Transcript Selection Tools for Young Adult Non-Fiction Books

By: Stefanie Schmidt
 YALSA Award for Excellence in Nonfiction for Young
Adults
 Middle and Junior High Core Collection
 NoveList Plus
 Amazon/Barnes & Noble
 Great way to first start your selection of what books
you would like in your library.
 YALSA is committed to finding the best materials to
help expand and strengthen young adult services.
 Provides the winner, the finalists, and the
nominations of that year.
 Can find reviews from 2014 and 2013 of
children and young adult nonfiction books.
 It is kept up to date with the newest books.
 2014 is provided, from Booklist. What is nice
about this, is it gives suggestions for “older,
middle, and younger readers.”
 Easy to use search engine.
 Provides stars as to how popular the book is with
young adults.
 It also provides the review of the book from Publishers
Weekly.
 NoveList Link
 A online shopping website, where customers can leave
personal reviews about that item.
 You can select what books by publication date,
popularity, price of high to low, or vise versa.
 Gives star ratings, based on customer ratings.
 There are a few ways to select books, and even get an
idea of upcoming books that are not yet out.
 Another website to do more online shopping, or to see
what the store can offer.
 They have a section devoted to children and teens, and
within that section, they have nonfiction books to
choose from.
 Another way to get input on customers
reviews/opinions, but to also shows other recommended
readings based on what other customers bought related
to that book topic.
 Want to choose books that have more professional
reviews? Use these tools:
 YALSA Award for Excellence in Nonfiction for Young
Adults
 Middle and Junior High Core Collection
 NoveList Plus
 Want to choose books that have more customer and
personal opinions/reviews? Use these tools:
 Amazon
 Barnes & Nobel
 Publisher’s Weekly
 New York Times Book Review
 Library Journal Book Review