Cancellation of Book Review Sources

We recently reviewed the sources we license for Book Reviews. There was a lot of duplication of content and a high cost per use, so we decided to cancel the following databases when they come up for renewal:

  • Book Index with Reviews (includes BIR Entertainment)
  • Choice Reviews Online
  • Fiction Core Collection
  • Global Books in Print
  • Middle and Junior High Core Collection
  • Nonfiction Core Collection
  • Senior High Core Collection

We will be keeping the following book reviewing sources based on high usage, good quality of reviewing sources, and numbers of books and book reviews included:

  • Book Review Digest Plus
  • Children’s Literature Comprehensive Database

We also license other databases that include book reviews but are not exclusively book review resources, so they were not part of this assessment.