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The readers' advisory guide to graphic novels / by Goldsmith, Francisca,author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index.What's special about graphic novels: a background for readers' advisors -- Pushing graphic novel advice to readers -- Advising experienced graphic novel readers: adults and older teens -- Advising teens: developing readers who are becoming self-aware -- Moving traditional adult readers toward graphic novel reading options -- Growing a new teen readership -- Graphic novels and emerging readers through the tween years: advising children as sequential art consumers - Graphic novels to know for kids' advisory work -- Graphic novels for adults and older teens-genres and topics -- Guiding media consumers to graphic novels, and guiding graphic novel readers to other media -- Professional tools for the graphic novel readers' advisor.
Subjects: Libraries; Graphic novels; Readers' advisory services;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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The Nonfiction readers' advisory / by Burgin, Robert.(CARDINAL)177499;
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Subjects: Books and reading; Public libraries; Readers' advisory services; School libraries;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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The real story : a guide to nonfiction reading interests / by Cords, Sarah Statz,1974-(CARDINAL)459161; Burgin, Robert.(CARDINAL)177499;
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Subjects: Books and reading; Public libraries; Readers' advisory services; Reading interests;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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The readers' advisory guide to genre fiction / by Saricks, Joyce G.(CARDINAL)197695;
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Subjects: Bibliographies.; Fiction in libraries; Readers' advisory services; Reading interests; Fiction genres.; Fiction;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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The readers' advisory guide to graphic novels / by Goldsmith, Francisca.(CARDINAL)274466;
Includes bibliographical references and index.What's special about graphic novels : a background for readers' advisors -- Pushing graphic novel advice to readers -- Moving comics readers from one graphic novel to the next -- Moving traditional readers toward graphic novel reading options -- Moving between graphic novels and media, between media and graphic novels -- Books to know. Part A, genres and topics -- Books to know. Part B, themes and other ranganathian subtleties -- Professional tools : bibliographies, webliographies, and guides for the advisor.
Subjects: Bibliographies.; Comics (Graphic works); Libraries; Graphic novels; Readers' advisory services;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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The readers' advisory guide to genre blends / by McArdle, Megan M.,1969-;
Includes bibliographical references and index.Adrenaline : blends on the edge of your seat -- Fantasy blends : blends with magic -- Historical fiction blends : blends from the past -- Horror blends : blends that give you goosebumps -- Mystery blends : blends with a puzzle -- Romance blends : blends that are looking for true love -- Science fiction blends : blends that ask "what if"? -- Whole collection blends : looking beyond the fiction stacks for blends -- Readers' advisory for blends -- Appendix A. Literary fiction blends -- Appendix B. Genre blending MVPs.
Subjects: Bibliographies.; Fiction in libraries; Readers' advisory services; Reading interests; Fiction genres.; Fiction;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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The readers' advisory guide to genre fiction / by Saricks, Joyce G.(CARDINAL)197695;
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Subjects: Bibliographies.; Fiction in libraries; Readers' advisory services; Reading interests; Fiction genres.; Fiction;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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The horror readers' advisory : the librarian's guide to vampires, killer tomatoes, and haunted houses / by Spratford, Becky Siegel.(CARDINAL)268021; Clausen, Tammy Hennigh.(CARDINAL)268020;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 143-147) and index.The evolution of horror literature and film -- The readers' advisory interview : matching horror novels with readers -- The classics : time-tested tales of terror -- Ghosts and haunted houses : home, scream, home -- Mummies, zombies, and golems : the walking dead under wraps -- Vampires : Dracula will never die -- Werewolves and animals of terror : the beast walks among us -- Maniacs and other monsters : the killer lurking in the corner -- Black magic, witches, warlocks, and the occult : double, double, toil, and trouble -- Demonic possession and Satanism : the Devil inside -- Scientific and biomedical horror : the doctor will see you now -- Psychological horror : mental mayhem -- Splatterpunk or extreme horror : horror's cutting edge -- Horror resources : how to hunt for the haunted -- Collection development : cultivating the seeds of fear -- Marketing your horror collection : make them come back to your lair of horror.
Subjects: Bibliographies.; Fiction in libraries; Libraries; Readers' advisory services; Horror tales;
Available copies: 3 / Total copies: 3
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Crossover readers' advisory : maximize your collection to meet reader satisfaction / by Moyer, Jessica E.,editor.(CARDINAL)286156;
Includes bibliographical references and indexesPart I: Adult books for teens -- Part II: Teen books for adults
Subjects: Bibliographies.; Books and reading; Libraries; Readers' advisory services; Teenagers;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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The readers' advisory guide to genre fiction / by Wyatt, Neal,author.(CARDINAL)211065; Saricks, Joyce G.,author.(CARDINAL)197695;
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.Introduction: appeal and genre: gateway frameworks for working with readers -- The adrenaline genre -- Adrenaline -- Adventure -- Thrillers -- Suspense -- The intellect genres -- Psychological suspense -- Mystery -- Private investigator -- Police detective -- Amateur detective -- A non-investigator type subgenre -- Literary fiction -- Science fiction -- Hard/soft (or social) -- Space opera -- Apocalyptic/post-apocalyptic/utopian/dystopian -- Time travel/alternate history -- Cyberpunk/steampunk -- First contact/military -- The landscape genres -- Fantasy -- Epic fantasy -- Sword and sorcery -- Urban fantasy -- Historical -- Legends/myths/fairy tales -- Western -- Historical fiction -- The emotion genres -- Relationship fiction -- Romance -- Contemporary romances -- Historical romances -- Romantic suspense -- Paranormal romances -- Horror -- Appendix: hack this book and the five-book challenge -- Author/title index -- Subject/appeal index.Everyone's favorite guide to fiction that's thrilling, mysterious, suspenseful, thought-provoking, romantic, and just plain fun is back and better than ever in this completely revamped and revised edition. A must for every readers'; advisory desk, this resource is also a useful tool for collection development librarians and students in LIS programs. Inside, RA experts Wyatt and Saricks. Both insightful and comprehensive, this matchless guidebook will help librarians become familiar with many different fiction genres, especially those they do not regularly read, and aid library staff in connecting readers to books they're sure to love. --Publisher
Subjects: Fiction in libraries; Readers' advisory services; Reading interests; Books and reading; Fiction genres.;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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