.edu/library/bookreview.htm

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Writing Book Reviews

http://www.indiana.edu/~wts/pamphlets/book_reviews.shtml

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Writing a Book Review

Purdue Online Writing Lab

http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/704/1/

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Book Reviews

The Writing Center

The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

http://writingcenter.unc.edu/handouts/book-reviews/

This Guide Contains These Sections

What is a review?

Becoming an expert reviewer: three short examples

Developing an assessment: before you write

Writing the review:

Introduction

Summary of content

Analysis and evaluation of the book

Conclusion

In review

For further reading

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On Writing Book Reviews

http://www.library.csi.cuny.edu/dept/history/lavender/review.html

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Writing Book Reviews

http://www2.eng.cam.ac.uk/~tpl/texts/writingreviews.html

This Guide Contains These Sections

Why review?

Writing reviews

Nasty Reviews

Practical Problems

Opportunities

Responsibility and the Law

Online Reviews

Books and Articles

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National Book Critics Circle

http://bookcritics.org/

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Writing Book Reviews in Political Science

http://depts.washington.edu/pswrite/bookrev.html

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Book Reviews: How to Write Book Reviews

http://library.queensu.ca/research/guide/book-reviews/how-write

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Articles and Books Regarding Book Review Writing

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Writing Book Reviews
Author:	Schmid, Anne M.
Journal:	Journal of technical writing and communication
ISSN:	0047-2816	Date:	01/1974
Volume:	3	Issue:	3	Page:	1
DOI:	10.2190/5VWW-TXHP-JRE8-0MNE

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Reading and writing book reviews across the disciplines
Author:	Hartley, James
Journal:
Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology
ISSN:	1532-2882	Date:	07/2006
Volume:	57	Issue:	9	Page:	1194
DOI:	10.1002/asi.20399

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Writing book reviews
CONTRIBUTORS:
Author:  	Drewry, John E. (b. 1902, d. ----)
PUBLISHER:
Greenwood Press  (Westport, Conn)
YEAR: 	 1974
PUB TYPE: 	 Book (ISBN 0837172853 )
VOLUME/EDITION:
PAGES (INTRO/BODY): 	 xv,  230 p.
SUBJECT(S): 	 Book reviewing; Report writing
DISCIPLINE: 	No discipline assigned
LC NUMBER: 	 PN98.B7 D7 1974

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  [BOOK REVIEW]
Writing the Social, Critique, Theory, and Investigations
Author:	Smith, DE
Journal:	The Canadian review of sociology and anthropology
ISSN:	0008-4948	Date:	2000
Volume:	37	Issue:	3	Page:	368

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How to Write a Book Review: A Guide for Students.
Author:	Hammett, HB
Journal:	Social studies (Philadelphia, Pa. : 1953)
ISSN:	0037-7996	Date:	1974
Volume:	74

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2006; Volume 4 : Issue 3
Article Number: 990208
A Guide to Writing Book Reviews
Ramon Shaban
Keywords
book reviews; writing guide
Journal of Emergency Primary Health Care
http://jephc.com/full_article.cfm?content_id=388

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Rangeland Ecology & Management 57(4):418-421. 2004
  doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.2111/1551-5028(2004)057[0418:WBRFTJ]2.0.CO;2
Writing Book Reviews for the Journal Of Range Management and Rangelands
David L. Scarnecchia
Associate Professor, Department of Natural Resource Sciences, Washington 
State University, Pullman, Wash., and Book Review Editor, Journal of Range 
Management and Rangelands
Rangeland Ecology & Management  /  Jul 2004  /  pg(s) 418-421
Rangeland Ecology & Management
Published by: Society for Range Management

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Title:  Tips for the Practitioner on Writing Book Reviews. Techniques.
Full-Text Availability Options:
ERIC Full Text (52K)
Title:	Tips for the Practitioner on Writing Book Reviews. Techniques.
Authors:	Brockett, Ralph G.
Descriptors:	Book Reviews; Literary Criticism; Professional 
Development; Professional Services; Writing Evaluation; Writing for 
Publication; Writing Skills
Source:	Lifelong Learning, v8 n5 insert Feb 1985
http://www.eric.ed.gov/ERICWebPortal/search/detailmini.jsp?_nfpb=
true&_&ERICExtSearch_SearchValue_0=
ED273993&ERICExtSearch_SearchType_0=no&accno=ED273993

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Book Review: Writing Power: Communication in an Engineering Center
Author:	Shwom, B.
Journal:	The Journal of business communication (1973)
ISSN:	0021-9436	Date:	04/2006
Volume:	43	Issue:	2	Page:	172
DOI:	10.1177/0021943605286007

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Writing book reviews
Author:	Aiken, D
Journal:	Physical therapy
ISSN:	0031-9023	Date:	11/1978
Volume:	58	Issue:	11	Page:	1361
PMID:	704685

