Book Discussion Networking Night

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Book Discussion Networking Night
WELCOME
September 26, 2006
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Amherst Town Library Website

• http//www.amherst.lib.nh.us

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Search the Library Catalog
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Readers Shelf
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Request a Book for Your Group

• Timely acquisition of enough copies
• Option for extended 6 week loan

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NH Book Bag Program

• Boxes with 10 to 100 copies of selected titles
• Representatives of nonprofit agencies
  (libraries, nursing homes, and senior centers)
  may request NH Book Bag service.
• Deliveries are by NH State Library van service
  only. Customers without van service must make
  arrangements with a van service library, or pick
  up Book Bag books at the State Library.
• http//www.nh.gov/nhsl/services/librarians/bookbag
  /index.html

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Readers Shelf
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Book Discussion Guides
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Readers Shelf
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Join a Book Group

• Friends of the Amherst Library Book Club
• Newcomers Book Discussion Group
• American Association of University Women Book
  Group
• Parkhurst Place Book Club

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DearReader Online Book Clubs
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Helpful Databases
For use at home or at the library You can do it,
or we can help you
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NoveList

• Fiction (Novels)
• Book lists (Mothers and Daughters in Fiction,
  or Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow
• Author readalikes
• Book summaries reviews
• Book discussion guides
• Links to author websites

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Gale Literary Databases

• Contemporary Authors
• Contemporary Literary Criticism
• Living American and Canadian authors
• Author biographies
• Criticism

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Biography Resource Center

• Authors from around the world, current and
  historic
• Articles
• Interviews
• Reviews
• Websites

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ProQuest News Magazines

New York Times Book Review (Author information,
background information, context/comparison) Publis
hers Weekly
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MasterFILE Premier

• Magill Book Reviews (Summaries of classic
  literature and current bestsellers, 500 new
  reviews added each year)
• Booklist
• Library Journal

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SIRS Renaissance

• Literary Corner features articles on prominent
  authors in major literary periods and regions
• New Lifetime Reading Plan presents
  introductions to 130 classics and their authors
• General search is great for non-fiction and
  social issue books

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Student Resource Center
Plot summaries, criticism, study questions
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