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.winner, the finalists nominations

Can find reviews from 2014 and 2013 of children and young adult nonfiction books. It is kept up to date with the newest books is provided, from Booklist. What is nice about this, is it gives suggestions for “older, middle, and younger readers.” 2014

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 NoveList

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.select books

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.nonfiction books 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

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