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Writing book reviews
Author:	Hendee, W R
Journal:	Health physics (1958)
ISSN:	0017-9078	Date:	12/1987
Volume:	53	Issue:	6	Page:	565
PMID:	3679821

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Book Review:
Writing at University: A Guide for Students
(2nd Edition)
Author:	Scott, M.
Journal:	Arts and humanities in higher education
ISSN:	1474-0222	Date:	02/2005
Volume:	4	Issue:	1	Page:	111
DOI:	10.1177/1474022205048762

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Pocket Guide To Technical Writing [Book Reviews]
Author:	Harper, C.
Journal:	IEEE electrical insulation magazine
ISSN:	0883-7554	Date:	05/1998
Volume:	14	Issue:	3	Page:	43
DOI:	10.1109/MEI.1998.675582

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Book Review:
Writing and Publishing a Public Health Research Paper
Author:	Seo, J.-W.
Journal:	Asia-Pacific journal of public health
ISSN:	1010-5395	Date:	07/2010
Volume:	22	Issue:	3	Page:	375
DOI:	10.1177/1010539510372439

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Book Review:
Writing With Style: APA Style for Social Work
Author:	Lowe, L.
Journal:	Research on social work practice
ISSN:	1049-7315	Date:	05/2001
Volume:	11	Issue:	3	Page:	405
DOI:	10.1177/104973150101100309

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Book Review: Writing and Presenting a Business Plan
Author:	Tusin, J.
Journal:	Business communication quarterly
ISSN:	1080-5699	Date:	06/2006
Volume:	69	Issue:	2	Page:	226
DOI:	10.1177/1080569906287907

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Book Review: Writing Psychological Reports:
A Guide for Clinicians
(Wolber and Carne)
Author:	Kenney, N
Journal:
The Internet journal of allied health sciences and practice
ISSN:	1540-580X	Date:	2003
Volume:	1	Issue:	2

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Points: Book review writing for beginners
Author:	Farr, A D
Journal:	BMJ. British medical journal (Clinical research ed.)
ISSN:	0959-8138	Date:	11/1985
Volume:	291	Issue:	6506	Page:	1428
DOI:	10.1136/bmj.291.6506.1428-e

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Book Review:
Writing for Others, Writing for Ourselves:
Telling Stories in an Age of Blogging
Author:	Lewis, M. E.
Journal:	Journalism & mass communication quarterly
ISSN:	1077-6990	Date:	03/2012
Volume:	89	Issue:	1	Page:	171
DOI:	10.1177/1077699011430358

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Book reviewing in the BJET:
a survey of BJET's referees' and writers' views
Author:	Hartley, James
Journal:	British journal of educational technology
ISSN:	0007-1013	Date:	09/2005
Volume:	36	Issue:	5	Page:	897
DOI:	10.1111/j.1467-8535.2005.00537.x

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Moving in the right direction:
first step in writing for publication in nursing
Author:	Rassool, Goolam Hussein
Journal:	Revista latino-americana de enfermagem
ISSN:	0104-1169	Date:	2005
Volume:	13	Issue:	6	Page:	1035
DOI:	10.1590/S0104-11692005000600017

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Writing for Professional Publication.
Author:	Fulton, T
Journal:	Education libraries
ISSN:	0148-1061	Date:	1985
Volume:	10	Issue:	1	Page:	18

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How to be a book critic: a guide for librarians
Author:	Grefrath, R
Journal:	The Reference librarian
ISSN:	0276-3877	Date:	1986
Issue:	15	Page:	35

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Book reviewing: keeping the audience in mind
Author:	Hill, K
Journal:	Nurse author & editor
ISSN:	1054-2353	Date:	1997
Volume:	7	Issue:	1	Page:	4
PMID:	9397813

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Writing Reviews for Readers' Advisory
Author:	Osorio, MA
Journal:	Collection building
ISSN:	0160-4953	Date:	2010
Volume:	29	Issue:	4	Page:	162

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Short words work well, make good sense:
Some ways to write with them when you deal with books
Author:	Bodian, Nat
Journal:	Publishing research quarterly
ISSN:	1053-8801	Date:	12/1999
Volume:	15	Issue:	4	Page:	43
DOI:	10.1007/s12109-999-0035-x

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Role of Gender in Reviewers' Appraisals
of Quality in Political Science Books:
A Content Analysis
Author:	McGinty, Stephen
Journal:	The Journal of academic librarianship
ISSN:	0099-1333	Date:	07/2008
Volume:	34	Issue:	4	Page:	288
DOI:	10.1016/j.acalib.2008.05.001

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In the Profession: Re-viewing the Academic Book Review
Author:	Adams, M.
Journal:	Journal of English linguistics
ISSN:	0075-4242	Date:	06/2007
Volume:	35	Issue:	2	Page:	202
DOI:	10.1177/0075424207302347

