About Choice Magazine
Choice: Current Reviews for Academic Libraries is the premier source for reviews of academic books, electronic media, and Internet resources of interest to those in higher education. More than 35,000 librarians, faculty, and key decision makers rely on Choice magazine and Choice Reviews Online for collection development and scholarly research. Choice reaches almost every undergraduate college and university library in the United States.
Each year Choice publishes more than 7,000 reviews. These reviews are
- Timely - typically the first comment on scholarly publications
- Authoritative - written by selected experts in the subject
- Concise - brief but thorough, providing information and recommendations
- Easy to use - logical arrangement, including data needed to order the item reviewed
In a survey, Choice reviews were called “the best short critical evaluations of new titles available anywhere.” Choice subscribers rate it #1 among sources used to select materials for academic libraries.
Each issue of Choice contains approximately 600 reviews of recent books and electronic resources, a bibliographic essay, and a list of significant forthcoming titles. Click to see sample reviews in a variety of subject areas from past issues of Choice. A sample bibliographic essay (“Toward Understanding the Death Penalty Debate”) and feature, as well as sample Web reviews, are also available in full text at this site.
Choice covers more than 50 subdisciplines spanning the humanities, science and technology, and the social and behavioral sciences. The Selection Policy gives specific criteria for each subject section of the magazine.
Titles reviewed in Choice are assigned one of the following recommendation levels, which appear at the end of each review:
Essential: A publication of exceptional quality for academic audiences and a core title for academic libraries supporting programs in relevant disciplines.
Highly recommended: A publication of high quality and relevance for academic audiences.
Recommended: A publication containing good content and coverage and suitable for academic audiences.
Optional: A publication that, due to limited value or deficiencies, is marginal for academic audiences.
Not recommended: A poor quality publication or one not suitable for academic audiences.
Choice reviews are also available on cards and electronically. For more information go to Reviews on Cards.
ChoiceReviews.online has been totally redesigned. With a new interface and expanded functionality, it has been relaunched as Choice Reviews Online — Version 2. For more information, visit www.cro2info.org.
Choice reviews
- Explain the author's approach to the subject
- Describe the work's arrangement
- Assess its contribution to the field
- Focus on strengths or deficiencies
- Compare it with similar titles
- Specify the audience for whom the work is best suited
Choice subscribers include
- Academic, public, and special libraries around the world
- Most undergraduate academic institutions in the U.S.
- Individuals, especially faculty, who wish to keep up with scholarly publishing
- Most colleges and universities in Canada, and academic institutions and national libraries in Europe, Asia, and Australia
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Editorial Board
John P. Schmitt, Reference Services Librarian, Dayton Memorial Library, Regis University, Chair
Linda Behrend, Collection Development Librarian, John C. Hodges Library, University of Tennessee
Dalia L. Hagan, College Librarian, Penrose Library, Whitman College
Professor Philip C. Howze, Southern Illinois University
Linda H. O'Quinn, Reference/Public Services Librarian, Learning Resources Center, Trident Technical College
Cynthia K. Steinhoff, Director of the Library, Andrew G. Truxal Library, Anne Arundel Community College
Edward A. Warro, Director of Central Library, Qatar Foundation
Ex Officio
Camila A. Alire, Ed.D., ACRL Past President; Dean Emeritus, University Libraries, University of New Mexico & Colorado State
Catherine A. Lee, Chair, ACRL Publications Coordinating Committee; LRC Director, Cape Fear Community College
Mary Ellen K. Davis, Executive Director, ACRL
Irving E. Rockwood, Editor & Publisher, Choice
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