LIBRARIES UNLIMITED

Online resources including:
1) Readers Advisory Service (see below for further information)
2) ARBA Online (see below for further information)

TRIAL APPLICATION FORM
To find out more about either the Readers Advisory Service or ARBA Online or to request a free trial, click here (pdf 38KB) to download the trial application form or please contact:-
Andrew Pentecost - Electronic Services Executive
James Bennett Pty Limited
Locked Bag 537, Frenchs Forest NSW 2086
Phone: +61 2 9986 7074
Email: apentecost@bennett.com.au

1) Readers Advisory Service
“ A Unique Readers’ Advisory Tool for Librarians”

Gives Guidance You Can Trust – Authoritative content, including reviews of 25,000 titles, is based on the advice of top readers’ advisory experts like Diana Herald, Nancy pearl, and Gary Niebuhr.

Saves Time – Multiple points of access and selective coverage makes this an extremely efficient tool for finding related titles and ensure that the titles you find are most popular with readers and most likely to be in your collection. Links to your OPAC.

Aids Book Groups – Refines your search to look for books recommended as suitable for book groups. Links fiction and nonfiction.

Eases Access – Multifaceted and Robust – search and browse by genre, sub-genre, appeal features, reading interests, author, title, series, subject and keyword.

Simplifies Readers’ Advisory – An easy and effective tool.

Helps You Grow Professionally – Essays and notes allow you to delve into important readers’ advisory issues and build vital readers’ advisory skills.

Links Fiction and Nonfiction for Readalikes

Updated Monthly – with information on newly released books.

More than 400 Genres, Subgenres, and Reading Interests are covered including:

Adventure	Romance
Biography	Science Fiction
Crime	Real Science
Environmental Nonfiction	Speculative Fiction
Fantasy	Suspense
Historical Fiction	Travel Literature
Real History	True Adventure
Horror	True Crimes
Investigative Non fiction	Westerns
Legal Thrillers	African American Literature
Life Stories	Jewish American Literature
Mainstream Fiction	Christian Fiction
Memoirs and Autobiography	Teen Fiction/ Young Adult Fiction
Mystery and Detective Stories	FORTHCOMING: Graphic Novels
Recreational Nonfiction

Please click on the following links for further information on the Readers Advisory Service and pricing details:

Readers Advisory Information Flyer (pdf 52KB)
Readers Advisory Interface Screen Shots (pdf 1.79MB)
Readers Advisory Pricing Tables as at June 2008 (pdf 43KB)

2) American Reference Book Annual (ARBA)

ARBA online - the most comprehensive, authoritative database for quality reviews of print and electronic reference works-was launched in response to popular demand from library professionals.

Derived from the trusted reference standard American Reference Books Annual, ARBA online features nearly 17,000+ reviews of reference works published since 1997. Written by librarians for librarians, ARBA online's reviews cover reference sources from more than 400 publishers in over 500 subject areas.

Accessible 24/7, ARBA online lets you identify reference publications with confidence and ease, and enables you to keep library collections up-to-date, maintain quality standards, and ensure depth of coverage.

ARBA online is updated monthly. More than 500 reviewers-all experts in their fields-provide thorough content evaluations that cover strengths and weaknesses of each reference resource and in many cases compare reference publications to similar titles, giving you pertinent information about titles that best fit your requirements.

ARBA Online Facts:-

17,000+ reviews (1700-1800 new each year)
350+ CD-ROMs and Websites reviewed
400+ publishers featured
500+ expert reviewers from the United States and Canada

Resources featured:

4,000 Encyclopedias and Dictionaries
3,000 Handbooks and Guidebooks
1,000 Directories
400 Indexes
200 Almanacs
200 Yearbooks
150 Atlases (geographical, historical)
Subject Areas: General Reference - 400+ titles; Social Sciences - 4,500+ titles; Humanities - 3,000 titles
700+ in Economics and Business
740+ in Literature
630+ in History
Science and Technology in General - 1,600 titles
400+ covering Health and Medicine
250+ covering Physical Sciences and Math
300+ professional resources reviewed for library & information science professionals

Please click on the following links for further information on ARBA Online:

ARBA Online Flyer (pdf 52KB)
ARBA Online Pricing Tables as at June 2008 (pdf 36KB)
ARBA Online Sample Reviews (pdf 56KB)
ARBA Online Frequently Asked Questions (pdf 50KB)