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A Strategy for Reviewing Books for Journals
Barbara Gastel
BioScience
Vol. 41, No. 9 (Oct., 1991), pp. 635-637
  Published by: University of California Press
  Article Stable URL:
http://www.jstor.org/stable/1311703

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The Scholarly Book Review in the Humanities
Author:	East, John W.
Journal:	Journal of scholarly publishing
ISSN:	1198-9742	Date:	10/2011
Volume:	43	Issue:	1	Page:	52
DOI:	10.3138/jsp.43.1.52

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The Anatomy of a Book Review
Author:	Hartley, James
Journal:	Journal of technical writing and communication
ISSN:	0047-2816	Date:	01/2010
Volume:	40	Issue:	4	Page:	473

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Book Review Lawsuits and Book Review Standards:
An Editorial Comment
Author:	Yee, S.
Journal:	Chinese journal of international law (Boulder, Colo.)
ISSN:	1540-1650	Date:	03/2011
Volume:	10	Issue:	1	Page:	171
DOI:	10.1093/chinesejil/jmr010

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Redefining Book Reviews for the Digital Age
Author:	Butler, D
Journal:	Contemporary issues in technology and teacher education
ISSN:	1528-5804	Date:	2010
Volume:	10	Issue:	1	Page:	80

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The Book Review: Scholarly and Editorial Responsibility
Author:	Felber, Lynette
Journal:	Journal of scholarly publishing
ISSN:	1198-9742	Date:	04/2002
Volume:	33	Issue:	3	Page:	166
DOI:	10.3138/jsp.33.3.166

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The Handbook of Scholarly Writing and Publishing
The Jossey-Bass Higher and Adult Education Series
Authors	Tonette S. Rocco, Tim Hatcher
Contributor	John W. Creswell
Edition	illustrated
Publisher	John Wiley & Sons, 2011
ISBN	0470393351, 9780470393352
Length	368 pages
Book Chapter
Creating and Publishing Nonreferreed Publications:
How to Write Editorials
p 222

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How to write a scholarly book review
for publication in a peer-reviewed journal:
a review of the literature
Author:	Lee, AD
Journal:	The Journal of chiropractic education
ISSN:	1042-5055	Date:	2010
Volume:	24	Issue:	1	Page:	57

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Academic Discourse Across Disciplines
Volume 42 of Linguistic Insights :
Studies in Language and Communication
Volume 42 of Linguistic Insights
Authors	Ken Hyland, Marina Bondi
Editors	Ken Hyland, Marina Bondi
Edition	illustrated
Publisher	Peter Lang, 2006
ISBN	3039111833, 9783039111831
Length	320 pages

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Using Digital Video to Create Online Book Reviews
Author:	Butler, D
Journal:
Contemporary issues in technology and teacher education
ISSN:	1528-5804	Date:	2010
Volume:	10	Issue:	1	Page:	80

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Scholarly Book Reviews in Literature Journals
as Collections Development Sources for Librarians
Author:	Parker, Jean McGruer
Journal:	Collection management
ISSN:	0146-2679	Date:	01/1989
Volume:	11	Issue:	1-2	Page:	41
DOI:	10.1300/J105v11n01_02

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Writing and Publishing for Academic Authors
Author	Joseph Michael Moxley
Editors	Joseph Michael Moxley, Todd W. Taylor, Todd Taylor
Edition	2, illustrated
Publisher	Rowman & Littlefield, 1997
ISBN	0847682587, 9780847682584
Length	239 pages

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Lies and venom: some thoughts on reviews and reviewers
Author:	MacGlashan, M
Journal:	Indexer
ISSN:	0019-4131	Date:	2008
Volume:	26	Issue:	4	Page:	172

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Book reviews in humanities research evaluations
Author:	Zuccala, Alesia
Journal:
Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology
ISSN:	1532-2882	Date:	10/2011
Volume:	62	Issue:	10	Page:	1979
DOI:	10.1002/asi.21588

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How accurate are quotations and references in medical journals?
Author:	Butcher, P
Journal:	British medical journal (Clinical research ed.)
ISSN:	0267-0623	Date:	1985
Volume:	291	Issue:	6506	Page:	1420

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Getting into Print: A guide for scientists and technologists
Elements of overseas trade series
Author	Prof P Sprent
Edition	illustrated, reprint
Publisher	Taylor & Francis, 1994
ISBN	0419192204, 9780419192206
Length	214 pages

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Sample Book Review

An unpublished book review by David Dillard

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MEDICAL LIBRARIAN 2.0: USE OF WEB 2.0 TECHNOLOGIES IN REFERENCE SERVICES. 
Wood, Sandra M. ed. Binghamton, NY: Haworth Information Press, 2007
  0789036053, 0789036061. $90.00

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Social networking encompasses a growing and diversifying group of 
reference and marketing activities in which libraries and medical 
libraries are increasingly participating.  Medical Librarian 2.0 contains 
a collection of articles that provide a somewhat technical discussion of 
various social bookmarking tools and methods, each chapter, devoted to a 
specific type of Web 2.0 tool, is written by a specialist versed in the 
application or tool that they cover.  Following an introduction by editor 
Sandra M. Wood and an overview by Elizabeth Conner, there is coverage of 
virtual reference services in general, RSS applications, podcasting, 
streaming media, social networking applications, the Drupal content 
management tool, wikis and mashups. While the chapters on Wiki and Drupal 
focus on discussing these applications from the point of view of a 
specific product used to facilitate that service that is very familiar to 
the author, other chapters like those on podcasting, virtual reference, 
streaming media, and RSS cover a variety of tools and methods used for 
each of these applications. Bibliographies for further reading, some quite 
extensive, follow each discussion. The focus of most of the coverage 
regards how to implement the services in terms of some combination of 
topics such as the equipment used, policies and guidelines, training, 
marketing, and the methodologies and techniques for creation of media type 
productions like podcasts, wikis and mashups. Production methodologies are 
quite thoroughly covered. In the front of this book, a long list of 
abstracting and indexing services pertinent to medical research, as well 
as lists of aggregator and of link resolver services precede the body of 
this work, a quite useful addition to this book.  Adding Google Books, 
Worldcat, CAB and CAB Global Health to the list of indexing and 
abstracting services would make that list more complete.

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Many medical libraries have limited budgets and staffing. Perhaps because 
this book covers each type of application individually, there is little or 
no overall consideration given regarding how to select a mix of services 
that can be adopted and supported by libraries that are constrained by 
available staff and funding.  Also missing is discussion regarding how to 
prioritize amongst these various services and tools.  Since the writing 
dates from 2006, discussion of emerging issues of reference interaction 
privacy in social networking services like Facebook and Myspace, including 
how social networking by libraries is effected by HIPAA, is rather 
limited. Brief consideration of privacy matters does occur in a section of 
the chapter about virtual reference services.

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In the 19th century, the telegraph, a keying device, was invented and 
facilitated sharing of information between localities.  At the end of the 
19th century, the invention of the telephone provided improvement over the 
telegraph through voice transmission as opposed to the keying of codes. In 
library practice, in the first half of the 20th century and since, 
telephones came to augment in person reference service in libraries.  The 
end of the 20th century witnessed the beginning of social networking. 
virtual reference, starting with email reference services, provided 
advancement over telephone voice transactions with keyboarding based 
virtual reference services.  From the email reference starting point, 
interactions are now encompassing the use of text messaging, live text 
chat encounters from a form on  a library website, and most recently the 
use of services like Facebook and MySpace as meeting grounds for reference 
encounters and sharing information about libraries and their resources and 
services.

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Nevertheless, a recent Media Post Blog discussion by Max Kalehoff will 
provide some help in the setting of affordable priorities for libraries 
with limited funding as the article cites email as the leading social 
networking service that is far in advance of all others at this point in 
time.

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Email Blows Away All Other Social Networks

Posted January 4th, 2008

Max Kalehoff, Jan 4, 2008, 12:31 PM

Media Post Blogs

http://www.mediapost.com/publications/article/73710/

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Net-Gold/message/21790

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Perhaps there is substantial merit left in the older ways of providing 
library services and adoption of the new may be best accomplished by 
careful analysis of service needs. Contrasting the costs of equipment and 
staff time as opposed to usage levels and the benefit these new services 
provide to library customers may be needed.  For example, it was noted in 
recent discussions on the DIG_REF discussion group of electronic reference 
services that email reference has not become the "killer app" that it was 
expected to be.  Libraries on the one hand will need to find effective 
methods of marketing the new types of services they choose to provide to 
increase their use, while at the same time making sure they are really 
being used in ways that improve client use and enjoyment of the library 
and its services in house and online.  Certainly electronic communication 
tools are of critical importance to the growing number of online students 
and patients who are distant from a medical facility and cannot use that 
institution's medical library in person.

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Using Temple Summon Search to Find Book Reviews in a Specific Subject 
Discipline

TOURISM OR TOURIST* OR HOSPITALITY OR "EVENT MANAGEMENT"

http://temple.summon.serialssolutions.com/search?s.cmd=
setPageSize(50)&s.fvf%5B%5D=ContentType,Book+%2F+
eBook,&s.fvf%5B%5D=ContentType,Newspaper+
Article,t&s.ho=f&s.q=TOURISM+OR+TOURIST*+OR+
HOSPITALITY+OR+%22EVENT+MANAGEMENT%22
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A shorter URL for the above link:

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http://tinyurl.com/d8gw4p3
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